Dumb Crime Du Jour
A priest pleads guilty to jogging in the nude . . . A Christmas decorations caper . . . and more dumb crime from November 2008 to January 2009.
•Nov. 1: Piggy Bank Robber
A 34-year-old man from St. Paul was charged with robbing eight piggy banks from a Minnesota home, netting about $2,700 in change. He was allegedly spotted after the robbery at a coin-counting machine, converting his loot into paper money.More »•Nov. 2: Oversexed Dummy
Metin Erzurum, 37, was arrested for allegedly breaking into a department store and having sex with three mannequins. Police say they found him in a display bed with his plastic companions.More »
•Nov. 4: Crack Pipe in Butt Crack
As a Fla. woman was being booked on robbery charges, she denied that she was carrying any drug paraphernalia. Then, police say they found a glass pipe in a most peculiar place.More »•Nov. 5: Need a Lift?
A New Zealand woman is being hailed for her "bravery and common sense" by police after driving the man who raped her to the police station after he fell asleep in her car.More »•Nov. 6: The Accidental Auto Thief
When Alaska police pulled Charles Shultz over, he was stunned when officers told him the Ford Escort he was driving had been stolen. Then, Shultz remembered that his car is a Chevy Cavalier. Th 27-year-old, who's blood-alcohol level was allegedly twice the legal limit, had been heading home from a strip club.More »
•Nov. 7: 12 Pigs in a Car
Every cop has at least one bizarre tale about pulling over a driver. Hungarian police say they stopped a car with 12 pigs stuffed inside. The squealing cargo allegedly came from a nearby farm where 35 pigs have recently gone missing.More »
•Nov. 8: No Cloths, But Great Reception
Was he high, drunk or just plain stupid? The answer is we just don't know. Andrew Arnold, 23, stripped naked and climbed a cellphone tower in Lowry Crossing, Texas, for reason he did not explain. As the Dallas Morning Newsput it, Arnold's, "cellphone reception might have been clearer than his thinking last night."More »•Nov. 9: Communion Waifer Heist
Parishioners at a Jensen Beach, Fla., church held down a 33-year-old man who allegedly attempted to steal a fistful of communion wafers from a priest. The man will have to answer to a judge (and a higher authority) on charges of battery and disrupting a religious assembly.More »•Nov. 10: Frozen Pig Head
Police in Caldwell, Idaho are investigating after a woman leaving for work with her 9-year-old daughter found a frozen pig head stuck on top of a pole in her yard.More »•Nov. 12: Where's the Money?
How's this for a sign of the times: A miffed bank robber left a York, Pa. bank empty handed, shouting his displeasure, after finding the cash drawers empty.More »
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