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Case in point, according to an Associated Press report on Huffington Post, an Iowa City man swiped a cell phone Friday from a locker room at a local gym. There's mistake number one. But 21-year-old Christopher Smead didn't stop there. He also sent about 500 text messages from the phone in just one day. Police arrested Smead soon after and charged him with fifth-degree theft because he sent the text messages without the owner's okay. When Smead was arrested, he was also carrying an air pistol in the main library at the University of Iowa. So, the massively dumb criminal was slapped with a misdemeanor, and after a failed court appearance, Smead plead guilty to all charges and is serving 30 days in jail.
There are two hard-hitting questions to be asked: Who did he send so many messages to? Why was he carrying an air pistol? In instances like these, we've learned to just let go. Asking why dumb criminals act this way is like asking why roosters crow -- they just do. [From: Associated Press on Huffington Post]
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Subscribe to commentsRICHFeb 24th 2010 2:32PM
this guy is a true Turtle, lock his stupid ass up for a long time idiot !!!!!!!!
jackiiemariexoFeb 24th 2010 2:43PM
lol
Leon StarkFeb 27th 2010 1:13PM
The concept of criminal behavior, no matter how petty, is based on two premises, stupidity or desperation. Stupidity, by what people think they can get away with, as they cannot think past the crime they commit. Desperation, by what a person thinks they need or what they think they need for their family.
A stupid person may be desperate, but is thoughtless during or after the fact. Will incarceration help? If such criminals can make something of it and can be employed afterward, it may be the best thing to happen to their shallow lives.
A desperate person may be thinking about what they are doing, and weighing the consequences, may find both duly odious but both better than the consequences of not committing the crime. The gain from the booty as a plus and not being caught is a plus for the criminal. Being caught will mean that the criminal serves a sentence, and if lucky, gains the boons (maybe) of the judicial incarceration system, and the rehabilitation (should be) offered thereof.
In these economic times, a good spell in the cooler may be the best thing that can come from a long spell of unemployment. Food, clothing shelter and the chance for real job retraining sound nice to those who may have been out of work, or seriously underemployed for too long.
With enough "non-violent offenders" in prison, and the costs to keep them there rising and expanding, may get the legislators off their duffs and at their desks working out some way to reduce the number of desperate people committing dumb crimes to get into prison.