America's least competent criminals
true tales of would-be outlaws who have botched, bungled, and otherwise haplessly but hilariously fumbled their crimes
by Chuck Shepherd
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A rogues' gallery featuring America's most hapless criminals. Crime definitely doesn't seem to pay for such lunkheaded lawbreakers as: the burglar caught red-handed by a returning homeowner because he had become entranced playing with the owner's video game in midcrime; the suspect in a series of vending-machine robberies who posted his $400 bail using a sackful of quarters; the two criminals chased on foot by police from the scene of a burglary who hopped a fence to lose their pursuers. It was the outer perimeter of San Quentin Prison; the man who reported to security guards at a resort that someone had stolen $1000 worth of cocaine from his room. - Back cover.
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America's Least Competent Criminals: True Tales of Would-Be Outlaws Who Have Botched, Bungled and Otherwise Hapless
1993, HarperCollins Publishers
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America's least competent criminals: true tales of would-be outlaws who have botched, bungled, and otherwise haplessly but hilariously fumbled their crimes
1993, HarperPerennial
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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.
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