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Police: Marker Bandits Arrested (Darwin Award Winners)
KCCI-TV Des Moines ^ | 10/28/2009

Posted on 10/28/2009 10:29:13 PM PDT by hawkeye101

CARROLL, Iowa -- Police said they had no trouble identifying two men accused of trying to break into a Carroll apartment.

Police were responding to a call about an attempted burglary when they pulled over a car matching the alleged suspects' vehicle. Inside the car, officers found two men with their faces blackened with permanent marker.

Police said the caller described two men with painted faces attempting to break into an apartment Friday night before driving off.

Twenty-three-year-old Matthew McNelly and 20-year-old Joey Miller were arrested at gunpoint after officers were told they might be armed. Neither man had a weapon.

McNelly and Miller were each charged with attempted second-degree burglary. Both men were released after posting bond.

Attorneys for the men declined comment on Tuesday.

Here are the criminal masterminds' mugshots:



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: bandits; iowa; marker; police

1 posted on 10/28/2009 10:29:13 PM PDT by hawkeye101
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To: hawkeye101

They look like Tammy Baker after a good cry.


2 posted on 10/28/2009 10:31:30 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: hawkeye101

lol...just.....lol


3 posted on 10/28/2009 10:34:20 PM PDT by happinesswithoutpeace (There was a hole here. It's gone now.)
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To: hawkeye101

“Amazingly, the victim had no difficulty picking them out of a lineup...”


4 posted on 10/28/2009 10:35:48 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: hawkeye101

This should afford the police officers a chuckle or two for quite a while.


5 posted on 10/28/2009 10:38:06 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: hawkeye101

Stupid crooks yes, Darwin winners certainly not. Real Darwin winners are like the stupid Colorado crook who tried to steal live high voltage wiring this week. I do suspect these dummies don’t realize such markers come off skin easily with acetone.


6 posted on 10/28/2009 10:40:44 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer
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To: JohnBovenmyer
Thank you for clarifying that. I forgot you have to die, in action, of your stupidity to win a Darwin award.

As was said on Mystery Science Theater 3000 once to explain Darwin's theory in one sentence: "If yer dumb, you die!"

7 posted on 10/28/2009 10:48:27 PM PDT by hawkeye101 (Electing lawyers to political office is like hiring a raging alcoholic to run your bar!)
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To: hawkeye101

Sometines I just sit here and shake my head.


8 posted on 10/28/2009 10:50:01 PM PDT by BigCinBigD
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To: Huskrrrr
They look like Tammy Baker after a good cry.

You are fast on the draw!

9 posted on 10/28/2009 10:52:24 PM PDT by mckenzie7 (I am a European American! Silly me. I never realized that before! Thanks, oh great unifier!)
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To: martin_fierro

ping


10 posted on 10/28/2009 10:53:14 PM PDT by expat_brit
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To: hawkeye101

I believe the one on the right is the Lone Ranger.


11 posted on 10/28/2009 11:58:58 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
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To: taxesareforever

I was thinking cat woman.


12 posted on 10/29/2009 12:03:31 AM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: hawkeye101

I think you have to die and not have any kids, as in taking yourself out of the gene pool.


13 posted on 10/29/2009 12:36:01 AM PDT by BBell
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To: hawkeye101

they look like some of my wife’s family.


14 posted on 10/29/2009 3:52:50 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: Joe Boucher

LOL!


15 posted on 10/29/2009 3:56:24 AM PDT by bikerman (Buck Farack)
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To: hawkeye101

They look like they just woke up from a bender. Friends had a laugh.


16 posted on 10/29/2009 3:56:43 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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