Two candidates for "America's Dumbest Criminals"

There were two highly entertaining articles in the newspaper yesterday. The first is short, so I've included it in its entirety.

Man arrested at Indiana State Police post on drug charge

A man who came to the Indiana State Police post at Sellersburg on Monday to pick up items that allegedly belonged to him was arrested on drug charges after personnel at the post noticed an odor of marijuana on him.

Steven R. Hubbard, 22, of New Albany, was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession and felony possession of marijuana with a prior conviction. He was being held at the Clark County Jail.

A search uncovered processed marijuana and more than $600 in cash, police said.

Let's see, you smoke some dope, then decide it's a good idea to drive your reeking self to the state police post in your car that has your "business inventory" inside. Yep, you deserve to get arrested. My co-worker suggested that perhaps he was too high to notice the odor on himself.

The other article is longer, so I'll just post the link.

Let me make sure I understand this. You 1. steal (taking the counterfeit bills from the casino) 2. lie (claiming you had destroyed them) and 3. try to pass money you know is counterfeit, all for the sake of $320? Either this guy is extremely stupid, or they only been able to nail him for the $320, and he's done this before. Not so good, either way. Did you happen to note his occupation? He's a RETIRED STATE TROOPER.

I believe you'll agree with me that both of these guys are strong contenders for "America's Dumbest Criminals".