Author: dave

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Seymour, Indiana where bozo Casey Carpenter stopped into the local florist, placed an order for his girlfriend, filled out a card and gave the clerk his girlfriend’s address. As the clerk went to the register, our bozo told her, "While you’re at it, give me the rest of your money." He got about $150 and fled. Investigating officers went to the girlfriend’s house, and while questioning her, who should show up but our bozo. He quickly confessed and was arrested.

Bozo criminal for today comes from Pawtucket, Rhode Island where bozo Kenneth Barnhart planned on robbing an apartment. Needing a lookout to stand guard he took his brother along and positioned him outside the apartment. A neighbor noticed the suspicious activity, called the cops and then went outside to wait for the police to arrive. When they got there, our bozo lookout was standing next to the neighbor, mistaking him for his brother who was still ransacking the apartment. One thing we forgot to point out, the man our bozo crook had used to be his lookout, his brother, is legally blind. They’re both under arrest.

Bozo criminal for today comes from Spearfish, South Dakota where 17 year old bozo Randy Hill stole a car. A while later our bozo stopped off at a restaurant in his stolen vehicle to get something to eat. While inside, he noticed a couple of police officers walking in. Thinking the jig was up, our bozo threw himself spread eagled on the floor in front of the cops and said, "Please don’t shoot me. The car is in the parking lot." The officers, who had simply stopped in for a cup of coffee were more than happy to arrest him.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Big Spring, Texas where bozo Kirk Moore reported his car stolen to the police. A short time later the police spotted the vehicle in question and pulled the driver over. As fate would have it, our bozo, the one who reported the car stolen, was in the area and pulled up to claim the car as his. The officer on the scene ran a check on the vehicle’s license plates and, guess what, it turns out the car was stolen by our bozo before it was stolen from him. That’s right, he reported a stolen car as stolen. And to add to his problems, he was wanted on a parole violation. He’s under arrest.

Bozo criminal for today comes from the International File in Bristol, England where bozo Nigel Firth had a hankering for a lobster dinner. And since he didn’t have the cash for the expensive crustaceans, he simply shoplifted a couple of them. By stuffing them down his pants and sprinting for the exit. Not a good idea. The lobsters were none too happy with their situation, so they did what lobsters do to defend themselves. They used their powerful claws to clamp down on whatever was available. Emergency medical technicians had to be called to pry the lobsters loose. Doctors say our bozo will recover but can give up hopes of ever becoming a papa. Thinking he had gone through enough pain, the supermarket manager declined to prosecute.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from the International File in Rivoli, Italy where bozo Eduard Lacque jumped into a car and forced the driver to hand over his cash. He then ordered the victim at gunpoint to drive him to his hometown. And since it was going to be a rather long trip, our bozo settled back into his seat, made himself comfortable and was soon sound asleep. Taking note of the situation, the victim instead drove to the nearest police station, where the cops woke up and arrested our bozo.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today provides us with our Bozo Excuse of the Month. From Wellington, New Zealand comes the story of bozo Peter Sanders who was arrested for dangerous driving after he switched his headlights off and swerved to the wrong side of the road. When a police officer asked him why he did that, he replied that he was an amateur astronomer, searching the sky for a black hole, and he could see better with his headlights off. His attorney said he hadn’t been taking his medication.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminals for today come from Huntsville, Texas where three very bored bozos noticed a large smoothing machine had been left in the apartment parking lot overnight by the crew that was resurfacing the lot. Thinking it might be fun to take it for a drive, our bozos fired it up at 1:45 in the morning at took it for a little spin. And to record the event for posterity, one bozo videotaped the whole thing. Of course this caused quit a bit of racket and the neighbors called the cops, but by the time the officers arrived the machine had been parked and our bozos had returned safely to their apartment. They might have gotten away with it except that they left their apartment door open and were watching the videotape and laughing and whooping it up as the officers happened to pass by.

(Best of Bozo)Bozo criminal for today comes from Newburgh, New York where bozo Wayne Hamilton fled from the cops during a drug raid. He was rather fleet of foot and was putting some distance between himself and the police when he decided the best thing for him to do would be to find a safe place to hide. So he ducked into the foyer of a large building. The place he found was safe, all right, but not the best place to hide. He had stumbled into the foyer of the city’s northeast community police station. He’s been arrested.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Manchester, New Hampshire where bozo Joshua Adams had plans to rob the local Osco Drug Store. And since he wanted to make sure they had plenty of oxycontin, his drug of choice, in stock, he called ahead and told the pharmacist he was on his way over to rob the place. Instead of checking his stock, the pharmacist called the cops who were waiting for our bozo when he arrived.

Bozo criminal for today comes from Los Angeles, California where James Watson had vandalized more than 40 locations in the past month, spray painting graffiti on them. Police had no leads until our bozo slipped up and wrote one bit of graffiti that should never have seen the light of day. It was so bad that almost immediately after he wrote it his own ex-girlfriend called the cops and turned him in. And just what was it that our bozo wrote? He revealed the one thing that every woman wants to keep private. He wrote her name and beside it wrote her weight. And a note from your bozo webmaster to those of you expecting a comment on the current situation. Larry Lujack said it best, "The eagle does not hunt flies."

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Van Buren, Arkansas where bozo Mark Thompson stole a car stereo and an amplifier from a car parked in front of a tire store. And our bozo just couldn’t leave well enough alone. After stealing the stereo he broke a few bottles in the parking lot, tore up a few things and then, for his crowning achievement, he decided to moon the empty store. And how did the cops know he did this? Because of that rather large print he left on the store window. He left one other thing behind, also. His wallet which fell out when he dropped his pants. He’s under arrest.

(Best of Bozo)Bozo criminal for today comes from Charlotte, North Carolina where bozo Greg Worthy broke into a 65 year old woman’s home and demanded money. The woman convinced our bozo that she had no money in the house but she would be glad to write him a check. But before she could do that, she would have to see some identification. He showed her his drivers license. After copying the information from it, she gave him a check and showed him the door. She then called the cops who went to the address she gave them and there they found our bozo, check in hand. He’s been arrested.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Memphis, Tennessee, where bozo Allen Glazier was caught driving a stolen Greyhound bus. Our bozo stole his first bus in Kansas, drove it to Jackson, Mississippi, where he stole another bus, drove it to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and stole yet another Greyhound and drove it to Memphis. Don’t know what he’s been doing for gas on the other buses, but it was a little stop at a truck stop that got him in trouble this time. After filling up the bus, our bozo told the attendant to "Bill it to Greyhound." While our bozo was waiting for his receipt, the cops were called.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Slidell, Louisiana, where bozo Darryl Evans called the 911 operator and told her he needed help from the police in getting his mother to cook him a pork chop dinner. When the operator told him 911 was for emergencies only, he told her this was an emergency, he really wanted that pork chop dinner. The operator again politely tried to get off the line. Our bozo refused to shut up and finally became abusive to the operator. So the police were sent to his home, and he was arrested for disorderly conduct. Maybe they’re serving pork chops in jail this week.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Kansas City, Missouri, where bozo Lawrence Kimbrough was a night clerk at a convenience store. It was while working the late shift that our bozo hatched his plan. (And after hearing the details, you may think he was half asleep when he came up with it!) He put tape over the lenses of the store’s security cameras, took the money from the cash registers, stashed it in a trash bin behind the store, and called the cops to report an armed robbery. Officers investigating the robbery quickly figured out what our bozo had done…He placed tape over the lenses of the security cameras, that’s true. Unfortunately, he used transparent tape. Everything he did was caught on video.

(Best of Bozo) Bozo criminal for today comes from Blaine, Washington, where bozo James Barker made his first mistake when he accepted a job from a marijuana farmer to haul off 38 bags full of marijuana leaves, stems and potting soil. Instead of hauling the stuff to the dump about six miles away from the farm, our bozo headed toward the U.S./Canadian border. That’s mistake two. He then got into the express lane for frequent border crossers, where vehicles without a special sticker are automatically pulled over for inspections. And that’s strike three, as the agents searched our bozo’s truck and found the dope. Do you think maybe he smoked a little of the stuff before he headed to the dump?

Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Gregg Hanke for sending in today’s report. From Plainville, Connecticut comes the story of bozo Jack Painter who was planning to hold up the local Dairy Mart. And as part of his plan, just before pulling the holdup, he called 911 to report a robbery in progress at another Dairy Mart across town, thinking the cops would go to that location and he would have clear sailing to pull off his heist. And the plan might have worked, too, except for one thing. Instead of giving them the address of the Dairy Mart across town, he messed up and gave them the address of the one he was going to rob. The cops showed up just as he was pulling the heist and arrested him on the spot.

Bozo criminal for today comes from West Paterson, New Jersey where bozo Ernest Costello held up a bank but it seems he didn’t have a clear exit strategy. In fact, he was so desperate, he asked a bank employee to call him a cab. She did. But she also called the cops. He’s under arrest.

Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Chris Blake for sending in today’s report. From the International File in Newbridge, Ireland comes the story of bozo Thomas Sheerin who broke into a house by climbing in through a bedroom window. This woke up the homeowner who shouted, "Who’s there?" to which our bozo replied, "It’s me, Tommy," before fleeing. And since the owner recognized the voice as that of his neighbor, the cops were able to make a quick arrest.