Dumb criminals are a dime a dozen.
A man suspected of stealing a rare coin worth $8,000 from an Illinois shop was arrested after he returned to the scene of his alleged crime and talked to the owner.
Proprietor Chris Seuntjens recognized the thief as the man who had pocketed an 1800 silver dollar last month.
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These were some hot wheels.
A Henderson, Nev., police officer drew the concern of a fellow motorist who called 911 after he saw the cop drive his unmarked SWAT vehicle with sparks flying out of the back for more than a mile.
When veteran officer Justin Simo, 36, finally realized his $50,000 department vehicle was aflame, he tried to use bottles of water to douse the blaze, police said.
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Watch your back — it’s rabbit season!
A man from Proctor, Vt., was nabbed after he aimed his shotgun not at a long-eared critter, but at a fellow hunter he thought had stolen his hunting spot.
John Jones, 57, was charged with reckless endangerment after aiming his shotgun at Jake Duprey’s chest.
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That’s one way to get out of a traffic ticket.
British drivers in Coventry could be getting quite a break as lawyers fight to overturn six years worth of traffic tickets — because the government used the wrong font on speed-limit signs.
The offending font has taller and thinner numbers.
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Now he’ll always help her mind the gap.
A British widow whose husband recorded a safety message that was phased out at a London subway system will get to hear her beloved’s voice once again.
Margaret McCollum, 40, often went to the Embankment station in London to hear her spouse, Oswald Laurence, who died in 2007.
Officials gave her a copy of the recording, but eventually chose to restore it at the station, as well.