A man walked in to a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Shop, and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him. If I had chosen another field, all this may not have happened. Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. The robber apparently stuffed the loot down the front of his pants as he was running out the door.
Police have the man's charred trousers in custody.
In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket.