Top Ten Dumbest Criminals of All Time
He tried to rob a convenience store dressed as a woman. However, he forgot to shave his mustache.
He was later identified and arrested.
Michael emptied out the gasoline from a police car and took a picture. He might have gotten away with it, but he posted the picture on Facebook.
The cops found out and arrested him pretty quickly.
And he would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that meddling Facebook!
This bonehead attempted to break into a house that had already been burglarized, and there were police inside interviewing the victim.
Later that same day, he tried robbing a nearby house and cut his hand on some glass. The police found his blood and arrested him.
This peabrain tried to steal a woman's car. However, the car had a manual transmission, and Mganga had no idea how to drive it. For seven minutes, he tinkered with the car and could only manage to work the windshield wipers and headlights. The neighbor was on the phone with the police the entire time.
When the police arrived, Mganga tried to flee on foot but was stopped two blocks away from the crime scene.
This dumbass planned to rob a bank, but thought it would be a good idea to call the bank ahead of time so the money would be ready for him.
When he got there, the police were waiting.
Who carries around their birth certificate?
Ruben tried to rob a muffler store, but all the money was in the safe, and only the manager, who wasn't present, could open it. Incredibly, this doofus left his phone number, asking them to call him when the manager arrived.
Instead, they called the police. The police instructed the store manager to call Zarate, and when he showed up, he was promptly arrested.
Klaus Schmidt tried to rob a bank, but there was one major problem - he was deaf! When the banker asked, "Do you need a bag?" Schmidt replied, "You're damn right it is a real gun!"
The alarm was pulled, but Klaus had no idea what was happening until the police arrived. Later, in court, he attempted to sue the bank for exploiting his disability. DUMB.
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He was a famous actor, but he chose to give up wealth and fame just to kill Lincoln.
She stole 50 credit cards and used them just 50 yards away!
It was enough time for the cops to arrest her.
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He was so upset that his Spicy Italian Sandwich at Subway didn't include mayonnaise and mustard as ordered that he called 911 over three times to complain about it, demanding the police fix his sandwich mistake.
On the third call, he was wondering what was taking the cops so long. When they finally arrived, they arrested Reginald Peterson for misuse of 911.
"So tying up the 911 lines to talk about a sandwich is just totally absurd," said Ken Jefferson of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
His neighbors recorded him naked on his porch, with his penis inside the umbrella hole of his picnic table, having sex with the picnic table.
Charles Ray Fuller was arrested in 2008 for attempted forgery after stealing a check from his girlfriend's mother and trying to cash it for $360,000,000,000.00 to start a record company.
He also had a handgun and two bags of marijuana on him when he was arrested.
"When the police get you, you need an ass kicking for even being so stupid as to think you could cash a $360 billion check. First, you gotta deposit it, you dummy."
- Todd Bridges on TruTV's The World's Dumbest.
A registered sex offender from Florida, Eddy Juan, crawled under library tables at Florida International University to smell the feet of a young female student. He became known as the Florida Foot Sniffer.
"Dispatchers want people to know, do not call 911 over a fast food order. It is for life and death situations only."
- Margy Lynch of Katu 2, who reported on this idiot who called 911 over his order at McDonald's.
Christine Weston Chandler (formerly known as Christian Weston Chandler and best known as Chris-chan), is an autistic trans woman who is the creator of the infamous webcomic Sonichu. She was discovered by trolls in 2007, which lead to her retaliating. In 2011, she came out as a tomgirl and started cross-dressing;... read more Christian was arrested in 2014 for macing a GameStop employee after being caught trespassing at a store he had previously been banned from for vandalizing a display for Sonic Boom.
After successfully robbing a Chicago bank, this dumbass actually called a local radio station to brag about the robbery and what he did with his share of the loot.
Not surprisingly, he was arrested after putting his foot in his mouth.
He called 911 to ask female dispatchers to have phone sex with him.
He ordered seven McDoubles at McDonald's, and when he found out he was one burger short, he called 911 to report his missing McDouble. He should have called 911 after eating all of those burgers.
She called 911 on Hardee's because her hamburger was nasty.
"The police will come. You cannot dial 911 because you are unhappy with your burger, OK?"
A female 911 dispatcher said this in response to a pointless call about Burger King lemonade.
He was arrested for calling 911 because Burger King didn't have lemonade on their menu.
Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophiliac who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was born on November 24th, 1946, and died via the electric chair on January 24th, 1989. He was born illegitimately,... read moreHe was arrested for calling 911 to get a police escort to a Lil' Wayne concert in Miami. Instead, he got a police escort to jail for misuse of 911.
Jared Scott Fogle (born August 23, 1977), also known as "The Subway Guy," is an American former spokesperson for Subway restaurants and a convicted child molester... read more Jared Fogle went from being the face of Subway to a convicted pedophile after being arrested in 2015 for possession of child pornography. He received a 15-year prison sentence.