Monthly Archives: November 2024

Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Fred McKinney for sending in today’s report from Cape Coral, Florida. Today’s social media is full of “influencers”, people who post basically everything going on in their lives for the whole world to see. Here is our first known instance of an influencer who was moonlighting as a Bozo. It seems 22 year-old Martina Chavez visited the local Target store and loaded her shopping cart with $500 worth of merchandise. When it came time to self-check out, instead of scanning the items our bozo instead scanned false barcodes with cheaper prices. She was allowed to leave but employees alerted the local cops, along with a video of the deed. The cops posted the video, asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect. It didn’t take long before the tip line was ringing with our bozo’s ID. But here’s where it gets weird. The cops discovered our bozo was a very popular TikTok star, with over 300,000 followers. And she had even posted a video of herself placing the items in her cart and loading them into her car. No, she didn’t tell her followers she hadn’t paid for the loot. Busted! Charged with petty theft.

Thanks to Bozo News Hawk Don Reese for bringing us this report from Bradenton, Florida. The recent damage from Hurricane Milton also brought out a spike in bozo activity. Bozo Veronica Tellez applied for hurricane assistance, claiming that damage from the hurricane forced her to move out of her home. Her request for $8000 was approved and now all she had to do was stop by city offices to pick up her check. So far, so good, right? Wrong. It seems our bozo had filed a fraudulent claim, using her mother’s name, drivers license and social security to apply. A sharp-eyed city employee noticed the difference in appearance between our bozo and her mother’s picture on the ID. And that’s when she came up with the Bozo Excuse of the Day. She said looked good because she had recently “undergone botox treatments.” Uh-huh. It was then requested that she come back tomorrow to pick up the check and when she did the cops were waiting for her. Busted! Charged with filing a fraudulent insurance claim.

Over the years, we’ve heard a lot of insurance fraud stories but the sheer bozo-ness of this one puts it at the top of the list. Four bozos in Los Angeles hatched a scheme to claim that the interior of their 2010 Rolls Royce was destroyed by a bear. And to provide proof, they even had a video surveillance tape showing the bear doing the deed. That ultimately turned out to be their downfall. Insurance investigators immediately claimed it was a man in a bear suit tearing up the car’s interior. A couple of things sealed the deal. First, the scratch marks were perfectly straight, something that most likely wouldn’t have happened with a real bear. And, second, the way the bear opened the car door so easily using his “paw” was suspect. And then there’s that bear suit that was found in one of our bozo’s homes. Busted! Charged with insurance fraud and conspiracy.

Bozo criminal for today comes from the International File in Melbourne East, Australia, where a very exclusive bottle of Johnnie Walker Scotch was on display at the local liquor store. And we’re talking really exclusive, the price tag on the Masters of Flavour edition was $62,000 Australian dollars. Our bozo was captured on video talking to employees about the bottle just before he was seen exiting the store clutching the front of his pants. Yep, he stuffed the bottle of Scotch down his pants before walking out. Unfortunately for him the video enabled the cops to make a quick arrest before he was even able to enjoy it on the rocks.