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Being arrested is no laughing matter.
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Well, at least most of the time.
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With the beauty of hindsight, sometimes we can look back on the colorful, rich tapestry
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of our lives and admit, with fondness, our dumbest mistakes.
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That has to be the case with the gallery of rogues we bring to your attention today.
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From the groom who called in a bomb threat on his wedding day
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to the burglar who forgot to log off of facebook in his victim's house,
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all these people have one thing in common
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– they got busted for a silly mistake.
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Let's take a look at these hapless criminals and find out why a career in crime just isn't
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for everyone, in this episode of the Infographics Show – Top Ten Dumbest Reasons People Were
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Arrested and Thrown in Jail.
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Neil McArdie ( for reasons known only to himself ) didn't get around
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to booking the reception venue for his big wedding day
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and simply didn't have what it takes to tell his bride-to-be about his oversight.
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Instead, he panicked before deciding to cover up his mistake
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by phoning in a hoax bomb threat on that special day.
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Authorities didn't see the humor in this,
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and McArdie was handed a 12 month sentence.
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In a matter of minutes, this love bird turned into a jail bird.
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Gary Harrington from rural Oregon was arrested and sentenced to 30 days in jail for collecting
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rainwater into three barrels on his own property.
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The State of Oregon had him arrested on the charge of stockpiling illegal reservoirs.
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Just, wow.
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"The water that falls from the sky onto his property is owned." according to the state
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of oregon, by the Medford Water Commission.
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This was dumb on Mr. Harrington's part to be fair.
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But the charge is so bizarre it simply had to have a place on our list.
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Ghost impersonator Anthony Stallard was arrested for hanging out at a cemetery and disturbing
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mourners in Portsmouth, England.
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It is unknown whether Mr Stallard used the standard white sheet for his ghostly impression,
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but it is understood that he was heavily intoxicated with alcohol
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during his terrifying and yes, spirited, performance.
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Suzanne Hulvert and Carl Owen Smith began arguing in an LA Taco Bell restaurant.
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Things became heated as Hulvert smacked Smith around the back of the head with a Taco Bell
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Supreme Burrito.
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Smith responded by stabbing his significant other with a plastic fork before fleeing to
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a nearby bar to drown his sorrows.
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The pair were both arrested and booked for what was essentially a heated food fight.
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A homeless woman in Florida was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct
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and ''dancing in a vulgar manner'' in Lake County in 2016.
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Turns out the woman was just a hapless victim of the current twerking craze and was no doubt
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honing her technique.
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It was simply unfortunate that a bus full of school kids happened to be passing at the
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time and were not so impressed by the twerking vagrant shaking her ass to the morning traffic.
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Nicholas Wig, decided to update his facebook status while burglarizing a house.
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All well and good, but he probably should have logged off before leaving his victim's
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house.
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Police had no problem tracking the dim-witted criminal down.
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In fact it was probably the easiest crime they've ever solved.
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Since being locked up in jail, Nicholas's relationship status is listed as ''complicated.''
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In 2014 a woman was arrested in Gainesville, Georgia
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after police suspected a spoon found in her car had residue of methamphetamine on it.
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The woman explained that the spoon contained hardened residue of some spaghetti hoops that
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she'd eaten in the car a month before.
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But the cops weren't buying it.
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She spent a month behind bars before the lab results confirmed her story was true.
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A Colorado woman was arrested for trying to break into jail.
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Monique Deshawn Armstrong thought she'd break in to rescue her brother.
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She made it past a razor wire fence surrounding Mesa County jail, and once inside demanded
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the release of her sibling.
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We assume that's it harder to break out of jail than to break in, and we guess Ms
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Armstrong will find out for herself.
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In March, 2012, Kansas man Bryan Paul Smith was sentenced to four and a half years after
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holding his neighbor's pet spider hostage.
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Smith had been looking after the neighbor's spider and had become rather attached to it.
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When the victim asked for the spider back, Smith made demands for money.
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The demands turned to threats with Smith wanting to keep the spider and receive $100,
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otherwise he'd shoot his victim.
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The victim called the police who eventually unraveled the sticky web of Smith's bizarre
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social life and had him arrested.
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Lori Teel from New Mexico spent the night in jail for an overdue library book.
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She checked out the ''Twilight'' book from her local library and promptly forgot about it.
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She was arrested in front of her kids at home, handcuffed, and marched to the police station
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for processing.
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Not only is she being charged for crimes against public services, she is also being questioned
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for crimes against literature.
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So what do you think?
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Have you ever been arrested, or nearly arrested, for something stupid?
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Let us know in the comments.
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Also, be sure to watch our other video called
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''What Would Happen If You Ate Only Meat and Nothing Else?''
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See you next time!