World's dumbest criminals : outrageously true stories of criminals committing stupid crimes.
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HarperCollins,
New York :
2020.
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About
Two men in England photographed each other stealing thousands of dollars from gambling machines. An armed man successfully robbed a pharmacy and was captured after he boasted about it on social media. A burglar spent some time cleaning the house he was robbing, and even restocked some groceries, before he was discovered fast asleep in the homeowner's bed. ("He did burn an old saucepan, but that happens!" reported the homeowner.) Two drunken louts stole a penguin from an aquarium and tried to release him into a canal when they were sober (he was returned to the polar enclosure, unharmed). Another man attempted to hold up a bank using a cucumber as a weapon. Two fellows tried to rob a bar where the town's police department was holding a retirement party for one of its members. For every Moriarty, there are a thousand stupid criminals who get caught in the act, or who boast about their success on social media, or whose acts are so outrageous that the police have little difficulty tracking them down. Throughout history, these criminals have been easily captured, and have sometimes even died during an ill-fated escape. New criminals are apprehended every day thanks to their own genius, their exploits captured on YouTube and Instagram. Hilarious and outrageous, this book will make you shake your head and perhaps second-guess your own plans to commit petty larceny.
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Details
- ISBN: 9781443459396
- Physical Description: 336 p. ; 23 cm.print
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2020.