Tag: STUPIDCRIMINALS

Most video game addicts would do just about anything to get their hands on a free copy of their favorite game. But few would go as far as to pull off a bank robbery-style heist of their local retailer. Why? Because it's illegal, it's stupid, and, in the age of rampant online piracy, it's not even slightly necessary. Steven Archer, however, apparently thought it was worth a shot. The 33-year-old ...

After a virus left his computer in disrepair, 46-year-old Daniel Wagner of Sheboygan, Wisconsin did what most people would do; he took it to a store to get it fixed. Unlike most people, however, Daniel Wagner keeps a lot of child pornography on his PC. You can probably guess where this is headed. Apparently completely oblivious to the fact that underage porn is, um, illegal, Wagner waltzed into ...

Share When will criminals learn that using Facebook while they're on the lam is a terrible idea? If you really want to stay out of jail, those friend requests, status updates and application invites can probably wait. But once again, a fugitive wasn't able to resist the temptation of the social-networking site, and he's paying for it. According to the Associated Press, U.S. marshals busted ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/11/15/undercover-wife-busts-husband-by-posing-as-a-chatroom-teen/'; With its 'To Catch a Predator' sting operations, NBC's 'Dateline' has spawned a Web meme of motivational posters and jokes deriding repulsive sexual deviants. Those undercover sting operations have also inspired a wave of Net vigilantes who personally attempt to ensnare those unwitting, ...

Global Positioning System (GPS) devices aren't exactly a new technological development -- the first GPS satellites were launched in the late '70s, handheld GPS trackers were used in the first Gulf War, and the first cell phone with built-in GPS service debuted in the late '90s. Nevertheless, crooks still manage to overlook the technology -- often to their downfall. In one of the latest GPS ...