OK. All criminals are stupid, or else they wouldn't commit their crime, right?

Some are just plain dumb too;

Guns and Masks Are So 2006

INWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — A thief covered his face with a pair of blue women's underwear and used a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter in a botched robbery of a convenience store, police said.

"I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried," State Police Sgt. T.C. Kearns told The Journal in Martinsburg.

The cashier at first thought it was a joke and refused to give the man any money, so he ran to a Jeep Cherokee and drove away at about 4 a.m. Wednesday, Kearns said.

A few minutes later, police stopped a vehicle matching that description and took two men into custody.

Police later charged Steven Clay Stephenson, 34, of Ranson in the convenience story robbery.

Kearns said police found a pistol-shaped lighter while searching Stephenson. The underwear was recovered nearby.

Stephenson is charged with nighttime burglary, attempted robbery, first-offense driving under the influence, petit larceny and improper registration.

He was being held Thursday at the Eastern Regional Jail. The Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney's Office had no record of a defense attorney being assigned yet to represent Stephenson.

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teacher stole student's jacket and posted it for sale online. mom found it, teacher resigned. right here in oregon too.

Au contrair Bill, criminals aren't necessarily stupid (although many are, which is true of most any group).

Criminals are some combination of lazy, desperate and unethical.