Top 30 Dumbest Criminals Ever

To call these criminals dumb is an insult to dumb people. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most ridiculous criminals the world has ever seen. Our countdown of the dumbest criminals includes Adam Valle, Mganga Mganga, R.C. Gaitlin, Christopher Kron, Ruben Zarate, and more! Do you know of any more silly criminal stories? Let us know in the comments below!

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Do you know of any more silly criminal stories? Let us know in the comments below!

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[CandiceVidito]

Deciding to become a criminal is the first dumb move for a criminal to take

[SafetyScout]

I was an on duty firefighter called to a police scene once where the PD needed to ladder for a store building.

On arrival, found out someone had tried to rob the store by entering through the roof and jumped down onto the store floor. The would-be robber attempted to throw the cash register several times up through the ceiling hole (his entranceway via the roof) to no avail. He was unsuccessful and exhausted. He also couldn’t figure out how to get out of the building after he gave up on the throwing idea. He didn’t bring anything to help him escape back up through the ceiling-like a rope or ladder.

Guess he just was thinking he could get in without anyone noticing if he went through the roof on a weekend, jump down the 10 feet to the floor, get the cash register (not the cash itself mind you), throw the register back up the 10 feet through the ceiling hole one time and it would land perfectly on the roof (and not land back on him below). Never thought the thing would be heavy to throw or how to get out afterwards.

He was still inside when the cops came after he set off the store motion detector alarm. (Oh, did I forget to mention the store had an alarm system?)

[lenevee]

The guy who placed an order to rob a bank got me cracking up🤣🤣🤣

[jbzhummerhgamer]

I swear there was a Rescue 911 episode where a man broke into a store, got locked in, and called 911 to get out. The 911 operators and cops had a good laugh about it.

[mgmvtnq]

"Clive Bunyan ran into a store in Cayton, near Scarborough, England, and forced the shop assistant to give him £157 from the till. Then he made his getaway on his motorbike. To hide his identity, Bunyan had worn his full-face helmet as a mask. It was a smooth successful heist, except for one detail. He had forgotten that across his helmet, in inch-high letters, were the words 'Clive Bunyan -- Driver'. Bunyan was arrested and ordered to pay for his crime by doing 200 hours of community service." Source: The Book of Lists, by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace (1977)

[tylergoodman]

Crime doesn't pay, but it can be funny to watch. 🎉

[shigshug]

Lemon juice makes me invisible so that cameras can't see me at the bank = The Birth of the Dunning-Kruger Effect

[lukedaley]

Who the heck brags about committing a crime on social media you’re literally asking to get arrested.

[joewilenzik]

8:38

Remember. Licking doorknobs is illegal in some countries

[Novakane]

In # 6's defense, he probably couldn't afford a gun thus he was robbing a gun store with what he had... 😂😂

[thewhitewolf]

Sometimes you need a rather smart detective to find evidence in a years long hunt. Other times you just need a person with a pulse that looks through social media were criminals expose themselves.

[Z-Strike]

This makes me think of that idiotic trend where influencers would record themselves licking ice cream and drinking mouth wash without paying.

[christigmc]

I work retail. One of our prolific thieves recently got arrested thanks to an observant customer noticing the guy at the local park. The thief sticks out like a sore thumb. He’s very tall. Like 6’4” to 6’6”. My husband, BIL and FIL are 6’5” m, 6’3”, and 6’2” respectively. When you are abnormally tall you get stares.

Another prolific thief stole my cellphone when I tried to take his picture. My phone has a tracker. Police tracked it to a cellphone recycler that has cameras and requires ID.

[michaelalexander]

I remember reading about a guy who was pulled over by a police officer. The man was obviously drunk. Just as the officer was about to arrest him, a collision occurred nearby. The officer told the man to wait while he checked out if anyone had been injured in the crash. The man saw his chance, jumped in the car, and drove home. He put the car in the garage and went to bed. He was awoken two hours later by the police banging o his door. He was arrested and asked where the car was. He opened the garage door and revealed the the blue lights still flashing!

[corymorimacori]

“This enraged their fathers who punished them severely.” Oversimplified

Rasputin: Their daddies beat them like dogs and now they’re evil!

[huntertrum]

Dr. Evil and Charles Ray Fuller I believe can relate to eachother😂😂

[johnnymartinjohansen]

As a Norwegian, I was hoping you had our dumbest criminal of all time on this list, but unfortunately, you didn't.

We had a reality show around year 2000 called "Baren" ("The Bar"). It was about a bunch of young adults running a bar on Norway's most famous street, Karl Johan, in Oslo. The participants never left the bulding, and lived on the floor above the bar when not working. This show got a lot of media attention.

A burglar broke into said apartment when people were asleep, but got captured outside. He claimed he was innocent. The police then told him that 27 cameras (yes!!!) had filmed his face, and he STILL claimed it wasn't him, but of course that didn't help :)

This story was on America's Dumbest Criminals as an international addition, so some of you American may rembember it :)

[Ori_Kohav]

How about Sammy Bouzaglo?
After his infamous episode on Kitchen Nightmares, it was revealed that he already had an arrest warrant, which is why he didn’t want Amy, his wife, to call the police. In that case, *why would he willingly appear on TV?*

[zcfquid]

Licking a doorbell for 3 hours was crazy and hilarious!