Dumb Criminal of the Month
The Nazz
13-08-2005, 06:35
Okay--two real big questions here. Who builds a pipe bomb for fun? Who, having built a pipe bomb for fun, forgets it and tries to bring it on a plane? (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-briefs12.1aug12,1,526802.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true)
A University of Oklahoma student told federal investigators he forgot a pipe bomb he built for fun was in his luggage when tried to board an airplane, court documents show.
Charles Alfred Dreyling Jr., 24, was charged with trying to carry the bomb aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Oklahoma City to Atlanta. He was released on $10,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
FBI agents and Oklahoma City police officers said the pipe bomb contained a metal cartridge filled with gunpowder attached to a detonator made from model rocket parts. Dreyling could have detonated the bomb using his cellphone battery, authorities said.Is this guy really this dumb? I don't think so.
The Nazz
13-08-2005, 07:01
Nothing? Did someone already hit this story and I missed it?
Naturality
13-08-2005, 07:16
Saw this on the news. Hard for me to believe he just forgot about it being in his backpack.
Mesatecala
13-08-2005, 07:22
"Uh but officer, I forgot it was in there.. say.. can I have it back please?"
Seriously a true moron. He threw ten years of his life away (I think he'll get convicted).
Teh_pantless_hero
13-08-2005, 07:23
"How did that get there.. oh wait shit, I was wondering what I did with that."
Rotovia-
13-08-2005, 07:25
"Uh... and I swear that suspicous white powder is just shirbert"
Magick Isles
13-08-2005, 08:30
I wondered who put up the $10,000 for bail.
Sean-sylvania
13-08-2005, 08:42
Nothing? Did someone already hit this story and I missed it?
Yeah, there was a thread about this earlier today.
Carnie Killers
13-08-2005, 08:43
two words to that idiot...metal detector.
Well, this is pretty dumb.
A few years ago in New Hampshire, a man decides he needs money, so he does what any of us would do; he decides to rob something. Not just any "something", but a gun-store.
His weapon: a three inch switch-blade...
Who brings a knife to rob a GUN-STORE?
Sdaeriji
13-08-2005, 12:58
Well, this is pretty dumb.
A few years ago in New Hampshire, a man decides he needs money, so he does what any of us would do; he decides to rob something. Not just any "something", but a gun-store.
His weapon: a three inch switch-blade...
Who brings a knife to rob a GUN-STORE?
I thought that happened in Rhode Island.
I have a good story about a kid I used to go to high school with. He and three friends decided they were going to rob a gun store in Connecticut or Rhode Island; I forget. So they go in there with guns and ski masks and everything, and they take a load of guns to their car. Then they go BACK IN AND TAKE SOME MORE, which gives the cops plenty of time to get there as they're loading their second haul into the car. So they take off down the highway, being chased by the cops, and they start dumping the guns out the windows, like it'll help their case. Eventually, the cops get them over and arrest them. Here's the best part: the State, in addition to the armed robbery and resisting arrest and all the charges you'd expect, nails them with like 43 counts of illegal possession of a firearm, for each gun they stole.
BackwoodsSquatches
13-08-2005, 13:03
Thats not dumb...THIS is dumb:
I met a girl recently who was driving with some weed in her car.
She got pulled over by the police for speeding, and the Officer searched her vehicle.
He finds her bag.
He asks her if this weed was hers...she says:
"That cant be my pot officer, I already smoked mine."
Not making this up.
Harlesburg
13-08-2005, 13:03
Pipe Bombs get a thumbs up.
Forgeting them gets a thumbs down.
I thought that happened in Rhode Island.
I have a good story about a kid I used to go to high school with. He and three friends decided they were going to rob a gun store in Connecticut or Rhode Island; I forget. So they go in there with guns and ski masks and everything, and they take a load of guns to their car. Then they go BACK IN AND TAKE SOME MORE, which gives the cops plenty of time to get there as they're loading their second haul into the car. So they take off down the highway, being chased by the cops, and they start dumping the guns out the windows, like it'll help their case. Eventually, the cops get them over and arrest them. Here's the best part: the State, in addition to the armed robbery and resisting arrest and all the charges you'd expect, nails them with like 43 counts of illegal possession of a firearm, for each gun they stole.
Now THAT'S justice!
Maybe a bit off the topic: I recently heard a story about some kid here in Finland who'd made a pipe bomb in a school workshop one evening. The kid finished the bomb and then realised there was nowhere to put the fuze in. Instead of removing the cap first, he decided to save time and drill through it while it was still attached to the bomb. Basically he was drilling through metal, into explosives.
He survived the explosion though.
The Nazz
13-08-2005, 20:09
After reading the responses, I think maybe we ought to change the topic to Darwin Award entries. After all, you can't enter the gene pool if you're in jail for doing something this stupid, right? :D
My dad has a story like this. When he was just a teenager from small-town Newfoundland, he was rather innocent. He was very excited to be taking his first flight. He walks through the metal detector, and it goes off.
"Do you have anything metal on you, sir?" asks the security dude.
"Oh, just my knife..." my dad proceeds to pull out several inches of fish-gutting menace, complete with barbs and hooks. (It was his first time on a plane, he didn't know.)
Three Darwin awards close to my heart:
firstly, one great alibi:
http://darwinawards.com/
And secondly, a time to not call the cops:
http://darwinawards.com/
And in conclusion, a poor choice of targets:
http://darwinawards.com/stupid/