I saw these and that was my thought. From MSN Dumb Crook News...


IT DOESN’T ALWAYS PAY TO ADVERTISE
An inmate at the San Mateo County, California, minimum-security jail decided he’d had enough of prison life and simply strolled away during work release. He got a little tired of walking after a while and stopped at a pay phone to call a friend to come pick him up. But try as he might, the convict couldn’t remember his friend’s phone number, so he called directory assistance to get it. Unfortunately, he accidentally dialed 911 instead of 411, then quickly hung up the phone when a dispatcher answered. The police sent out a cruiser to check on the 911 hang-up anyway and found the man still in the phone booth and still wearing his prison shirt, with the words PROPERTY OF SAN MATEO COUNTY HONOR CAMP written on it. “They could see it though the top of his jacket,” Sheriff’s lieutenant Larry Boss said. At least when they took the inmate back to celebrate his reunion with his prisoners, he was already dressed for the occasion.

NINETY-PROOF MORON
Before the cashier knew what was happening, a man with a shotgun appeared at the counter and demanded all the cash in the register. The cashier quickly filled a paper bag with the register’s contents and handed it over to the shotgun-wielding robber. Before he made his escape, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch on the shelf behind the counter — and it looked pretty good to him. He stuck the barrel of the gun in the clerk’s face and told him to put the Scotch in the bag with the cash. The cashier said he wouldn’t do it. It wasn’t that it was a particularly aged or valuable bottle of Scotch, he told the robber; he simply didn’t think the man was old enough to drink. The robber claimed he was, but the cashier still refused to give him the liquor. To prove he was over twenty-one, the robber produced a valid driver’s license and showed it to the conscientious clerk. The clerk looked it over, realized that the man was over twenty-one, and gave him the bottle of Scotch. The robber then dashed out of the store, ready to celebrate his newly acquired cash with a shot or two of fine single-malt Scotch. The cashier celebrated the man’s stupidity by calling the police and giving them the robber’s name and address, which he had memorized from the driver’s license. The door to the thief’s prison cell closed before he could even open his bottle of Scotch.

TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS: ZANY, WACKY PRISONER LAWSUITS
Shortly after being made a jail trusty, inmate Ross Chadwell tried to escape the Benton County, Arkansas, Prison. He was soon captured and punished for his actions. He then filed a lawsuit against both the county and Sheriff Andy Lee, claiming civil rights violations. Chadwell accused Sheriff Lee of acting “recklessly” by making him a trusty and therefore putting him in a position that made it possible for him to attempt escape.
Randy Kraft, a convicted serial killer, filed a $60 million defamation lawsuit against Warner Books and the author of the book Angel of Darkness. Kraft, a death-row inmate convicted of the sexual torture and murder of sixteen men, claimed the book cast him in an unfair light by portraying him as a “sick, twisted” man.

ON THE CUTTING EDGE
A convicted criminal being escorted to jail in St. Petersburg, Florida, somehow managed to escape and go on the lam. During his escape, however, he suffered several deep cuts to his feet, but even with the loss of blood the criminal was able to vanish into thin air, and the authorities didn’t have a clue as to his whereabouts. They got their break from the most unexpected of places — the local hospital. The authorities at the hospital got suspicious of their most recent patient — not because of his wounds but because of his words. When asked to fill out the standard hospital forms, on the line about the cause of the injury our escapee wrote, “Escape from jail.”

PUSH ME, PULL YOU
A number of bank robberies are hampered because of holdup notes that include the robber’s name and phone number, the lack of a weapon, an ineffective disguise, and the like, and usually these robbers don’t make it out the door. But in the case of one aspiring bank robber, he didn’t even make it in the door. Employees of the Durham, North Carolina, Federal Savings Bank became frightened when they saw a man in a sweatshirt with the hood pulled tightly over his face pounding loudly on the front door. Why couldn’t he get in — was the door locked? Nope. The man was trying to push the door open, not having noticed the PULL sign above the handle. The unidentified man was linked to another attempted robbery in Durham. Yep, you guessed it — same MO. The crook failed at that robbery attempt, too, when he again attempted to push open a pull door. The push robber probably attributed his failure to a loose hinge on the door. (Insert your own loose-hinge joke here.)

THE FIRST SIGN OF STUPIDITY
A young entrepreneur in Baltimore, Maryland, looking to generate more sales, put up a sign announcing his wares on the side of a newspaper box. Two plainclothes police officers saw the unlawful advertisement and approached the man, asking if he had posted the sign. “Sure,” he said. “It’s the only way I can get people to stop.” The sign in question offered the sale of ten-dollar bags of marijuana.



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Iraq War Protester Dies in Golden Gate Bridge Fall
Reuters
Wednesday, March 19, 2003; 4:25 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A man protesting the looming U.S. war on Iraq fell to his death from San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday as he was hanging a banner, officials said.

"He appears to have been hanging a banner of some kind," said California Highway Patrol officer Timothy Willock. "We're not sure if he decided to jump or slipped while he was, you know, hanging the banner. That's unclear right now."

Anti-war sentiment is strong in the San Francisco Bay Area but the death of the man in his 30s was the first related to the latest protests over the U.S.-led war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Too bad there arn't more stories like this one!

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Brad, if I remember right the penalty for treason aginst the U.S. is death, how ironic.

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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
God Bless our Soldiers and our Country

JD, LMAO

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I agree Brad,

That man had everything and more and he has made a mess of his life and name.

He could of been remembered next to Elvis, instead he has made himself out as a major failure in my opinion, with all his media crap over the years...

What a waist of tallent and what could of been a very historical and respectable life.


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People have the right to protest...If it has a purpose.

I feel that we should collect all the war protestors and ship there azzs to boot camp and then to IRAQ and if they refuse throw there butts in jail.

We have a President elect and we have to stand behind him instead of the world seeing these muscle heads that do not have a clue what freedom is about and I bet Saddam is laughing when he watchs the news, look his own people protesting there own President. If not for our troops these $hit for brains would not have the freedom to protest in the first place...figure that one out!

This generation of young adults have very little to no clue of the value of freedom, and those that have given up there lives over the past world wars and Viete Nam which was a political jock that mant lives was lost for nothing... and yet many fought for there country and families...NO QUESTIONS ASKED

ALL THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVED IN THE PAST INCLUDING OUR TROOPS THAT ARE SERVING NOW ARE...TRUE HEROES...


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I do not agree with everything President Bush does or says...

But!

Once a major decession has been made by our elect President, our government (both parties) and country should unite and stand behind him.

Then we can call ourselves the worlds freedom fighters our troops do whats asked of them...

Why cant the rest? the rest meaning the protestors...you can include protestors as being none supportors, either government parties, and the public.


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This guy missed out on his chance for the Darwin Award. LMAO

New Castle County Delaware

GUNPOWDER BLAST BURNS MAN: A Pike Creek man was in stable condition Tuesday in Christiana Hospital where he was treated for burns after gunpowder exploded in his fireplace, authorities said. New Castle County paramedics spokeswoman Kelli Starr-Leach said the 38-year-old man of Sassafras Court in The Woods at Pike Creek, off Limestone Road, was trying to dispose of extra gunpowder by throwing it in his fireplace. The man, whose name was not released, suffered second-degree burns to his face and first-degree burns to his neck and arms, she said. The house sustained minimal fire damage, according to John Stewart, a spokesman for the Mill Creek Fire Company.

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Brad, it takes all kinds to make the world go around, what a dumazz!

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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
God Bless our Soldiers and our Country

Kinda like the guy lighting his fart!!! Bet he had burns too!!! dumbazzzzz...You did notice that it is mostly men that do these sort of things, didn't you

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Yea Deb, Thank god I ain't seen any chicks igniting farts. It would give a new meaning to the phrase...BURNING BUSH.LMAO

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lmao, Brad!!!

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I just wanted to say that I am in the Marines. I have not been in for long, but there is nothing that will piss a person in the miitary off more than an individual coming up to them and telling them that they are a waste of tax dollars, or that we do nothing for the country, regardless of branch. Currently I am in Pennsacola Florida learning about aviation electronics. It is a very tough school, but everybody looks forward to the weekends. It is not hard to spot a marine out even in civilian attire. The haircut and the way they present themselves gives it away. I have been stopped numerous times by people who want to start something, or tell me the military is a waste of tax dollars. People no Marines are suppose to be hard, but I am the same as everyone else, the only difference is my job requires me to be there 24/7. People in the military work harder than people think. I am only going to school, but I only get about 2-3 hours of sleep a night. I get up at 4 in the morning and pt for about 1.5 hours. Then it is off to school. after that i study and do homework until early in the morning. I like it though. I am always busy and never board. I do get a lot of compliments and thank yous, which I feel guilty for accepting, being that I was not overseas during the war, although I would have given my right arm to do my part in it, I also get a lot of negetive remarks
People that protest need to look at the fact that they can walk out there door freely, and protest there thoughts about the war or military becouse thousands of people have died for them. That is all I have to say. Thank you Semper Fi
Jason Schiller

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Jason, it is a shame that those who think the military is a waste of tax dollars will probably never get to see what it would be like without our military, because of our servicemen and women, they will live in complete safety and never have a clue what could happen.
Hang in there and good luck to you.

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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
God Bless our Soldiers and our Country

Jason it's too bad wherever your stationed that dumbasses are like that. Here in GA most of us like to thank our service men and women for serving our country. Here's a link to our local talk radio Devil Dog. Hope you have a good Memorial Day weekend.
http://kimmershow.com/

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BareAss DumbAss

Bare Naked Burglar

May 27, 2003

Police say a would-be burglar got caught with his pants down -- literally.
Officers were called to Clyde's Auto Sales shop near 60th and Prospect around 8 a.m. Monday.
When they arrived, they found a 36-year-old Kansas City man stuck in the side of the building, and half-dressed.
Police officer Kevin Growney says the man apparently forgot to do some math before he tried to get in. "The hole's not that big, and he weighed 245-pounds, things happen."
The man told police that he was just looking for a place to sleep, and that his pants had fallen down sometime in the night.
Police brought out the chainsaw and freed the bare-bottomed man. He was cuffed, arrested and may face burglary charges.
Officer Growney says it is one of the most revealing and unique cases he's ever worked. "Something you don't come across everyday, that's all, startling. I've never come across something like this yet."

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Brad, those dumazzes that keep trying to be Santa Claus don't have a clue as to the construction of a chimney, on mine to get by the damper he would have to be abput 12" wide and 4" thick, hell a bird would have truble getting down one.
We had one down there last year whose mother-in-law was locked out and he goes down the chimney,which was brick, gets stuck, makes Real TV, and the fire dept. had to cut the bricks away to get him out, a locksmith would have been a lot cheaper. LOL

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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
God Bless our Soldiers and our Country

Yea I think that story is featured some where on this thread. I remember that well. LMAO

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Why we need more SUV's on the raod.

Business Owner Chases, Runs Over Robbery Suspects In Hummer
Two Suspects In Critical Condition

EDT June 16, 2003

A business owner in Phoenix, Arizona took matters into his own hands after a group of men robbed his business, according to a Local 6 News report.



Police say three armed suspects walked into the Mr. Insurance building in Phoenix and demanded money. A fourth suspect was in the getaway car, according to the report.

Investigators said after the suspects left with the store's money, the co-owner jumped into his Hummer and chased after the suspects.

Police said that the man, identified only as Peter, followed the suspects through a neighborhood and eventually caught up with them. He then rolled his Hummer over their car.

Two of the suspects were taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The two other suspects managed to get away but police later caught them as well.

It is not known if Peter will face charges.

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The sad thing is...."Peter" will probably be sued! The same men who robbed him will end up being the "victims". They will make out like bandits because he "asaulted" them and caused them "pain and suffering"!!! He will be the one that catches all the grief!!!

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Erational Crime News:

Shortly before eight in the morning, a man entered a Burger King in Ypsilanti. Michigan, and pulled out a gun. When he demanded all the cash from the register, the clerk explained that it would not open without a food order. So the robber asked for a burger and a side of onion rings.

The clerk pointed to the clock and said, "Sorry, those items are only available after ten-thirty." The robber, not in the mood for breakfast,pocketed the gun and left the store.

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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
God Bless our Soldiers and our Country

How 'bout....Kelly Clarkson (American Idol) and 1st runner-up, Justin Guirini getting THROWN OUT of Joe Poole Lake (Grand Prairie) last Monday.
Seems that they had been taking turns on a PWC and acting stupid all day, when Justin rode the thing up on shore and "almost hit a little girl". Dad got pi$$ed and got in Justin's face (not knowing who "he was") and he just laughed at him and walked off! "Dad" called the lake patrol and "Justin and Kelly continued laughing and being rude". Justin was issued a $2000. fine and they were both told to leave the lake! They "didn't understand"......"they didn't know the laws".............
..........THEN, they shouldn't have been operating the PWC!!!!!!!!

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Amen Deb!

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Man I love stories like this.

Paintball Pranksters Get Gunfire

PITTSBURGH-August 13, 2003 — Two teens who drove around Pittsburgh shooting passers-by with paintball guns were shot with real bullets for apparently targeting the wrong group, police said.
Tracey Smedley, 19, was treated at UPMC Presbyterian hospital's emergency room and released Tuesday, said spokeswoman Jocelyn Uhl. She could not provide a condition for an unidentified 17-year-old.

Smedley, the 17-year-old and an 18-year-old man drove around a city neighborhood armed with paintball guns and wearing helmets and paintball vests, Pittsburgh police Lt. Philip Dacey said.

During their drive, the teens pelted children at a playground and shot at another group down the street, Dacey said.

When the teens turned around to tell the group on the street they were only shooting paintballs, someone returned fire with a gun, peppering the driver's side of the car with more than a dozen bullets, Dacey said.

Smedley was shot in the left arm, while the 17-year-old was hit in the buttocks. The teens then drove themselves to the hospital, Dacey said.

(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press.)

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I am sure the Racoons in my neighborhood wish they could shoot me back for all the colors they wear!

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If hauling A$$ is wrong I dont wana be right!
Who wants to drive$

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Don't be this guy!

Tin, I saw that on the telly, he was lucky all he lost was his eye.

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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
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OMG!!! I saw that too! He is a very lucky man!!!

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Tin I don't think I would call that eat up wit da DumAzz as much as I would call it Eat UP wit Luck. Man when I saw that report chills went up my spine. You can really say it was not his time to go. Stuff like that reminds me of the 'falling on rebar stories'.

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OK!!!! How did THAT happen??? Some one want to give some details for those of us that don't get to see much tellie.

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Originally posted by Joey

OK!!!! How did THAT happen??? Some one want to give some details for those of us that don't get to see much tellie.

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Hey Joey heres the story...
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/09/...l.head.ap/ You don't need a TV just a search engine. This is one of the biggest fears of someone that works above the ground. It's not the fall that gets ya but the landing.

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Thanks Brad. I can't imagine going through something like that. I probably would have died at just the thought of that bit going through my head. Real lucky guy. Maybe he should try Vegas!

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Wonder if Hos ever had one of these calls? LMAO

Teen Girls Call Sheriff's Cell Phone To Order Marijuana...Twice!
AP
AUSTIN, Minn. -- Two teens accused of searching for a marijuana dealer dialed the ultimate wrong number -- they called the Mower County Sheriff's cell phone.

Sheriff Terese Amazi's cell phone rang around noon on Friday. The caller said she wanted a bag of marijuana. After Amazi said she was the sheriff, the caller said, "I'm sorry," and hung up.

A few minutes later, the phone rang again. This time, Amazi let a deputy answer.

The caller again asked for a bag of marijuana, and the deputy -- who called himself "Dupe" on the phone -- arranged for a meeting at a convenience store an hour later.

"Apparently, they didn't know the meaning of 'Dupe' as in 'duped' either," Amazi said. "It's incredible."

The girls, ages 15 and 17, were arrested at the scene. Police said they found cash for the marijuana and drug paraphernalia on both girls. One was released to her parent and the other was turned over to a probation officer.

"Not only did they do something wrong, but they should have been in school," Amazi said.

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this months dumbass winners!!!!

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Top Idiots Of 2003

Idiot # 1
I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the emergency room right away. Here's your sign, lady. Wear it with pride.

Idiot # 2
Seems that a year ago, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. When they took it for a float on the river, a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them surprised them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the emergency locator beacon that activated when the raft was inflated. They are no longer employed at Boeing. Here's your sign, guys. Don't get it wet; the paint might run.

Idiot # 3
A true story out of San Francisco: A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote "this iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. Don't bother with this guy's sign. He probably couldn't read it anyway.

Idiot # 4
A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of $40.
Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture, this time of handcuffs. He immediately mailed in his $40. Another sign (though this guy might be onto something worth thinking about)!

Idiot # 5
Guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as
well, but the cashier refused and said, "Because I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because he didn't believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver's license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and he put the Scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later. Remind me to have more signs printed up. Give this guy his!

Idiot # 6
A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. This guy doesn't need a sign; he probably figured it out himself.

Idiot # 7
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape. Oh, that smarts. Give him his sign!

Idiot # 8
Ann Arbor: The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 12:50 A.M., flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.

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Joe Don Lewis
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LMAO #3 I'd reconize Hipbonics anywhere. He musta got out early for good behavior.

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Hey JD I we have another Dumb Ass of the Year candidate. This story and picture appeared on the front page of the Daily Nebraskan on 9/25/03...of course there was a follow up story on 9/26/03. LMAO

Sign theft comes with hefty price tag
The whole process seems deceptively simple.



Junior biochemistry major Dustin Rewinkel said he could remove a street sign within minutes. All it usually required was a couple spins of a socket wrench and maybe the help of a Channellock tool. He quickly could have a sign off its pole and into the back of his car. All of this would be done under the cover of darkness, he said.

"We got a system down. Three a.m. works the best. Once everyone is already home from the bars," he said.

Rewinkel said he had stolen more than a dozen signs since starting college.

Undeclared sophomore Nathan Jedlicka said he went out to get a Lincoln city population sign with Rewinkel a few weeks ago near Highway 2.

His reasoning for choosing the sign was fairly basic.

"I got it just because it was easy to get," he said.

This little covert operation comes at considerable risk to Rewinkel and his accessories if they ever get caught.

It doesn't take Jedlicka more than a simple flip to the backside of his pirated sign for him to see the sticker stating the Lincoln city ordinance about the punishment for stealing the sign. On average, getting caught for stealing a sign could lead to $500 fine and possible imprisonment.

City of Lincoln senior engineering specialist Jim Tompsett said sign theft created a headache for street and traffic operations workers and an added expense for the city.

The bill for replacing a sign as common as a stop sign starts at $37 for the sign. Add $30 for the labor and $4 to $8 for mileage, and the bill nears $80 per sign. Tompsett said one or two signs get stolen a month on average.

"If they get caught with it, of course, they are going to pay the consequences," Tompsett said.

Fred Gardy, assistant chief of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police, said sign thieves were pretty selfish.

"It has an impact on the taxpayers and the community who have to replace the signs," he said.

Jedlicka said the only other way a student would be caught was if they put the signs someplace stupid. Obviously, he said, he had no plans to hang the sign in front of his window.

Gardy said University Police enforce it whenever they saw a stolen sign, but there was no specific focus on it as of yet.

"It's not an everyday crime," he said.

Tompsett said some students do pick signs that ended up causing dangerous situations.

Gardy said he thought most students who would steal a sign don't even consider the implications it had on traffic.

"It creates a safety hazard, especially at intersections," he said. "The signs are there for a reason."

Rewinkel said the signs he had taken didn't put anybody in harm's way. Although, he said, the city of Lincoln population signs he took were part of his public service.

"That was the old population," he said of the 225,641 people listed on population sign. "It needed (to be) replaced anyway."

Tompsett said thieves targeted a few signs more than others. High Street signs and streets baring typical first names are taken more often.

"I thought about (taking a High Street sign), but it seems a little too common," Rewinkel said.

Follow up story...

Picture in paper leads police to thief

Lincoln police recovered 13 stolen street signs in a search of junior biochemistry major Dustin Rewinkel's apartment Thursday afternoon.

Lincoln Police Capt. Doug Srb said police obtained the search warrant after a story and picture ran in Thursday's Daily Nebraskan detailing how Rewinkel stole several signs.

An arrest could be forthcoming, Srb said.

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Now that is downright ignorance!

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Joe Don Lewis
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What really scares me about this story is that this moron is a junior majoring in Biochemistry at a State University. So much for the future of science.

That should be titled "The thief who took out an ad to glorify his exploits" I assume he didn't think the cops would read the newspapers.

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Joe Don Lewis
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God Bless our Soldiers and our Country

the kid will probably be a great biochemist, in my college carreer it didnt take too long to figure out the smartest kids who really knew there stuff didnt know much of anything else. Its amazing how stupid most of the smart kids are. I bet he's got close to a 4.0, GPA and IQ

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Duane,

If that fella thought that was cool...(NOT!) give him the Dumb AZZ MONKEY AWARD...!!!


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Mount Shasta, California; Hos did you have any part of this? I know how you get when yo get bored..

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Yeah Greg...I remember the Mt. Shasta case well. Her son was a volunteer firefighter who was paid by the call. Mom was lighting fires so her baby boy would get called out and make some coin. Actually, any of the firefighters out there will tell you...there are quite a few arsonists who turn out to be volunteer firefighters.

Duane, those are all to funny.

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In Honor of Stupid People
Here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods.

On a Sears hairdryer:
Do not use while sleeping.

(Dang, and that's the only time I have to work on my hair).

On a bag of Fritos:
You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.

(the shoplifter special)?

On a bar of Dial soap:
"Directions: Use like regular soap."

(and that would be how???....)

On some Swanson frozen dinners:
"Serving suggestion: Defrost."

(but, it's "just" a suggestion).

On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom):
"Do not turn upside down."

(well...duh, a bit late, huh)!

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:
"Product will be hot after heating."

(...and you thought????...)

On packaging for a Rowenta iron:
"Do not iron clothes on body."

(but wouldn't this save me more time)?

On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:
"Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication."

(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those
5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)

On Nytol Sleep Aid:
"Warning: May cause drowsiness."

(and...I'm taking this because???....)

On most brands of Christmas lights:
"For indoor or outdoor use only."

(as opposed to...what)?

On a Japanese food processor:
"Not to be used for the other use."

(now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.)

On Sainsbury's peanuts:
"Warning: contains nuts."

(talk about a news flash)

On a child's superman costume:
"Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly."

(I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.)

On a Swedish chainsaw:
"Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals."

(Oh my God...was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)

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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
God Bless our Soldiers and our Country

Note:Threads to fix
That should be titled "The thief who took out an ad to glorify his exploits" I assume he didn't think the cops would read the newspapers.


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Joe Don Lewis
FLAT'S ARE WHERE IT'S AT
God Bless our Soldiers and our Country