The World's Dumbest Criminals: Outrageously True Stories of Criminals Committing Stupid Crimes
by Harpercollins Publishers Ltd.
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Two men photographed each other stealing thousands of dollars from gambling machines. An armed man successfully robbed a pharmacy and was captured after he boasted about it on social media. A burglar spent time cleaning the house he was robbing and even restocked some groceries before he was discovered fast asleep in the homeowner's bed. Two drunken louts stole a penguin from an aquarium and tried to release it into a canal once they were sober (the creature was returned to the polar show more enclosure, unharmed). Another man attempted to hold up a bank using a cucumber as a weapon. Two fellows tried to rob a bar where the town's police department was holding a retirement party for one of its members. For every Moriarty, there are a thousand stupid criminals who get caught in the act, or who boast about their success on social media, or whose plans are so foolish that the police have little difficulty tracking them down. Throughout history, these criminals have been easily captured; some have even died during an ill-fated escape. New criminals are apprehended every day thanks to their own genius, their exploits captured on YouTube and Instagram. The World's Dumbest Criminals records more than one hundred of the most ridiculous, absurd and bizarre crimes that have landed on the police blotter in recent years. Hilarious and outrageous, this book will make you shake your head and perhaps second-guess your own plans to commit petty larceny. show lessTags
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The funniest stories are at the beginning and end of the book which tells me they're hoping people flip to those places and find it interesting enough to buy. Some of the stories in the middle are boring and sometimes the anonymous author tells the story and then repeats parts in quotations from the police, victim or criminal. This repetition feels like padding. Some funny material but not worth anywhere near list price.
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