Simply Dumb

While we’re on the recent subject of dumb criminals, here’s another one to add to the list. Oh, yeah, it’s from the South, too.
An Arkansas thief got the munchies during a heist and it was his undoing. Brian Bass of Jonesboro left a half-eaten Snickers bar on the counter of an animal hospital that he was robbing.
Police sent the candy bar to the lab, and technicians were able to pull a DNA sample. The sample matched Bass. He was in the database for serving time on another charge. He later confessed.
Bass was already on probation after serving time for being …read more

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Outraged toddlers have been prevented from marrying in Arkansas! Well, not quite. But a law in Arkansas that inadvertently allowed anyone under the age of 18 to marry with parental consent has been repealed by the state legislature.
Arkansas lawmakers didn’t realize that a law they passed last year completely removed the minimum marrying age, instead of establishing 18 as the minimum. In testament to the fact that you should proofread everything, the tiny word “not” allowed anyone not pregnant to marry with permission. At any age. Oops.
Of course, people started freaking out, sure that pedophiles would find a way to …read more

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