Bonehead of the Day Award

There is a certain sweet delight in laughing at the foibles of criminals and the incompetent. If you have this itch, the Bonehead of the Day Award will scratch it. The number of awards varies each day but the stories don't disappoint. For example:

He Told You So

A California man who was in violation of his parole was caught when several "alarmed" residents called in to report that a man wearing a windbreaker with big bright yellow letters reading "CDC prisoner" was standing around a street corner, according to police who say he was also charged with stealing the prison-issued windbreaker as well as unlawful possession of a can of mace.

"It sounds like he just started off all the way wrong," said San Bernardino parole Officer John Snedden. "Best you can do is just take him back and start him all over again."

Arizona Central 28-Apr-06

President's Plans Trashed By The White House

The secret White House staff schedule for President Bush's Florida trip on Tuesday was found in the trash by a sanitation worker.

"There on the floor next to a big trash truck was a thick sheaf of papers with nearly every detail of the President's voyage."

"I saw locations and names and places where the President was going to be. I knew it was important. And it shouldn't have been in a trash hole like this," Randy Hopkins, the sanitation worker, said.

WUSA (Washington, DC) 9-May-06