stupid criminals

Genius awards today illustrate why a police station parking lot is a bad place to try to pull off a robbery. Stopping for donuts and coffee after robbing a bank is a bad move too.

Genius awards today go to two men who's burglary attempt at the place they worked was foiled by a butt-dial, and a guy who tried to pay his bar tab with a rock.

Genius Awards today include a politician who missed a vote because his underwear was too tight. You can't make this stuff up folks.

Today's Genius Awards illustrate why you should be careful who you cuss out in public, especially if you have a job interview later that day. Then there's the lady who is suing herself.

Winners of Genius Awards today include a British couple pepper sprayed by police for being... affectionate... in a bar bathroom; a man who played the trumpet while driving; and a man who robbed his own store.

Today's Genius Awards show how things like "KKK" can mean something completely different overseas.

It's always fun to read crazy news stories. Stupid criminals and bizarre incidents make headlines across the country. Sometimes they happen in our own backyard. Here are some of the craziest local news stories the Quincy/Hannibal area has seen in the last few years.

Today's Genius Awards go to a woman desperate to get her pizza, and two drivers who were icy about getting a ticket for drunk driving.

Genius awards today include an interesting way police can be tipped off about a pot growing operation, and a woman who hit her boyfriend with her car, for probably the worst reason ever.

Today's genius awards are more proof that some people just don't understand how social media can work against them if they don't know how to use it. One girl lost a job, another guy got arrested thanks to social media stupidity.