Dumb Criminal

[North Carolina Tentmaker]

This was a link from Drudge this morning.

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/36003314.html

From the link:

Any identifying tattoos? Well, in fact, yes.....

Last update: December 12, 2008 - 7:33 AM

Note to criminals: Do not lie to police about your name when your surname is tattooed on your neck.

Darnell L. Frazier, 25, did just that ... uh, well, he tried to do just that early Thursday on St. Paul's East Side.

According to the police report, an officer stopped two men walking in the street at Forest Street and Minnehaha Avenue. One was "evasive" about his identification, telling the officer he had never had a photo ID. He said his name was Darnell Lewis, spokesman Peter Panos said.

The officer, however, noticed that the man had "Frazier" tattooed on his neck.

Frazier was arrested on four misdemeanor warrants, including driving after license revocation, driving after suspension and no proof of insurance.

He also had at least two felony warrants for his arrest: a probation violation in Jackson County for bringing a stolen vehicle into Minnesota and a failure to appear in Hennepin County on a drug charge.

The 25-year-old St. Paul man is currently residing in the Ramsey County jail.

He has a lengthy history of felony convictions in addition to the warrants, including receiving stolen property, theft, and having dangerous weapon on school grounds.

 

[Crabtownboy]

This was a link from Drudge this morning.

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/36003314.html

From the link:

Good one. I remember reading about a bank robber who was described by the bank teller as very tall, very thin and wearing a bright green ski suit. Well, twenty minurtes later the police spotted a very tall, very thin man wearing a bright green jump suit. The fellow had stashed the money in his apartment and gone back out on the street without changing clothes. :laugh:

 

[Jon-Marc]

I heard about a guy who went into a bank, filled out a deposit slip as a pretense of depositing money in a non-existent account. Then he robbed the bank and ran off with the loot. The police simply got his name from the deposit slip and arrested him.

Another guy burglarized a home and was relaxing at home afterward when there was a knock on his door. He opened it and was surprised to see the police. They had followed his footprints in the snow back to his home.

Then there was another guy who pretended to be shopping, robbed a store and left his wallet there. There is also the guy who handed a clerk in a store a $20 bill and asked for change. When the clerk opened the register, the man demanded the money in it. The clerk handed him what was in it. The guy got away with only $15, while the clerk still had the $20 that the man handed him.