Blaze News original: Have a laugh at supremely stupid crime suspects who gift-wrapped their arrests for cops — part 2



Blaze News on Friday invited you to "Have a laugh at supremely stupid crime suspects who gift wrapped their arrests for cops — part 1."

Indeed, there's no shortage of idiotic bad guys (and gals), and their exploits continue to inspire laughter, so we now bring you part 2 of this thematic installment.

'This dumb criminal of the week must have thought he was in another state or city where it’s okay to walk into a store and steal what you want and not face any consequences.'

In the forthcoming list you'll meet a rapper who allegedly boasted about committing an actual murder — in the lyrics of one of his songs — after which police were only too happy to place him under arrest. You'll also say hello to a guy who somehow thought it was a good idea to assemble an electric scooter right in front of the Target from where he had just allegedly shoplifted it — and a deputy's bodycam caught the resulting confrontation on video. Oh, and how about the burglar who would've gotten away with stolen items, except for the fact that he left his cellphone at the scene of the crime and actually went back to retrieve it? Oops.

So once again, take a load off, read on, and prepare yourself to giggle at a new crop of hapless crooks who were just too dumb to get ahead in their line of work:

Rapper allegedly boasts about committing an actual murder — in lyrics of one of his tunes — and police shut him down


A Nevada rapper allegedly confessed to a murder in one of his songs and got arrested for it last year.

The Las Vegas-area male in question — 25-year-old Kenjuan McDaniel — was taken into custody Aug. 29, 2023, on charges of open murder with a deadly weapon and violation of probation, KVVU-TV reported. The station said McDaniel was being held without bail at the time.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers responded to a call about a male shot in the head near Lake Mead Boulevard and Saylor Way around 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18, 2021, authorities told the outlet. Investigators pronounced alleged victim, Randall Wallace, dead at the scene, police told KVVU. Witnesses told police they saw a black male fleeing from the area in an unknown white vehicle at the time of the shooting, authorities told the outlet. A witness a month later came to police saying there was more information but didn't want to be labeled a snitch, police told KVVU.

Soon police obtained information that led them to identify McDaniel as the suspect, authorities told the outlet. What's more, a detective on July 17, 2023, watched a YouTube video posted by the Biggest Finn 4800 titled “Fadee Free,” which included the lyrics: “I be the reason why he’s dead, we still taunt him when he die, not the reason he’s dead, so celebrate the reason why his momma cry," police told KVVU.

The report breaks down the song's lyrics line by line and indicates McDaniel not only takes credit for Wallace's murder in the words but also that the song includes information that never was released to the public regarding the shooting, authorities told the outlet.

Male who allegedly shoplifted electric scooter from Target caught on deputy's bodycam video actually assembling it outside store


The Flagler County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a shoplifting in progress at a Target store on State Road 100 on April 3, 2023. Authorities were told a male grabbed a “Razor” brand electric scooter valued at $539.99, passed all points of sale without paying, and then exited the store.

Deputies pulled up to a male matching the suspect’s description assembling the electric scooter in front of the store on the sidewalk, the sheriff's office said. Deputies arrested the male — later identified as Patrick Vandermeyden-Miller — for petit theft. But authorities said they also found drug paraphernalia in the suspect's pocket.

Vandermeyden-Miller was taken to a jail on charges of petit theft and possession of drug paraphernalia, the sheriff's office said, adding that he was being held on $2,000 bond.

“This dumb criminal of the week must have thought he was in another state or city where it’s okay to walk into a store and steal what you want and not face any consequences,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “He didn’t get to ride ‘his’ Razor, but he did get a free ride to the Green Roof Inn in the backseat of a patrol car!” You can view the deputy's bodycam video of the arrest above.

Male tries to buy Porsche with $78 million check, refuses to leave dealership when he's turned down — and cops are in no mood to play


A male from Indiana was arrested Feb. 21 after he allegedly tried to use a $78 million check to buy a Porsche from a Kentucky dealership — and then refused to leave when he was turned down, WAVE-TV reported.

Connor James Litka, 21, of Bloomington walked into the St. Matthews Porsche Dealership on Bowling Boulevard with the colossal check — and then allegedly walked to the business' back entrance looking for car keys after dealership employees refused to sell him the car, the station said, citing arrest documents.

WAVE said Litka refused to leave until the dealership sold him the Porsche, after which employees called police in fear that the suspect might do something reckless, and police arrested him.

The suspect faced one count of criminal trespass and one count of disorderly conduct, the station said. A police investigation found Litka tried to buy a Land Rover at a Land Rover dealership the previous day using a $12 million check, WAVE said. You can view a video report here about the incident.

Female with healthy criminal history calls 911 — on herself. She says it's part of plan to 'legally' steal car. This major head-scratcher doesn't play out the way she apparently envisioned.


A female called 911 on herself not long ago to report she was "legally" stealing a car from lot in Tampa, Florida. The Lee County Sheriff's Office posted video on Facebook showing the responding deputy's bodycam video of the bizarre incident.from the responding officer.

Christy Lee Turman, 37, called police to notify them that she was stealing the car, public information officer Julie Martin said. The sheriff's video report included audio from Turman's heated call to police: "Because I'm trying to steal a car that's not legally mine! So ya'll gotta make a report! I'm reporting this!"

Police said when they arrived at the dealership, Turman was exiting the driver's side of a Toyota Corolla. Martin said Turman told police she was being trained in a game of Black Ops to steal a car.

Whatever her motives, police arrested Turman and charged her with trespassing; records indicate she was booked at 1:18 a.m. May 31.

Martin noted that Turman had numerous previous charges on her record, including petty theft, robbery, and aggravated battery. Turman also was arrested for disorderly conduct in 2015, according to those same records.

Online records showed Turman was still in custody June 6 with a bail amount set at $5,000. Police also identified her as "transient."

Burglar gets away with the loot but unwittingly leaves behind one crucial item of his own — his cellphone. His absent-mindedness does him in.


A Florida homeowner on Oct. 5, 2023, noticed the garage door of her Lehigh Acres residence was wide open, WBBH-TV reported. So she called for another woman to back her up, and when the pair went around the corner of the home, they saw 31-year-old Terry Jeffcoat, the station said.

One of the woman grabbed a gun and asked why he was there, WBBH said, and Jeffcoat ran away. When the women went inside the home, they noticed valuables were missing, the station said.

But it was later revealed that one item was present in the home that wasn't there before — Jeffcoat's cellphone, WBBH said.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded, and soon a K9 Unit was making its way down the road from the home — after which Jeffcoat emerged from a trailer in the back of another house and gave himself up, the station said.

Jeffcoat admitted he'd returned to the burglarized residence where the women saw him in order to reacquire his cellphone he left there, WBBH said. When deputies searched the area where Jeffcoat gave himself up, they found what appeared to be items from the burglarized residence, the station said.

Jeffcoat was arrested and charged with property damage-criminal mischief, larceny, and burglary, WBBH said, adding that he was taken to the Lee County Jail.

Suspect claims to cops she was playing a shoplifting 'game,' but her dumb story soon falls apart — after which meth, weed, hashish are found in her car along with stolen store items


The Flagler County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office said a concerned citizen on March 25 reported a shoplifter at Walmart in Palm Coast. A deputy responded just before 6:30 p.m. after it was alleged that a female had passed all points of sale, refused to show her receipt for a cart full of items valued at just over $1,000, and placed the stolen items into her vehicle.

Deputies confronted the suspect, identified as 30-year-old Amber McCann, who admitted she stole items but claimed she put them into a random car when she saw police arriving. McCann also told authorities she was playing a game called “21” during which one grabs as much merchandise from a store as possible and walks out without paying while trying not to get caught.

But police said McCann then changed her story and said the vehicle wasn't random but was a rental car belonging to her boyfriend. Then when authorities were removing the stolen merchandise, they detected a "clear and distinct odor of marijuana emanating from within the vehicle." During a probable cause search, they located a partially burned marijuana cigarette, baggies containing marijuana, a digital scale, hashish, a glass pipe with residue, and empty baggies. They also found a locked bag containing two plastic baggies containing a clear, crystal-like substance which tested positive for methamphetamine — and another baggie containing two yellow tablets identified as alprazolam, which is a Schedule IV Controlled Substance. What's more, deputies found inside a locked safe various 1-ounce silver bars and rounds, copper bars, and a 1-gram platinum bar.

McCann was arrested for shoplifting-grand theft, possession of marijuana, possession of hashish, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of alprazolam, and trafficking of methamphetamine. She was taken to jail and held on $34,000 bond.

“If she really thought she was playing a shoplifting game, she lost to our deputies and observant citizens,” Sheriff Rick Staly said, adding that "another out-of-town resident ‘just stealing material things’ from a big box store learned the hard way we enforce the laws in Flagler County, and it’s illegal to steal. She may have skipped the checkout lane at Walmart, but she went through the express check-in at the Green Roof Inn with a free set of designer bracelets — a.k.a. handcuffs.” McCann was still listed as an inmate at the jail in late August.

Passed-out motorist might have limited his Ls to a public intoxication charge — but when cops ask him for his ID, one might conclude he overshared with them just a bit 


Clay County (Ken.) Sheriff Patrick Robinson said he and Chief Deputy Clifton Jones were called May 10 regarding a male passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle. When the male was asked for his identification, however, on might say the fella overshared just a tad.

Yessiree, he pulled out a baggy of meth and pills along with a large sum of cash. Turned out to be nine grams of meth, several fentanyl pills, and just over $3,000.

Once suspect David Ratliff presumably got around to showing the sheriff and chief deputy his identification, the sheriff's office said he was arrested on charges of trafficking a controlled substance-meth as well as public intoxication.

What made this daft duo believe they could steal $280,000 semi-truck, park the beast in a hotel lot, and then start repainting it without raising suspicions? 


The Flagler County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office said a concerned citizen on Jan. 30, 2023, reported that two people were spray-painting a Peterbilt semi-truck in the back corner of a Days Inn parking lot.

Authorities said once they showed up, a male and female fled on foot into the wood line and began running south on Interstate 95. Deputies pursued the pair on foot, and they caught the female shortly afterward without incident. They caught the male without incident as well — but he had been hiding in the wood line for over two hours.

Seems the semi-truck — valued at $280,000 — had been stolen just hours earlier from Columbia County, authorities said, adding that the suspects were in the process of concealing the semi-truck's original pink color with the spray paint.

The female suspect — Dayanly Cutino Gonzalez — was charged with resisting arrest without violence, grand theft-motor vehicle, and felony criminal mischief, authorities said, adding that she was booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and later released after posting $13,500 bond. The male suspect — Reinier Lazaro Perez — was charged with resisting arrest without violence, grand theft-motor vehicle, felony criminal mischief, possession of a removed vehicle identification number, and possession of fentanyl.

Sheriff Rick Staly said the pair was selected for the "Dumb Criminals of the Week" award "for thinking they could spray paint a semi in a hotel parking lot and not be noticed! Remember, if you are a criminal don’t come to Flagler County driving stolen property and running from us as you will only go to the Green Roof Inn tired!”

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Blaze News original: Have a laugh at supremely stupid crime suspects who gift wrapped their arrests for cops — part 1



Laughter is good medicine, and we at Blaze News are more than happy to contribute to the health of our readers with stories that not only inform but also get some guffawing going.

While crime and stories about criminal activity generally aren't comedic, sometimes crooks do dumb things amid their capers that lead to their captures, and getting the lowdown on the degree of stupidity can be fuel for laughter.

Video also showed two of the teen vandals brazenly twerking atop the hood of one of the cars.

That said, we bring you part 1 of dumb things dumb crime suspects do. (Yes, there are plenty of brainless bad guys out there, and we want to cover as much ground as we can and keep the laughter alive, so part 2 is already in the works.)

In this list, you'll get a taste of what it's like to have $18,000 in high-end merchandise in your hand and a free pass to run out the door of the store — only to smash yourself into a pane of glass (that must have been so spotless that you couldn't tell it was there) and get knocked out cold. There's a tale of crooks who unwisely chose to rob a jewelry store near a U.S. Marine recruiting station; suffice it to say, the Marines weren't having it. Then there's our story about a shoplifter who targeted a Walmart that was filled that day with 75 police officers doing a charity event for kids. Naturally, things didn't end well for the dumb shoplifter.

So kick back and have a laugh at part 1 of supremely stupid crime suspects who gift wrapped their arrests for cops:

Sheriff's office dubs duo 'dumbest criminals' of the week after they gift cops with extravagant clues that lead to easiest capture ever


The Marion County (Florida) Sheriff's Office dubbed a pair of crooks the "dumbest criminals" of the week in October 2020 after they left evidence behind at the scenes of their alleged crimes.

The arrestees were 41-year-old Robert Hobby and 23-year-old Marcus Reeves, WCJB-TV reported. Police said the pair went on a burglary spree in Ocala and Marion Counties, breaking into several convenience stores and stealing lottery tickets and cigarettes.

But cops had no trouble catching them. Apparently, they left behind several incriminating items in the stores they robbed, including a shoe, tools — and at the top of the list, Reeves' wallet, which contained his ID. Police said Hobby and Reeves also were caught on camera smoking cigarettes in the stores while they were committing their crimes.

The suspects were arrested after police went to Reeves' residence and confronted him with the evidence. Reeves reportedly confessed, and the two went on to face a whopping 14 grand theft and burglary charges.

Stupid shoplifter tries stealing $727.86 in items from Walmart while 75 police officers are in store for 'Shop with a Cop' charity event


A woman who tried to shoplift $727.86 in merchandise from a Michigan Walmart didn't get very far — namely because 75 police officers were in the store for a "Shop with a Cop" charity event.

State troopers from the Brighton Post were participating in the Dec. 2, 2023, event at the Genoa Township store, police said. Genoa Township is about an hour northwest of Detroit.

Police said Shop with a Cop gives area children, through donations from local businesses, an opportunity to partner with police officers and shop for themselves and family.

"We bring children that might otherwise not have a good Christmas get to come to the store," Lt. Rene Gonzalez of the Michigan State Police told WJBK-TV. "They get $100, sometimes a $150 gift card to go and shop for themselves or family."

But amid all the good cheer — not to mention a high concentration of law enforcement personnel — one woman got the bright idea to try a bit of shoplifting.

Police said a Walmart staff member notified a trooper participating in Shop with a Cop that a female was trying to steal $727.86 in merchandise from the store. The 62-year-old suspect just loaded up her cart and waltzed through self-checkout, WJBK said.

"Groceries, clothes, all kinds of stuff," Gonzalez told the station. "It wasn't bagged up. And then she walked out of the store with it."

She ignored a clerk who asked for her receipt, made her way to her car, and then began putting items inside her vehicle, WJBK reported.

Police said the trooper Walmart notified had another officer look after the child he was with and then caught up to the suspect in the parking lot. Police said the suspect, strangely enough, had parked her car next to a gaggle of police patrol vehicles that were there for the event.

"I do have to say it surprised me because when I'm driving a patrol car, people slow down," Gonzalez remarked to the station regarding the brazen nature of the caper. "When you see 75 cops in the store, I mean, I don't know if maybe they thought we were too busy."

WJBK said the suspect was arrested and taken to Livingston County Jail. The station added that while she bonded out, she will be charged with retail fraud. WJBK said court records indicates she has no priors — just some traffic tickets out of East Lansing — and that it will release her name once she’s charged. You can view a video report about the incident here.

'Brazen' and brainless: Teen rips off $18,000 in Louis Vuitton merchandise, runs to store exit — and knocks himself unconscious after slamming into glass window


A 17-year-old thief sure picked the wrong day to leave his brains at home. The youngster was caught on surveillance video ripping off $18,000 in merchandise from a Louis Vuitton store in Bellevue, Washington, running for the exit — and then knocking himself unconscious after slamming into the store's glass door.

It isn't clear when the broad-daylight caper occurred, but KOMO-TV ran a story about it Oct. 27, 2022. Fox News, citing police, said the suspect grabbed the pricy handbags off displays and tried to skedaddle from the store. The problem for the perp? An exit he apparently thought was there but wasn't. Indeed, he ran headlong into the plate glass and knocked himself out, KOMO said.

“Brazen is the perfect word for it,” Bellevue Police Captain Rob Spingler added to the station.

Prosecutors told KOMO the teen was part of a retail theft ring that includes a convicted killer and career thief. The teen's name wasn't released because he is a juvenile, Fox News said. Police told Blaze News the teen was arrested and then released to a family member. You can view surveillance video of the hapless would-be heist here.

Smash-and-grab crooks quickly discover that targeting jewelry store near US Marine recruiting station is a really mindless move


A group of smash-and-grab crooks learned the hard way that targeting a jewelry store near a U.S. Marine recruiting office is exceedingly foolish.

The incident unfolded at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, on the afternoon of Dec. 20, 2022. Police said four suspects wearing hoodies and covering their faces used hammers to smash glass cases at a jewelry store and then ran off with numerous pieces of merchandise.

That's when Marine recruiters from a nearby recruiting office jumped into action.

With the help of bystanders, the Marine recruiters were able to tackle two of the suspects and hold them down until police arrived. The two other suspects got away.

A man who would only identify himself as Ralph recorded part of the incident on his cellphone and said he was doing last-minute Christmas shopping with his wife when he saw the robbery.

"[It was] the Marines. The Marine Corps. ... They stepped up, they tackled them down," he told KTTV-TV.

"Two got away, two got tackled down, and they stepped it up," he added. "That's enough. Time to fight back."

The two suspects the Marines detained were minors, according to police, who also said officers recovered a "large amount" of jewelry. The jewelry store owner didn't want to be identified, but he said that it's a family-owned operation.

"It's getting wild in the streets now," Ralph added to the station. "It's about time to fight back, enough's enough. A lot of stores are closing down just for this, the smash and grab." You can view a video report about the incident here.

Homeowner shoots burglar, but fleeing crook abandons car at scene. That dumb decision leads to his arrest — as well as a big break in crime spree.


The combination of a gun-toting homeowner with a good-enough aim and a repeat offender who made a critical error leading to his arrest helped break open a Las Vegas-area crime spree.

A Las Vegas homeowner in a gated community told police he was in an upstairs bedroom around 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7, 2022, when his dogs started to growl, KLAS-TV reported, citing an arrest report. The homeowner checked security cameras on his phone and saw four hooded and masked individuals attempting to break in to his residence, the station said.

With that, the man went into his closet, got dressed, and grabbed his gun, KLAS reported. After the burglars got inside, the homeowner walked to a balcony that opens to the floor below and shot five times at three of the suspects, the station said, citing the report. All four suspects ran from the home, police told KLAS, adding that a bullet hit one of them.

Afterward, police took note of an unregistered Audi parked in front of the victim’s home near Cimarron Road and Oakey Boulevard, the station said, adding that the VIN number was connected to a Texas woman with the last name Freeman. An hour later, a 28-year-old man — later identified as Leroy Freeman — arrived at an area hospital with a gunshot wound, police told KLAS.

Police matched clothing seen on the home's surveillance video to two suspects — one of whom was Freeman — and cops arrested him on charges of home invasion, burglary, and conspiracy to commit burglary, KLAS reported. A second individual also was charged with the same three charges, but the name was redacted due to that person's age, the station said, adding that information on the other two suspects was not provided in the report.

Turns out Freeman not only was wanted in connection with nearly a dozen burglaries, he also was under police surveillance days before the homeowner shot him and had served prison time, KLAS reported in a separate story.

Freeman faced 11 counts of home invasion and nine counts of residential burglary in a suspected regional crime spree that began in November 2021, the station said, citing court documents and police records. Police in Henderson, Nevada — which is about 15 miles southeast of Las Vegas — wrote in court documents that in all the incidents, a group of two to four men wearing masks and dark clothing have broken into homes through back doors or windows, KLAS reported.

By April 2022, Deonte Daniels, Cornelius Johnwell, and Fredrick Dotson also were under arrest in connection with the crime spree, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, adding that one minor also was arrested. Freeman, Daniels, Johnwell, and Dotson all were listed as inmates in the High Desert State Prison.

Bungling burglar actually uses credit card he stole on Christmas Day to have pizza delivered to his apartment — but that merely scratches the lame-brained surface of a comedy of errors


Susie Wanner told KTVI-TV her family's Missouri home was burglarized on Christmas Day 2023, and gifts were stolen from under their Christmas tree — as well as credit cards.

Police said 32-year-old Jacob C. Scholtes used one of the stolen credit cards to have pizza delivered to his apartment just two days later. Then things got interesting, according to details in a St. Louis County Police Department probable cause statement.

By the time Jan. 12 rolled around, a male was arrested after he broke into the South County Mall, stole jewelry, and then tried to escape on an electronic scooter. Around 1 a.m. a mall security officer called police, who arrived at the mall and directed the suspect to stop. He ignored their commands and tried to scoot away, but an officer tackled him. He later was identified as Scholtes.

Police also found the suspect was carrying a loaded Glock 23 on his right hip, a knife on his left hip, and had a ballistic plate over his chest. Authorities also found pepper spray, a fake security badge, and stolen jewelry. Investigators discovered a broken display case at L.A. Jewelers at the mall, and Scholtes was held on a $30,000 bond at the time.

Then police collected data from the suspect's cellphone linking him to the Christmas Day burglary. Police searched Scholtes' apartment on April 24 and found one of the stolen presents and some Christmas gift wrapping scraps — along with a shipping label. Scholtes was charged with first-degree burglary and three counts of stealing, according to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

KTVI asked Wanner how she'd describe the burglar after finding out he used a stolen credit card to order a pizza. "Uh, I mean, not very smart!" she laughed in response.

You can view a video report about the crime here.

Dumb twerking teens caught on video vandalizing business. Dumber still? Gang member symbols were carved into company vehicles — and arrests are soon made.


Twerking teenagers were caught on surveillance video recently vandalizing a Los Angeles-area business called Pink Sponge Home Cleaning, KTLA-TV reported. The station said vandals broke into the Glendora business in the early morning hours of April 20. Surveillance video from a rooftop parking lot showed at least three teens carrying out vandalism, including blasting a fire extinguisher and chucking a large object at one of the company’s 25 pink Volkswagen Bugs, KTLA said.

Video also showed two of the teen vandals brazenly twerking atop the hood of one of the cars.

You'd think that today's teens are savvy enough to know that just about every business is outfitted with surveillance cameras but apparently not these two.

Dumber still is that police told KTLA gang symbols were carved upon some of the Pink Sponge company cars, and that led them to a juvenile suspect — a 15-year-old gang member from La Verne who was arrested in connection with the break-in. Authorities added to the station that they have the suspect's cell phone and are hoping to use it to find the two teen girls who were involved in the break-in.

Meanwhile, the outfit is picking up the pieces after 18 of its vehicles were heavily vandalized to the tune of $25,000 in damages, the station said. The co-founder of the company added to the station that their insurance claim was denied because Pink Sponge had been vandalized previously. A GoFundMe was organized to help the business with the cost of repairs and the loss of many of its supplies, KTLA noted.

You can view a video report about the incident here.

'You the dumbest f***ers!' Gun owner convinces cranium-deficient crooks posing as maintenance workers that no one is home — and when they try to kick down front door, he opens fire from behind it


A Dallas man mocked two thugs who pretended to be maintenance workers before they tried to break into his apartment on Aug. 19, 2023.

Ethan Rodriguez told WFAA-TV the pair showed up to his front door, and doorbell camera video shows them speaking to Rodriquez who tells them no one is home and that they need to return later. Except Rodriguez actually is right behind the door.

The first suspect — who isn't wearing a mask — can be seen holding a gun and trying to kick the door down, and another suspect appears wearing gloves and a mask and tries to kick the door down as well. That's when Rodriguez starts to shoot at them from behind the door, the station said, adding that the pair ran off.

Rodriguez recalled to WFAA in reference to the suspects, "You the dumbest f***ers for not wearing a mask 'cuz I even got your name! Ever since the video's been public, I got a name and everything. I was just waiting on the detective to call me!" He added that he didn't recognize the suspects, nor did he know why they were trying to get into his apartment.

Police arrested one suspect and identified him as 30-year-old Aaron Contreras. He has been charged with aggravated assault, deadly conduct, and attempted burglary of a habitation. You can view a video report about the incident here.

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