DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say a teenager who burglarized a Dallas police officer's apartment, taking his service weapon and ammunition, was apprehended after he lost his wallet as he fled.
2013 was chock-full of criminal masterminds (read morons). That's right, last year we were graciously introduced to a mom who let her toddler hit the bong, the poopy-pants shop lifter, a cold-hearted nun-robbing thief and so much more. And thanks to our good friend the Internet, no dumb deed goes unnoticed.
On Wednesday (Oct. 31), 37-year-old Herbert Ridge of Mesa, Arizona was using a homemade electric-powered gas siphoning machine to steal gas from someone's truck when things went awry.
Herbert was siphoning gas from a truck in a stranger's driveway when his machine sparked and he accidentally set himself on fire...