This woman was caught throwing back food at a McDonald's employee
Image: The Smoking Gun via Youtube
IF YOU WERE trying to commit a crime – not, dear readers, that we think any of you would – wouldn’t you try to be a little bit, well, smart about it?
Sadly, it turns out that in 2011 there were many criminals who went about things the most stupid way possible.
Whether it was their approach that was a bit bonkers (taking snakes on a plane?) or their intent that was ridiculous (stealing money from an ill four year old?) they proved that some of the least ‘smooth’ criminals are also the most brazen.
We take a look at un-smoothest criminals in the 2011 – and hope they don’t try to reoffend in 2012…
- Animal lovers look away now: this woman decided to kill a cat in a microwave. Gina Robins, 31, of Torquay in England, put the 10-week-old kitten into the microwave after falling out with a neighbour who owned the pet. She was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the animal and jailed in December by a court in Devon.
- If you were a teen burglar , and you were ordered by police to apologise to your victims, you’d write a very apologetic letter, wouldn’t you? Well, one Yorkshire teen took it upon himself to blame the victims for his crime, saying: “To be honest I’m not bothered or sorry about the fact that I burgled your house.” Ouch. He was sentenced in November to a non-custodial 12-month intensive supervision and surveillance plan.
- Some crimes are just plain cruel, like the one committed by the folks who stole a four-year-old cancer sufferer’s birthday presents and holiday money after breaking into his home near Manchester in July. The items were worth up to €20,000 and included spending money for the boy’s “once in a lifetime” trip to Disneyland Paris.
- Standing before a judge while waiting to be sentenced must be a nerve-wracking experience. But we’d recommend not doing what a criminal in Galway did in April, and shouting at the district court judge that she “should be f****** shot”. This not-very-clever outburst – for which the offender later apologised – came before he was given four months in jail for trespassing with intent to commit burglary.
- If you’re not happy with your fast food order, what should you do? It’s advisable not to go down the route this woman did, which was throw the hash brown back at the McDonalds staff member. Especially when you’re on CCTV at the time. The Smoking Gun notes that this teacher was arrested on a misdemeanor charge and the video of the event went viral. (Video via TGS on Youtube)
- Love birds? We do too. But we’d never try to smuggle them into a country in our pants, like one man did at Rochambeau airport in Cayenne, French Guiana. He was found in October with a dozen live hummingbirds in his pants. He had something in common with a man who was stopped in August at Miami Airport with bags of snakes down his pants. Yes, the real-life snakes on a plane.
- Have a broken iPhone? Take a tip from us: don’t ring 999 about it. The Smoking Gun reported in November that a man in Illinois was arrested for calling 911 about his broken phone… and ended up being arrested after refusing to comply with orders.
- If you don’t own a television, perhaps avoid doing what this young man did in November, which was break into someone else’s home to watch television. He was allegedly struck on the head by the resident for his trouble.
- Finally, this young man set out to be a superhero (literally) and defend the good people of Seattle. However, his fancy outfit and go-get-it attitude wasn’t enough to prevent Phoenix Jones from being arrested in October after using pepper spray to break up an alleged fight. The charges were later dropped.
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