Post by veggiewoman on Sept 4, 2007 21:36:53 GMT
A peeping tom has just been spared jail after he was caught out while spying on a young woman in a tanning shop. The crook was handed a suspended jail term for his voyeuristic actions, after he fell through the roof of a coin-operated tanning shop and came to the attention of a startled sunbather. The culprit isn’t the first to be caught out while up to no good, but as this list of foolish fiends shows, some do more to bring about their own downfall than others and then there are those who deserve to be caught on grounds of utter stupidity.
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Forgetful drug dealers left a kilo of heroin worth more than £30,000 in a hire car they dropped off at a rental company in Frankfurt. The drug was found hidden in a first-aid kit by cleaners preparing the vehicle for a new owner after the hire company decided to sell it. Using the car rental company’s computer records, police tracked down and arrested the men who left the drugs in the car.
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In the US, a man walked into a shop with a shotgun and demanded all the cash from the register. After the cashier put the money in the bag, the robber demanded the bottle of Scotch from behind the counter. The cashier refused to hand over the Scotch because he didn’t think the robber was 21 years old. After a bit of a dispute, the robber finally handed over his ID and proved that he was 21. As soon as he left, the cashier called and gave the police the name and address of the man who had just robbed the store. The suspect was arrested just two hours later.
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In Michigan, in the US, Christopher Jansen was on trial for drug possession when he claimed he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor told the court a warrant wasn’t needed as Jansen had a ‘bulge’ in his jacket that the police officer thought could have been a gun. In an attempt to prove this wasn’t the case, Jansen handed the jacket (which he happened to be wearing) to the judge, who promptly found a package containing cocaine in the ‘bulge’.
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In 2005, an Oxford University student was arrested, handcuffed and put in a cell for a night after he called police horse ‘gay’. He was then fined £80 for causing harassment, alarm or distress. The student felt he’d been unfairly treated as he didn’t think that being rude to a horse constituted a criminal offence.
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Thieves robbed a van on its way to London’s Heathrow airport in 2006 and thought they had made off with £75 million. In some respects, that is just what they had done, but unluckily for them, it was £75 million of Monopoly money which was to be used in an advertising campaign.
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In June this year, a red-faced robber got himself wedged in security grilles as he tried to burgle a house in Cambridgeshire. It took him 30 minutes to free himself, by which time the police had arrived.
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In June in the Czech Republic an armed robber was brought to justice by his mother after she recognised him in CCTV footage shown on television. The mother, outraged that her son had held up a McDonalds, marched him into a police station and handed him over to cops.
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A drunk-driver in Switzerland lost control and skidded off the road crashing straight through the walls of a building. It wasn’t his lucky day – the building turned out to be a police station and the officers didn’t even have to leave the building to arrest him.
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Indiana State Police arrested a man from Chicago after he was found driving completely nude and masturbating on the Indiana Toll Road. When asked why he was travelling like that, the oddball said he felt comfortable driving in the nude and was on his way to Ohio to visit his mother. His mother must have been mighty relieved when he was arrested for indecent exposure and taken to Steuben County Jail.
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In August this year, a woman from Cordele, in the US, called police to complain that she’d been sold fake crack. She hoped they would help her get her money back and even showed them the fake drug in her kitchen, but her plan backfired and she was arrested.
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Forgetful drug dealers left a kilo of heroin worth more than £30,000 in a hire car they dropped off at a rental company in Frankfurt. The drug was found hidden in a first-aid kit by cleaners preparing the vehicle for a new owner after the hire company decided to sell it. Using the car rental company’s computer records, police tracked down and arrested the men who left the drugs in the car.
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In the US, a man walked into a shop with a shotgun and demanded all the cash from the register. After the cashier put the money in the bag, the robber demanded the bottle of Scotch from behind the counter. The cashier refused to hand over the Scotch because he didn’t think the robber was 21 years old. After a bit of a dispute, the robber finally handed over his ID and proved that he was 21. As soon as he left, the cashier called and gave the police the name and address of the man who had just robbed the store. The suspect was arrested just two hours later.
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In Michigan, in the US, Christopher Jansen was on trial for drug possession when he claimed he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor told the court a warrant wasn’t needed as Jansen had a ‘bulge’ in his jacket that the police officer thought could have been a gun. In an attempt to prove this wasn’t the case, Jansen handed the jacket (which he happened to be wearing) to the judge, who promptly found a package containing cocaine in the ‘bulge’.
7
In 2005, an Oxford University student was arrested, handcuffed and put in a cell for a night after he called police horse ‘gay’. He was then fined £80 for causing harassment, alarm or distress. The student felt he’d been unfairly treated as he didn’t think that being rude to a horse constituted a criminal offence.
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Thieves robbed a van on its way to London’s Heathrow airport in 2006 and thought they had made off with £75 million. In some respects, that is just what they had done, but unluckily for them, it was £75 million of Monopoly money which was to be used in an advertising campaign.
5
In June this year, a red-faced robber got himself wedged in security grilles as he tried to burgle a house in Cambridgeshire. It took him 30 minutes to free himself, by which time the police had arrived.
4
In June in the Czech Republic an armed robber was brought to justice by his mother after she recognised him in CCTV footage shown on television. The mother, outraged that her son had held up a McDonalds, marched him into a police station and handed him over to cops.
3
A drunk-driver in Switzerland lost control and skidded off the road crashing straight through the walls of a building. It wasn’t his lucky day – the building turned out to be a police station and the officers didn’t even have to leave the building to arrest him.
2
Indiana State Police arrested a man from Chicago after he was found driving completely nude and masturbating on the Indiana Toll Road. When asked why he was travelling like that, the oddball said he felt comfortable driving in the nude and was on his way to Ohio to visit his mother. His mother must have been mighty relieved when he was arrested for indecent exposure and taken to Steuben County Jail.
1
In August this year, a woman from Cordele, in the US, called police to complain that she’d been sold fake crack. She hoped they would help her get her money back and even showed them the fake drug in her kitchen, but her plan backfired and she was arrested.