dumb criminals

While it's hard to know what motivates a criminal, these 7 cases will really leave you scratching your head.

I wonder if this is the guy who goes flying past the radio station on I-10 every morning. The call them 'crotch rockets' and you rarely see the riders obeying the speed limit. When officers tried to stop him, he not only sped up, but began taunting the pursuing State Police. And Oh, what happened then was rich.

Yeah, it's only Monday and someone might come along and top this, but I doubt it. Just deciding to blow up an ATM is pretty dumb, but standing right next to something you plan to blow up is poor planning at best.

Who says there is honor among thieves? Just ask David Greaves of Lancashire, England. While he was busy loading stolen loot in his car, another crook broke into his car and stole all his stolen stuff.

Jeremiah Scales is not that bright to begin with. This rocket scientist was arrested recently for selling synthetic marijuana out of his house.  How did he get busted? Read on and find out 'Why They Call it Dope!'

When some copper wire turned up missing in Glendale, Arizona, the cops didn't have to dust for prints, they had the idiots finger tip to use for clues. Yeah, they caught him.

I love stories where Karma bites someone on the butt right away, and this is a great one. It seems there was this 'Michael Vick' type who thought it was really fun to make Pitt Bulls fight. Well, this pet abuser got administered some instant justice when the cops raided his sorry butt.

Yeah, I read the headline a time or two myself and thought, 'Well, someone else was actually driving.' Nope.

Funny how drinking a bottle of wine can make even the worst idea seem like 'the thing to do.' Okay, important safety tip; don't drink a whole bottle of wine and get a 'fun' idea.

We've all read about robbers who get the munchies while ransacking a house, right? Well, big news to crooks; Your DNA is everywhere!

The plan was perfect! 80-year-old Manuel Rodriguez decided that no one would look twice at a woman looking at purses. So, Manuel dressed as a woman, but the brilliant plan went South real fast when Rodiguez, who is, as we can all see in the picture, completely bald. It seems that Manuel forgot to add hair.

So, Joe Cool in his baggy pants (you know, the style that went out about 10 years ago, but some people didn't get the memo that it now just looks dumb) decides he needs a cell phone. Since working and saving money to have a cell phone isn't cool, he decides he's just going to take someone's phone. Now we have to factor in the moron-ocity (I made up the word so I can hyphenate it if I want) of stea