If you’ve committed a crime, the ethical and smart thing to do would be to turn yourself in to the authorities. You then face your punishment and genuinely try to make amends for the horrible things you’ve done. However, some people think that they’re above the law and can escape the consequences of their actions.
In a brutally honest AskReddit thread, lawyers, police officers, and everyday people revealed the stupidest things they’ve seen criminals do to try to cover up their crimes. Their ‘briliant’ plans backfired and landed them in even more hot water.
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When I was in high school we had a yearly scavenger hunt with a bunch of dumb and silly things to do. One of which was doing a “fire in the hole”. We did this at our local Burger King and right after we went to the Kroger across the parking lot to continue the hunt. The police showed up not long after. We were under 18 so we just got taken to the police station and called our parents. We felt stupid for being the only group that got caught but while we were waiting a senior from another group came in with handcuffs on. He got undressed and jumped on a car stopped at a light in front of his car. There was a cop two car behind him.
Also one of the things on the hunt list was to steal a garden gnome and put it in front of the police station. So it was pretty funny seeing about 10 different gnomes with evidence tags in them while we were calling our parents. The cops got a good laugh out of it to.
Edit. I should have explained a “fire in the hole” is ordering a drink in drive through and tossing it back at them. No explosives were involved.
Also one of the things on the hunt list was to steal a garden gnome and put it in front of the police station. So it was pretty funny seeing about 10 different gnomes with evidence tags in them while we were calling our parents. The cops got a good laugh out of it to.
Edit. I should have explained a “fire in the hole” is ordering a drink in drive through and tossing it back at them. No explosives were involved.
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