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Police arrived on the scene of a recreational vehicle park to discover a very sick man vomiting and complaining of stomach cramps. The man admitted he had attempted to siphon gas from a motor home but inadvertently put the siphon tube in the wrong tank. Instead of gasoline, the man sucked out the contents of the sewage holding tank. If stupidity were lethal, all of the criminals highlighted in The Stupid Crook Book would be dead. This latest book from highly successful author Leland H. Gregory III captures hilarious tales of captured criminals who are so dumb you almost feel sorry for them. Almost. The lineup of criminal bozos includes: Michael Anthony Silver, who made a $250 call to a 1-900 psychic hotline in the course of robbing a home. When the phone bill came later than month the homeowners called the police, who traced the call back to the hotline. It turns out Silver used his real name with the psychic; A would-be bank robber who fainted when a bank teller told him she had no money. The police later found his getaway car and discovered the key locked inside it; Tony Bariteau, who was arrested and pled guilty to breaking into the Deja Vu store in Troy, Alabama - twice! He was arrested because the same witness spotted him smaking the same window and stealing much of the same merchandise. Deja vu indeed. The Stupid Crook Book builds on the successful trail Gregory blazed with America's Dumbest Criminals, the book he coauthored that spent 17 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.
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Leland Gregory is the author of Andrews McMeel Publishing's What's The Number for 911? and What the Number for 911 Again?, which have sold more than 60,000 copies combined. Other books he's penned include the best-seller America's Dumbest Criminals, Great Government Goofs!, Presumed Ignorant, and Presidential Indiscretion, Leland also writes for television, radio, film, and magazines. He lives in Nashville with his wife and son.
Police arrived on the scene of a recreational vehicle park to discover a very sick man vomiting and complaining of stomach cramps. The man admitted he had attempted to siphon gas from a motor home but inadvertently put the siphon tube in the wrong tank. Instead of gasoline, the man sucked out the contents of the sewage holding tank. If stupidity were lethal, all of the criminals highlighted in The Stupid Crook Book would be dead. This latest book from highly successful author Leland H. Gregory III captures hilarious tales of captured criminals who are so dumb you almost feel sorry for them. Almost. The lineup of criminal bozos includes: Michael Anthony Silver, who made a $250 call to a 1-900 psychic hotline in the course of robbing a home. When the phone bill came later than month the homeowners called the police, who traced the call back to the hotline. It turns out Silver used his real name with the psychic; A would-be bank robber who fainted when a bank teller told him she had no money. The police later found his getaway car and discovered the key locked inside it; Tony Bariteau, who was arrested and pled guilty to breaking into the Deja Vu store in Troy, Alabama - twice! He was arrested because the same witness spotted him smaking the same window and stealing much of the same merchandise. Deja vu indeed. The Stupid Crook Book builds on the successful trail Gregory blazed with America's Dumbest Criminals, the book he coauthored that spent 17 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.
About the Author
Leland Gregory is the author of Andrews McMeel Publishing's What's The Number for 911? and What the Number for 911 Again?, which have sold more than 60,000 copies combined. Other books he's penned include the best-seller America's Dumbest Criminals, Great Government Goofs!, Presumed Ignorant, and Presidential Indiscretion, Leland also writes for television, radio, film, and magazines. He lives in Nashville with his wife and son.
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Our Crook, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Jeff Broxon, Silent Roar New!
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- Presumed Ignorant!: Over 400 Cases of Legal Looniness, Daffy Defendants, and Bloopers from the Bench by Leland Gregory in Front Matter
- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. on page 27
- Bush-Whacked: Chronicles of Government Stupidity by Leland Gregory in Front Matter
- Am-Bushed!: More Chronicles of Government Stupidity by Leland Gregory in Front Matter
- Hey, Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity by Leland Gregory in Front Matter
- Idiots in Love: Chronicles of Romantic Stupidity by Leland Gregory in Front Matter
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