Stupid Crimes

Published September 18, 2009 4:00am ET



It’s called the Axe body spray effect

A tender tryst in a trash bin turned sour for a Kansas couple who found themselves being robbed at knife point.

Wichita police say lovers had climbed into a Dumpster to be alone when two men interrupted them and demanded their belongings.

Officers say the man and woman were engaged in “an intimate moment” when they were robbed of their shoes, jewelry and the man’s wallet.

The suspects were found a short time later, and the stolen property was returned.

That’s how Dante J. Krauss rolls

A Florida deputy did a double-take when the driver of a motorcycle literally streaked past wearing nothing, not even a helmet.

A Marion County sheriff’s deputy pulled over the nude man on his 2006 Kawasaki.

Dante J. Krauss, 45, told the deputy he did not remember where he was coming from and said the last thing he remembered was going to Hooters. He had no explanation for his nudity.

Krauss has four prior drunken-driving convictions. In 1991, his license was revoked for 10 years.

Hello, 911? The bartender won’t serve me

A Clearwater, Fla., man was arrested after he allegedly called police to report that the bartender cut him off from drinking.

Vincent Smith, 54, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of misusing the 911 system. Smith called “numerous times” and was still on the phone with 911 when police arrived, an arrest report said.

Clark Hubbard, who owns the Idle Spur Saloon, said his bartender stopped serving Smith and called a cab after determining the man was intoxicated.

“We called him a cab,” Hubbard told the St. Petersburg Times. “Then he got out front and got in an argument with the cab driver, and it kind of escalated from there.”

Smith had two “Jack [Daniels] and Cokes” at the bar, Hubbard said. “But you don’t know what they’ve been drinking before they get here.”

Should’ve left a trail of cocaine

A Pennsylvania man who left his young son in his car to buy drugs was arrested after he called police because he could not remember where he parked.

Police say Dino Vicente left his 6-year-old stepson inside the car around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, found a drug dealer and then allegedly took the drugs. He was extremely intoxicated and forgot where he parked. Vicente contacted police and told them that he had left his stepson in a car that he couldn’t find.

It wasn’t until 6:30 Sunday morning that the police found the car with the child inside.

Vicente is facing multiple charges including drugs and endangering the welfare of a child.

He puts the Idiot in iPhone

An Alabama man who police say made a prank phone call about a shooting was arrested on suspicion of having sex with a teenager.

Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack said emergency operators received a report that someone had been shot, and officers traced the call to a 16-year-old girl’s cell phone. Deputies found her still in bed and an 18-year-old hiding in her closet.

David Wayne McCarn II was charged with second-degree rape and rendering a false alarm.