Failing ‘How to be a Criminal: 101'

Patch is highlighting some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD."

Egghead easily identified

Things not to leave behind at the scene of a crime: .

Note to self: flowers > cards

This 68-year-old was not happy she got carded.

Lookin’ like a fool with his pants on the ground

And a shoe, and some other items.

Party bus(ted)

This birthday celebration took a wrong turn.

Woman, refrigerator both unhinged

She won't get yelled at for leaving the fridge door open.

Mudding and stealing don’t mix

Just ask these sticks in the mud. 

Lesson not learned

Showing up drunk to court, to contest a drunken driving citation, is not advised.

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The above items are from local police reports and criminal complaints. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.