America's least competent criminals
Subtitle: true tales of would-be outlaws who have botched, bungled, and otherwise haplessly but hilariously fumbled their crimes
By: Chuck Shepherd.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780060950026
Copyright date: 1993
Subjects: Criminals -- United States -- Anecdotes.; Crime -- United States -- Anecdotes.; Criminals -- United States -- Miscellanea.; Crime -- United States -- Miscellanea.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Each story comes from a mainstream daily newspaper or other highly reputable news source" - Introduction.
"By the author of News of the Weird" - cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "Hello, 911? I'm wedged in this bank vault" : Clumsy burglars; title: "Hi, I'm Butch. I'll be your robber tonight" : Criminal self-identifications; title: "Excuse me, when's the next bus?" : The art of the getaway; title: "Officer, that man stole my drugs!" : Making it easy for the cops; title: "I know this sounds crazy, but" : The modus operandi; title: "Trust me" : Dreams and schemes; title: "Don't give up your day job" : More bad career choices; title: "Officer, I said I've got rugs, man, not drugs!" : Attention-span failures; title: "I hate it when that happens" : People who just can't seem to stop; title: "Bail on that forgery charge? Will you take a check?" : Miscellaneous brilliant ideas; title: "The bank is loaded on Friday; it's payday for cops" : People in the wrong place at the wrong time; title: "I didn't do it, and furthermore, I didn't mean to" : Judgment days; title: "And the award for outstanding stupidity goes to" : America's least competent criminals; title: Sources; title: About the author