American's Dumbest Criminals: Based on True Stories from Law Enforcement Officials Across the Country

by Daniel Butler, Leland Gregory, Daniel R. Butler

Book Overview

100 crazy stories of America's dumbest criminals. WARNING: The crimes you are about to read are true. The names have been changed . . . to protect the ignorant. Here is the ultimate collection of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558533729
• ISBN13: 9781558533721
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

AMERICA'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS--smart and funny

AMERICAN'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS. . . is laugh aloud funny! It's a great book to pick up when you have only a short time to read! It was the perfect gift for my husband's birthday; good for me, too, as I read it over his shoulder.

stupid laughter!

Americas dumbest criminals is full of stupid laughter!It has a bunch of little stories put together in one book!One of my favorite ones is about a guy that goes into a bank and tries to rob it but the bank calls the police and the guy starts running away from the police but they still caught him because he was robbing the bank at night and he was wearing light up shoes so the police could see him running!

Hilarious!!!!

I never cease to be amazed by how stupid some people can be. These stories literally had me laughing so hard that I dropped the book on the floor. I've read several different collections about dumb criminals but this one is by far the best. This book had me cracking up. If you have not yet read this book, pick up a copy because it is well worth it!

Light And Amusing

This is a group of stories that was put together by officers from around the country sharing some of the more bizarre experiences they have encountered in their careers. This is not about glorifying criminal behavior, it is just meant to highlight human nature at its lowest point when common sense is totally missing.It is fair to say that common sense is not something a criminal should have by definition, but this book proves that any semblance of judgment is often missing. There are several hundred examples, some of which are a riot to read, and many that seemed forced. Some of the tales seem familiar from other stories I have read centering on The Darwin Awards.To give you an idea of these geniuses here are a couple of examples. One person serving a 90-day sentence attempted to escape on day 89, the result an additional 18 months added to his time. A man suspected of stealing from vending machines paid his $400 bail, all in quarters. And one stunt was not even a criminal at the outset. A woman decided to alter her lottery ticket so she would win $20. The rub was that if she had left the ticket alone she not only would have avoided jail, but her original numbers had already won her $5,000!The Police have extremely tough jobs, its nice to know that they do get an occasional laugh from their jobs.

The way it really is

Any reader who says these tales are exaggerated or just war stories, obviously has never worked as a police officer. There are a lot of dumb crooks out there, so many and so dumb that officers can't always feel proud of their easy arrests. What's amazing is that some of these dummies have survived in this world as long as they have. While you will laugh out loud at the stories in this book, know that there are thousands of other dumb acts by criminals that could have been included and thousands more that have occurred since this book was written. And while you laugh, keep the sobering thought in mind that many of these dumb crooks are dangerous.