Criminals. You’ve got the smart, fiendishly clever masterminds and the dumb, dumb dumbasses. Masterfully pulled off crimes. Art gallery silent thefts. Dead of night, undercover bank robberies. Without tripping a single larm system. It’s simply amazing… Anyone who’s watched the film Ocean’s Eleven, or even the classic Italian Job knows you only need ten men and a lady, four minies, a city-wide 30-second EMP disruptor and a hell-boat of good luck to make off with $200,000,000. If you’re gonna cheat ‘n’ break the rules - at least do it in enough style to not get caught. At least spare yourself the indignity of being blogged.

Some guys though downtown evidently forgot to read the memo and thought patching up old oven doors before shrink wrapping them and selling them off as brand new, high definition plasma televisions would work. Fraid not boys - there’s a slight difference…

It’s an art in itself, being simply this stupid. Take the man who robbed a store with a vibrator, for example. If the guy had remembered to take it out the plastic bag and worn flares and a wig, then it’d definitely be more interesting (and succesful?), on par with Grand Theft Auto style madness.

Teaming up tends not to wield any more success, unless of course you can recruit 10 other criminals besides yourself… Two young men from Berryville stuffed $1,200 worth of video games down their pants, in front of CCTV cameras. Naturally, it made perfect sense to resell them next-door at the neighboring gamestop!?!? Go figure.

Share your own funny ’stupid tech criminal’ stories and join in the fun. Thanks Joel for the tip.