Crazy Criminals by L. A. Keller

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Our journey through the many crazy criminals takes us this month to Arkansas. Don't think I'm picking on any one region - they all have dumb criminals. A reminder that crime really doesn't pay unless you are the person writing about it.

This first one definitely gets a capital DUH for the criminal.

Fox 6 News, 11/20/1y by Austin Kellerman

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- We get quite a few stories about bold and/or dumb criminals. We're not sure which category to file this one into quite yet...

Someone swiped a TV from the waiting room at the Pulaski County Jail. The report was confirmed to the Arkansas Times by Lt. Cody Burks.

The stolen television was a 24-inch worth about $120 three years ago, Burks told The Times. It was in the book-in/release lobby, an area open 24 hours-a-day.

KHMO News Talk Sports 1/17/2017 by Harold Smith

In Boone County, Arkansas, a man was arrested for stealing an outdoor video surveillance camera from a business. He was caught because of surveillance video ... from a camera on an adjoining building.

And this guy gets the not ready for prime time award.

In Harrison, Arkansas, emergency personnel were called to a pawn shop regarding a man stuck in the store's chimney. He tried to tell the police he was taking a short cut home late the night before, and decided to walk across the roofs of adjacent buildings. You might have seen his picture looking up at a camera from that chimney ... it made the news on the Today show.

Another item in the same report:

In nearby Marion County, Arkansas, a woman had served her time in the county jail and was released. A short time later, she called the jail and told them she had left something in her jumpsuit and was coming back to claim it. Deputies found a small container in the jumpsuit, tested the contents and found that it was meth. The woman came in, she was asked if the container was hers. When she said yes, she was arrested.

This one goes to show you that people don't really pay attention to what or who is around them when focused on their goal.

As reported the website neatorama 12/18/2007 by Miss Cellania

21-year-old Langston Robins walked right past a uniformed police officer at the Metropolitan Bank and handed a robbery note to the teller. The unarmed would-be robber was arrested after a foot pursuit. Little Rock police spokesman Lt. Terry Hastings said:

"I just don't know why he didn't see a uniformed police officer standing basically right in front of him," Hastings tells the Associated Press. "My guess is he's just not the brightest of people."

The last person on the list makes me laugh but I'm relieved no one was hurt before she was stopped.

And one last one reported in the Huffington Post on 3/5/2013 by Megan Griffo

By the time police caught up with Jamie Jeanette Craft, the 28-year-old woman had made allegedly made her getaway in a battery-powered toy truck while not wearing any pants.

The Jonesboro, Arkansas resident is accused of crashing her 2001 Pontiac Grand Am into a mobile home Sunday night, KAIT-TV reported.

Witnesses say Craft exited her car, got into a young boy’s Power Wheels truck, and began trying to drive it.

When the child’s father made her get out, she walked to her mom’s house, where police allegedly found her irate, intoxicated, and disorderly.

Witnesses also told police that Craft was wearing no pants or shoes when the accident occurred.

Authorities say Craft blew a .217 in a blood alcohol content breathalyzer test — more than three times the legal limit, according to the KAIT website.

Craft faces charges of DWI and leaving the scene of the accident, multiple sites report.





Happy Trails,

Leslie


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