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Lightning
Fox News • Sun 2017 Dec 31, 1:03pm

Detroit …two men pried open the front door of a Public Lighting substation, and once inside made contact with 24,000 volts of electricity.… caused their bodies to be fused together, and they were pronounced dead at the scene. …

Not worth it, guys. I guess you found that out.
Sarah D., Twitchy • Thu 2016 Jul 21, 11:39am

Protester lit flag on fire, then lit himself on fire, catching others on fire. Flames extinguished by firefighters. No serious injuries.

Cleveland police on Twitter
Ed Mazza, Huff Post • Sat 2016 Jul 2, 10:20am

…posted a Facebook Live video in May under the name Collins Raderius in which he and two friends flashed stacks of money and boasted that "we got a safe." …blamed Facebook for "snitchin." …

Henry Samuel, Telegraph (UK) • Tue 2016 Jun 7, 5:58pm

…Around 40 customers were chomping on their burgers on Sunday evening in the fast food outlet in a shopping centre in Besancon when two men burst in, fired in the air with a shotgun, threatened the guests and ordered staff to open the till, which contained €2,000 (£1,550) in cash.

However, unbeknownst to the robbers, among the terrified customers were 11 off-duty members of the French paramilitary special forces…

Fox News • Tue 2016 Apr 19, 12:27pm

In the future, everyone will get food by manhandling restaurant managers and then stealing a handful of chicken and bacon.

So said an Oklahoma City man, 36-year-old Dante Rashad Anderson, who told police when he was arrested Friday for robbery that he comes from a time four years into the future…

Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Gary Knight:… “He was possibly under the influence of some sort of narcotic or intoxicant or suffering from some type of break with reality”…

No, d'ya think?
Oliver JJ Lane, Breitbart • Mon 2016 Apr 18, 12:39am

A terror-trial following the fatal 2015 Copenhagen shootings at a free speech event and a synagogue has witnessed a shocking outburst by the defendant as he called the judge a “Nazi”.…

How to really help your case, win friends, and influence people!
Amy Renee Leiker, Wichita Eagle • Sat 2016 Feb 27, 3:41pm

A Newton woman is facing a federal charge after authorities said she is suspected of giving Cedric Ford the two weapons he used to shoot 17 people in Hesston on Thursday.

Sarah Jo Hopkins, 28, is the mother of Ford’s 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son…

According to the affidavit, Hopkins said during an interview with law enforcement Friday that she:
▪ Was in a relationship with Ford and lived with him in Newton for period of time
▪ Bought both weapons at A Pawn Shop…
▪ Moved out of their home in July 2015 but left the guns with Ford
▪ Retrieved the guns from the house with help of Newton Police less than a month later “because she had purchased the weapons and they belonged to her”
▪ Gave the guns back to Ford later that month “because Ford had threatened her.…"

If abject stupidity could be a felony, too…
Christopher Brito, Rick Boone, Myles Miller, Pix11 • Sat 2016 Feb 13, 2:13pm

…teen thief… Brooklyn… charged with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon in the Craigslist robbery gone wrong. …pulled out a gun… allegedly stole the Jordan Retro 8 sneakers and walked away. …managed to make it only about 100 yards with the shoes when the driver made a U-turn, stepped on the gas… teenager was pinned against the fence and his right arm was severed "completely…" robbery victim… charged… with attempted murder.…

Brian Anderson, Downtrend • Sat 2016 Feb 13, 2:05pm

Not only didn’t a car thief in Milwaukee make off with a stolen vehicle, he ended up losing his pants when he picked the wrong dude to mess with. Oh, and he also got knocked out cold, embarrassed on social media, and arrested for his efforts. …

Michael Purdy, KRMG • Tue 2015 Dec 29, 5:24pm

…Tahlequah [Oklahoma] grocery store… found something inside a banana box, besides fruit. … 12 kilos of drugs. …said to be worth around $1 million. …either meth or cocaine.…

JJ Burton, Fox 23 • Thu 2015 Dec 3, 6:36am

[Tulsa Walgreens] …he asked for some items and gave a clerk money to pay for them. The clerk was making change when he pulled out the gun and demanded cash. The clerk closed the register, gave the robber his change and walked away from him. … The robber left the store. …

An instance where we can be grateful for the criminal stupidity.
Joleen Chaney, News9 • Sat 2015 Nov 21, 12:26pm

EL RENO, Oklahoma …The story takes a lot of twists and turns, but it eventually led to a hotel where the suspect in a carjacking used a stolen cell phone to take selfies … [which] ended up on the owner's iCloud account, and police were quickly able to track him down. …

KOCO • Sun 2015 Nov 15, 9:27pm

Authorities have arrested an Oklahoma man accused of kidnapping a woman and forcing her to fly a contraband-filled drone over the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. … drone caught on wire fencing and fell inside the prison walls where it was found with marijuana, two hacksaw blades, a cellphone, cigarettes, cigars, glue, methamphetamines and heroin. …digital card found inside the drone showed pictures of the suspect.…

Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News • Fri 2015 Jul 31, 5:56pm
Usually "criminally stupid" is for articles about crooks tripping themselves up. This is about a cop, though, or, at least, a 911 operator.

Caller: (inaudible) I'm keeping him alive.
Sanchez [911]: Is he not breathing?
Caller: Barely. (inaudible) Stay with me. Stay with me, okay? Good job, Jaydon.
Sanchez: Is he breathing?
Caller: He's barely breathing. How many times do I have to f---ing tell you?
Sanchez: Okay, do you know what ma'am? You can deal with it yourself. I'm not going to deal with this, okay?
Caller: No, he's going to die.
The call ends there.

Sara Whaley, Fox 23 • Fri 2015 Apr 10, 10:03pm

An 83-year-old Tulsa woman is desperate for answers after vandals struck her home near 121st and Yale. … Her late husband built the home with cement and steel in the 1960s…

KFOR-TV & K. Querry • Mon 2015 Mar 16, 5:13pm

Authorities say they have arrested two men for allegedly stealing jewelry from the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. …

[If you just had their mug shots to go on, I'm not sure your first thought would be "men."]

Steve Mocarsky, Times Leader • Thu 2015 Mar 12, 5:54pm

"Officer Stanley Wychock advised Franklin that he was under arrest… Franklin allegedly jumped to the ground and started rolling in dog feces. He then allegedly stated that officers could not arrest him because he is 'covered in $#!+…'"

[Alcohol was involved. The things our peace officers have to face!]

Adam Hooper, Bartlesville Radio • Sun 2014 Jun 29, 1:30pm

When being questioned… Peck pulled out headphones from his pocket when the police noticed an suspicious item came out and hit the ground. Officers discovered a small box of meth….

Pelosi
Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit • Wed 2012 Nov 14, 12:58pm

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi… “We don’t have the majority but we have the gavel.” [Um, what?]

Stooges
Smoking Gun • Wed 2012 May 2, 5:49pm

The federal probe that resulted last night in the arrest of five purported anarchists for allegedly plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge began last year at an Occupy Wall Street rally in Cleveland that was infiltrated by an informant who was directed to attend the event by his FBI handlers. ... Defendant Brandon Baxter... “suggested getting tacks that they could throw out of the back of the car if they get in a chase.” This getaway tactic was last successfully used in a Batman episode from 1967.

Gizmodo • Mon 2012 Apr 16, 3:02pm

At the bottom of that site there was the image of this woman, now identified as his girlfriend, with a sign that read "PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w <3 u BiTch's !" The picture—taken with an iPhone—had GPS information which showed that the photo was taken at the woman's home in Wantirna South. The GPS information was embedded in the photo's EXIF data....

pittsburgh.cbslocal.com • Thu 2011 Sep 1, 10:15pm

The man, wearing a suit, collared shirt and a tie, climbed on top of the counter at the Family Dollar ... When he realized it was empty, he grabbed some pennies off the counter and took off. The theft was captured on surveillance video.

newson6.com • Mon 2011 Aug 29, 1:28pm

CHICKASHA, Oklahoma -- A Chickasha couple claims a group of angry teens beat them unconscious and are now bragging about the attack on Facebook.... "Bobby call me. I gotta tell you a story. I just beat this dude's a** and hit a b***h. I got my second assault & battery charge tonight." According to the Coopers, police haven't made any arrests, despite the admissions from several teens.

kjrh.com • Sun 2011 Aug 21, 8:17pm

told the officer she had been using methamphetamine and had last used it four days prior. She, however, claimed the meth lab was not hers and that she was only transporting it to a friend's house. [What friend? Who? Uh, no, I didn't mean a friend. I meant... uh.. I found it, yeah.. that's it....]

rawstory.com • Fri 2011 Jul 29, 10:35am

In the wake of Abdo's arrest, Courage to Resist removed a page on their website that detailed Abdo's plight, but it was preserved through Google cache. Reached by Raw Story, Jeff Paterson, the group's project director, acknowledged that they had tried to cover up their involvement with the soldier and said they would be issuing a statement in the coming hours. He added that his impression of Abdo was a young man with "mental health issues" who was "very difficult to work with." ... Abdo was the first Muslim soldier to seek CO status due to his faith. In televised interviews, he claimed that his beliefs would not permit him to kill other Muslims. In spite of this claim, the American Islamic Forum for Democracy said last year that he should not be granted CO status and instead face a military tribunal for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. [h/t to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air linked to by Joy McCann at Conservative Commune

conservativecommune.com • Fri 2011 Jul 29, 10:30am

I just wanted to highlight the detail that was the most fun for me: the guy went into a gun store, and started talking about explosives. ... "(We) felt uncomfortable with his overall demeanor and the fact he didn't know what the hell he was buying," Ebert said. "I thought it prudent to contact the local authorities, which I did."

chicago.cbslocal.com • Tue 2011 Jul 26, 7:41pm

The officers approached the man who was walking down the middle of the street with the child in his hands when he turned and threw the baby in the direction of one officer who caught the baby.... As the officer gave the baby to the mother, the suspect then began punching the officer's partner and a struggle ensued with the three, lasting several minutes

newsok.com • Tue 2009 Jun 16, 10:10pm

Police arrested a woman at a Target store in Oklahoma City after an employee said he saw her stuff nearly $1,000 worth of Blu-ray discs in her pants.... she bit and clawed at them when they confronted her....

tulsaworld.com • Tue 2009 Jun 16, 3:33pm

tracked a suspected bank robber through his mobile phone

tulsaworld.com • Wed 2009 Jun 10, 2:30pm

asked a teller to change a $1 million note. He reportedly told the teller that he needed $4 million for the bill.

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