I just wrote a post on Truly Odd Planet about Dumb Criminals and I included several videos.

I was actually able to find enough dumb criminal videos that I thought I’d share a few over here too.

It’s one thing to be a dumb criminal, but it’s quite another to be a stupid one! Watch as this guy breaks into a pizza parlor by coming in a window. Unfortunately his exit from the store doesn’t go quite as smoothly!

Dumb Criminal - That’s gotta hurt!

Robber is headbanging himself

If there are any future criminals planning a heist reading this, here’s a tip - breaking in through the chimney to commit a robbery is not the way to do it!

Dumb Criminal Caught in Chimney

A burglar spends 12 hours in a chimney in Baton Rouge, La., after allegedly trying to break into a restaurant. Courtesy AP.

Here’s another tip for would-be thieves - Don’t rob a security camera store! Duh!

Dumbest Criminals Ever Rob a Security Camera Store

Pulling your shirt over your head like Beavis isn’t going to keep you safe from the 24 working security cameras on sale in the SECURITY CAMERA STORE, you blasted idiots.

Please let me know if you enjoy these kind of stories and if you like watching videos occasionally as I’ll make this a regular feature.

What’s with all these cities and towns with crazy new laws lately? The other day I wrote about a town in Ohio that’s going to put people in jail for not mowing their lawn and now Charleston, S.C. is going after people that leave chewing gum on street poles.

I’ve never been to Charleston, but apparently the poles have been an unsightly Charleston landmark for years now. Three utility poles at the entrance to the South Carolina city’s popular outdoor market are routinely plastered with used chewing gum. So much so that the poles are a rainbow of colors thanks to the gum. Workers regularly clean the poles of gum but people just keep sticking more on them again.

The City Traffic and Transportation director Hernan Pena thinks this is a big enough problem that he’s asked police to keep close watch on the poles and they’ve even discussed installing surveillance cameras.

Maybe they should just place garbage cans near the poles? I’m sure that would save the cities tax payers a lot of money compared to police and video camera surveillance!

Police said anyone caught plastering gum faces a maximum fine of $500 and 30 days in jail.