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Stupid Criminal of the Week

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Fri Oct 21, 2005 at 05:16:17 PM EST
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This is usually TChris's department, but I can't resist.

A rapist was captured after he forced his victim to write him a check and then tried to cash it, police said.

Anthony R. Roberts, 25, was arrested Wednesday night outside a check cashing store, minutes after he left the woman's apartment, police said. Police said Roberts forced his way into her apartment at gunpoint, bound her with tape and raped her. But first he forced her to make out a $1,400 check in his name, and told her to write on it that it was for electrical work, authorities said.

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    • Stupid Criminal of the Week | 7 comments (7 topical)
    Re: Stupid Criminal of the Week (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:15 PM EST
    I just had a case where my client stole a car, drove it around for a bit, then abandoned it. How'd she get caught? She left her ID on the front seat! For defense lawyers, human stupidity means job security.

    Re: Stupid Criminal of the Week (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:15 PM EST
    The legal equivilant of a Darwin Award winner.

    Re: Stupid Criminal of the Week (none / 0) (#3)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:15 PM EST
    pretty egotistical, thought he was that good, did he?

    Re: Stupid Criminal of the Week (none / 0) (#4)
    by jen on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:15 PM EST
    Well that was probably one check she was quite happy to write!

    Re: Stupid Criminal of the Week (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:16 PM EST
    Thank god for stupid people or else I'd have to find another line of work.

    Re: Stupid Criminal of the Week (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:16 PM EST
    An attorney I worked with in Atlanta used to call such stupid criminals as this one "self-cleaning ovens."

    Re: Stupid Criminal of the Week (none / 0) (#7)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:26 PM EST
    This one seems pretty dumb as well;
    Fast food worker admits to hocking in Michigan lawman's sandwich.... .... faces more than a decade in prison
    smoking gun

    Stupid Criminal of the Week | 7 comments (7 topical)