This week's most embarrassing criminal

[mixed_biscuits]

When is it ever not?

When you're a maverick genius

 

[Mr. Tea]

When you're a maverick genius

That's like saying buying lottery tickets is a good idea when you're extremely lucky.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

That's like saying buying lottery tickets is a good idea when you're extremely lucky.

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/...n-20-million-playing-over-over-for-years.html

 

[Mr. Tea]

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/...n-20-million-playing-over-over-for-years.html

Her name is Joan Ginther, and she won the Texas Lottery at least four times in 10 years, while apparently buying thousands if not millions of dollars wroth of tickets.
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Oh, did we mention she has a Stanford PhD in statistics, lives in Las Vegas, and yet repeatedly made the trip to a single store in rural Texas to make many of her purchases?

Yes, the plot thickens. And so far at least, nobody knows exactly how she did it.

I'm getting a vibe here along the lines of:

HOW TO WIN AT GAMES OF PURE CHANCE:

1. Cheat.
2. Go to step 1.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

I'm getting a vibe here along the lines of:

HOW TO WIN AT GAMES OF PURE CHANCE:

1. Cheat.
2. Go to step 1.

How come it's a statistics professor who's cheated rather than street sweeper? She's clearly a maverick genius!

 

[Mr. Tea]

"He was also given a 10-year custodial sentence for crimes against fashion."

 

[Mr. Tea]

Not so much embarrassing as awesome:

Child driving stolen forklift truck hits 10 cars during police chase in Michigan

In footage released by police of the pursuit, an officer can be heard urging the 12-year-old boy to "pull over now" after the truck, equipped with a forklift and weighing up to 35,000 pounds, was stolen from outside a middle school in Ann Arbor.

news.sky.com

 

[william kent]

Ohio attorney suspended over pooping in a Pringles can, leaving it in parking lot

The Ohio Supreme Court suspended an attorney for defecating into a Pringles can and dropping it in a parking lot of a crime-victim advocacy center.

eu.cincinnati.com

 

[Mr. Tea]

 

[Mr. Tea]

Woman arrested after stealing ambulance

A woman was arrested in Florida after recklessly driving a stolen ambulance through the streets of Fort Myers.SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more video...

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[Mr. Tea]

Taxi driver jailed for pointing imitation firearm

The court heard Brian Alexander Stalford took cocaine on the day of the attack.

www.bbc.com

 

[Mr. Tea]

Arsonist accidentally sets themselves on fire

CCTV footage shows a suspected arsonist setting themselves alight as they appear to try and set a barbershop on fire. The suspect runs out and tries to extin...

youtube.com

 

[william kent]

Disguised GP injected mother’s partner with flesh-eating chemical, court told

Trial hears Thomas Kwan wanted to protect his inheritance and told Patrick O’Hara he was getting a Covid jab

www.theguardian.com

 

[WashYourHands]

 

[william kent]

The picture of him in disguise is funny, but the story's terrifying:

"Police recovered a photograph from Kwan’s computer of him in disguise with a wig, beard and moustache."

 

[Mr. Tea]

The picture of him in disguise is funny, but the story is terrifying.



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I think I saw him on "Britain's deadliest minimal techno DJs."

 

[Mr. Tea]

Less embarrassing than weird and sort of... helpful?

Burglar hung out victim's washing and unpacked shopping

The victim returned home to find her house broken into and a note left saying "be happy, eat up".

www.bbc.com

A woman discovered her house had been broken into by a burglar who hung out her washing, put her shopping away and cooked a meal on her stove.
Damian Wojnilowicz, 36, was jailed for 22 months at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday for carrying out the unusual burglary in Monmouthshire on 16 July.
The woman said she was was left too scared to stay in her own home after returning from work to find items had been moved in the garden and her recycling bin had been emptied.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Sounds harmless enough, but it's terrifying to consider what he might have gone on to do next if he hadn't been caught.

I mean, he could have baked a cake, or anything!