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Today's Dumbest Criminals

By Glen Ashman

Man calls cops but leaves pot pipe in plain sight   AP

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A 28-year-old man reporting a burglary faces drug charges after responding officers say they found a marijuana pipe in his bedroom. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday said officers saw the pipe in plain view in Justin Luecke's bedroom and found marijuana stems and seeds in the living room.

Police say robber was really caught 'red handed'  AP

LAWRENCE, Mass. - Police in Massachusetts say they caught a bank robber red handed ? literally. On Monday, a man gave tellers a note threatening that he had a gun at a Sovereign Bank branch in Lawrence. Bank employees managed to hide a dye pack in the cash the robber stole.

Police say man sped away after handing over ID AP

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Police said it wasn't the most well-thoughtout escape. They say a man handed over his license and registration at a sobriety checkpoint during the weekend, then peeled out and sped away, almost hitting an officer.

Ark. police: Burglars sold silver ingot for $30 AP

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The proprietor of a metal recycling business was suspicious of the group of young people who wanted to sell him a 62.5-pound chunk of metal, so he convinced them it was only lead and gave them $30 for it. It was really a silver ingot ? worth $15,000. And the metals dealer called police.

Littering bust lands man in jail on drug charges AP

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Police said a man likely wishes he never threw trash on a highway. That's because littering wasn't the only charge filed against him. The man, 42, faces drug charges after deputies seized six pounds of methamphetamine from his vehicle.

Full post as published by It's (Barely) Legal on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).