Oh and there was Meth too.



"A California police officer went above and beyond to help a stranded driver this week — until he realized her car wasn’t hers at all, according to authorities.

Lynette Stewart, 37, flagged down an officer with the Lincoln Police Department around 11 p.m. on Thursday, telling him that her gas tank hit empty in the city and she “now needed help finding the vehicle” again, police said in a Facebook post Friday.

The officer — who remembered seeing the kind of car she described six blocks away — gave Stewart and her gas can a lift to the vehicle, according to police.

But then the officer checked the vehicle’s status and realized the car had been reported stolen just one day earlier in Cameron Park, police said.

Stewart, a resident of Cameron Park, was arrested and booked at the South Placer Jail on vehicle theft and methamphetamine possession charges, police said."

https://www.kansascity.com/...rticle236420378.html

I'm sure glad it seems like most criminals are stupid.

I wondered where my extra gas can went...…………

Rams

Watching Live PD one night, a criminal had been put into cuffs and was about to be put into the cruiser. He turned to the officer and asked if he could have his drugs back because he paid a lot of money for them. He wasn't stupid. Just maybe thought the cop was.

I still haven't found much that can top this.
Back when I used to fix cop radios and the systems that supported them, we spent a lot of time at the radio tower, across from the traffic court and jail.
On court days and visiting days, parking was at a premium, and people would - more than occasionally - double park.

One day an officer came out to find his personal car blocked in by an illegal parker. He ran the numbers on the car, only to discover that the car had been rented from a rental agency, using a stolen credit card, and never returned.
When the driver came back to the car, she still had the stolen credit card in her purse.

quote Originally posted by fierofool: ...He turned to the officer and asked if he could have his drugs back because he paid a lot of money for them. He wasn't stupid. Just maybe thought the cop was.

Hey... it was worth a try.

A thief does not have to be smart, but he has one advantage. He knows one thing that we don't. We do not know who the thief is, but he knows who his target is.