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13 Hilarious Stories Of People Incriminating Themselves For No Reason At All
Article created by: Monika Pašukonytė
Usually, we do things without thinking about them too much, especially if they are something simple. Unless you're an overthinker, but that's a topic for another day.
Well, turns out, sometimes these common things may be something that makes you a suspect for a crime perpetrator. So, to make you more mindful of what you're doing, especially in cases where law enforcement is involved, we present you with a list of others' mistakes. Let's jump in, shall we?
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#1
My sort-of step dad failed a roadside sobriety test. He was taken to the county jail where he registered 0.0 BAC...because he hadn't been drinking. I watched this happen. His lack of coordination is legendary.
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#2
Not innocent, but stupid nontheless. We were all drinking in a hotel room one time and got a little too loud. Almost everyone was over 21 but one of our friends was still only 20. A cop showed up to give a noise complaint and asked how old we were. Everyone said 21 or 22 except our friend who said, "16 sir." The cop looked at him real strange and said he needed to check his ID. He looked at it for a second and said, "This says you're 20." He replies, "I know sir, I thought I would get in less trouble if I was under 17." The cop tells him, "You're real stupid boy, you know that?" and told us to quiet down.
#4
A woman came into the shop where I was working and tried to pay with a fake 10 euro note.
The cashier noticed straight away and told her that he'd have to keep the note and that it couldn't be accepted as payment.
She became really indignant and said that she had received the note in her change from our shop the day before.
She insisted that since we had (allegedly) given her the note, we had to accept it as payment.
Eventually the police were called.
An officer arrived and we explained the situation. We were all annoyed that this woman was making such a big deal about it.
The officer asked her if she had known the money was fake before she tried to pay for things with it.
She said she knew.
>I just want to be clear, if you knew the note was fake and tried to use it, that's a very serious offence.
he paused
> On the other hand if you *hadn't* noticed it was fake, it would just be an honest mistake and there'd be no problem.
She replied
> I definitely knew it was fake because they gave it to me yesterday in my change!
We all rolled our eyes as the officer proceeded
> I regret to inform you Ma'am that you are under arrest ...
**tl;dr**
Policeman tells woman not to incriminate herself, she does anyway.
#5
Not a cop or a lawyer, but a security guard. There these two people on the property I was overseeing, not illegal and they co-operated when i asked for ID to note who was on the property after hours. When I went back to my booth, and they then procedded to slash the tires and break the windows on my patrol car, all the while saying I cant arrest them because im not a real cop. I guess they forgot I had their names, ID numbers, Licence plate number, and faces documented and on camera. They were aressted 8 hours later.
#6
My cousin was at his older brother's college party, and it go so rowdy that the police came to break it up. The music is off, and they've rounded everyone up, and the cop asks, "Okay, who here has been drinking underage?"
He raises his hand without hesitation. He was the only one.
#7
As a firefighter we once rolled up to a car accident, where this kid about 17 years old had run into the concrete pillar under a highway overpass. Car was totally wrecked, kids arm was broken in 3 or 4 places and was bleeding pretty bad. the first thing he said to me when I got up to his drivers side window? "The car is not stolen, there is no reason to call the cops" normally people say stuff like, "I'm hurt bad" or "get me out of here" but not this guy, he just kept repeating "the car is not stolen" over and over, we called the cops :).
#8
There was a case years ago where a man had been accused from breaking into vending machines and parking meters. The constantly denied the charges then had his bail paid... in coin.
#9
My brother didn't exactly incriminate himself, but he sure made himself unpopular: He was DJing on a party boat when they got raided. Just as the police were boarding their boat, and he claims he didn't do it intentionally, having only noticed the police after the record was spinning, he played out KRS One's "Sound of Da Police" and, of course, a fair number of the party goers were joining in with the "Whoop whoop". The police were not amused, taking it to be a deliberate attempt at humor at their expense. Record got taken off. My brother got an ear full.
#10
I've heard about the old DUI gotcha when the response to "Recite the alphabet backwards" is "I couldn't even do that if i were sober!" - but I don't know if that's just an urban legend or not. It sounds like something one might reasonably say in response, though.
#11
Not innocent but definitely incriminated himself. There was a guy not too long ago picked up on petit larceny (he was going to be out in a month or two). On the way to the prison he freaks out, jumps a couple razor wire fences and escapes. Not only did he get a bunch of very serious lacerations but now he's on the hook for escape (felony, at least a year)
#13
When i got a DUI they asked me how many drinks i've had and how long it's been since i had my last drink .. my reply was short and sweet. "skip"
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