10 Times Morons Faced Justice

10 Times Morons Faced Justice
Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the times when idiots and criminals alike found themselves getting some well-deserved karma for their misdeeds.

#10: Deathbed Confession

You know the phrase silence is golden? Well, James Washington should have taken it to heart, as his big mouth turned what was supposed to be an alleviation of guilt into an extended stay in the slammer. Believing himself to be dying of a heart attack, the Tennessee local, who was already incarcerated at the time, confessed to beating a woman named Joyce Goodener to death seventeen years prior. However, it turns out he didn’t die, and his confession was used as evidence to get him convicted. It’s a poetic end all brought on by a guilty conscience paired with a fatal misunderstanding of Tennessee’s’ statute of limitations.

#9: Doing Tesco Over

Not that we want to give advice to any and all would-be criminals, but if you’re going to go out of your way to threaten an establishment, best not advertise it beforehand. Like so many incidents back in the 2010s, Facebook proved to be the undoing of numerous idiots parading as low-key gangsters. Case and point, Andrew Hennells, who advertised his plan to rob his local Tesco supermarket armed with a knife. Thankfully no one was hurt, and Hennells was caught fifteen minutes later, earning himself a prison sentence of four years.

#8: Laughing at Trial

A sentence hearing is not a funny place, so how anyone would find themselves with a case of the giggles is beyond us. This is doubly so if you just so happen to be the mother of the accused. Donna Kosal apparently found the notion that her daughter - who was sentenced for driving under the influence, leading to an innocent man’s death in a collision – rather hilarious. Her snickering came back to bite her though, as she was not only kicked out of the courtroom but found herself spending a night in jail. It didn’t take long for her to change her tune to a more remorseful one.

#7: The Emperor's New Clothes

We’re heading off to Florida for this next one, and it’s a doozy. After robbing a home improvement store, Milton J. Hodges Jr thought to evade security by escaping into a nearby resort, stealing a golf cart and making a brisk getaway. There was only one flaw in his plan – he had trespassed into a nudist colony, and as such was the only one wearing clothes, making him all too easy for authorities to spot. A sudden end for Hodges fledgling criminal career but great exposure for Cypress Cove Nudist Resort and Spa. Only in Florida.

#6: The DUMBEST Stalker

It’s no secret that in this day and age of online parasocial relationships, certain fans can cross that dreaded line and become full-blown stalkers. Farhan Jami decided he would cartwheel over said line and become a wannabe arsonist. Driving from New York to the home of popular streamer “justfoxii” in Ohio, Jami went about setting fire to her car. There were no casualties. Jami however sealed his fate by parking only two minutes away from the crime scene to catch some z’s, with all the damning evidence still on his person. He was swiftly apprehended, now faces jail time, and now has a legacy cemented as one of the internet’s biggest punching bags.

#5: Bringing a Bat to a Gunfight

We’re not exactly sure what the logic was behind this heist in the making, perhaps Derrick Mosley of Oregon thought that the firearms at a gun shop would be for display purposes only. Surely the owner wouldn’t be strapped in case someone came charging in with a baseball bat. Well, that’s exactly what happened. Mosley only managed to smash up one display case before the owner revealed he was packing real heat – and held him at gunpoint until the police arrived. Thwarted by common sense once again.

#4: Calling the Bank

A courtesy call is always appreciated, though we doubt the staff of a Fairfield bank expected to be informed ahead of time they were going to be robbed. According to reports, Albert Bailey instructed the staff to load up a 100K worth of notes and hand the money over to his associate or risk a “bloodbath”. Naturally, the staff contacted the police, leading to SWAT rushing in and snagging both Bailey and his cousin without incident. They might have thought their ploy to be genius, but all they accomplished was letting the world know how foolish they really were.

#3: A Better Photo

Not everyone is photogenic. Sometimes it takes a few additional snaps to capture a person’s best side. Donald "Chip" Pugh obviously felt the same way, given that he went out of his way to contact police after they released his arrest warrant which featured a photo he considered unflattering. Naturally, he made the rational choice to text over a replacement photo because he didn’t want the rest of Ohio to think of him as someone who looked like, quote - James Brown on the run. While the replacement image was a marked improvement, it wasn’t enough to undo the charges of vandalism and arson. As you might have guessed, he was arrested soon after.

#2: The Romantic

Failing at both life and love, Matthew Crowder of Albuquerque, New Mexico is a shining example of not what to do if you fancy yourself a smooth operator. After leaving a consignment store with more than a few unpaid items, he was quickly arrested and exposed as one of the century’s most idiotic lawbreakers. After all, only minutes prior, he had left behind his business card with the store clerk, because he was trying to score a date with her. Casanova this man is not.

#1: Permanently Marked

You can’t discuss stupid criminals without bringing Matthew McNelly and Joey Miller into the conversation. Their failure is legendary. After being spotted by bystanders trying to break into a home, the duo was promptly confronted and arrested. It’s there the authorities discovered that not only were McNelly and Miller intoxicated, but that in lieu of ski masks or hoods – they had covered their faces in permanent marker. And thus, we were graced by two of the greatest mugshots in history. Nearly two decades later and we’re still laughing.
Which foolish felon’s failure do you find the funniest? Let us know in the comments!
Trivia –
Which of these is NOT a British supermarket chain?
Waitrose
Asda
Sainsbury’s
Farm Boy (Correct)
MoistCr1TiKaL made a video commenting on the Farhan Jami case.
True