The world is fascinated by crime and the people who commit it. Our fiction, television, cinema is, everything is about crime nowadays. They show, show after show from robberies to murders. But these shows have a little truth to them, for example, the way they go about solving the murder or robbery. The following examples we have found have none of this, they're simply laughably stupid crimes, that in all honesty shouldn't have even been attempted.
The Man Who Tried to Cash a Check for $360 Billion
"One Last Big Score", something we hear in movies all the time, it's then followed by an amazing plan, carried out to the point and usually succeeds. Well.... Not this time!
Charles Ray Fuller, whose "last big score" was also coincidently his "first, clumsy score,", he chose Bank Fraud. One bright spring day, Fuller decided to walk into his local bank and attempt to cash a check for $360 billion. Needless to say, the clerks noticed this, contacted the police and he was soon apprehended... What did he think would happen, they'd just hand over $360,000,000,000!!
Charles Ray Fuller, whose "last big score" was also coincidently his "first, clumsy score,", he chose Bank Fraud. One bright spring day, Fuller decided to walk into his local bank and attempt to cash a check for $360 billion. Needless to say, the clerks noticed this, contacted the police and he was soon apprehended... What did he think would happen, they'd just hand over $360,000,000,000!!
Age Verification Unit
In 2008, Andrew Libby discovered that store clerks aren't as stupid as he thought, when he walked into a video store and claimed that he worked for the state's "Age Verification Unit" and would need copies of pornography tapes to verify that the performers were of legal age. He even had a badge with him....... Laughable first time right? Well he tried a total of three times.... He was soon caught.
Knocked Out by Hot Sauce
Police say a man threw a hot sauce bottle and knocked his victim unconscious in a fight over graham crackers.
Riveria Beach police say Shawn Deandre Thomas was eating graham crackers this week at a church that provides meals for the homeless. Authorities said Thomas became upset when someone asked for his crackers so he picked up a bottle of hot sauce and allegedly threw it at the man's head, knocking him unconscious.
Riveria Beach police say Shawn Deandre Thomas was eating graham crackers this week at a church that provides meals for the homeless. Authorities said Thomas became upset when someone asked for his crackers so he picked up a bottle of hot sauce and allegedly threw it at the man's head, knocking him unconscious.
Prison Break-in
Back in 1989 a pair of teenage criminals from California were caught red-handed while trying to break into a parked car. While being pursued by police they decided to climb over a fence to escape, only the fence they scaled was that of the San Quentin prison.... Possibly one of the most ironic getaways ever!
Anyone got another weapon?
Cutlery isn’t the obvious choice of weapon when you’re planning a hold-up, as a Polish robber discovered last week. Bank staff in Poland burst out laughing when a would-be robber threatened them with a spoon, causing him to leave empty-handed... If he ever tries again, I think he'll learn to take something a little more threatening.