The Would-Be Car Thief with Terrible B.O.

The stench left behind by Joshua Graden, who police say they found naked in a Bradenton woman’s car, was almost too much for the owner to bear.

The 35-year-old woman said she got her Chevrolet detailed the day after officers found Graden, 21, of Osprey, nude in the vehicle parked in her driveway.

“I got it sprayed down because it smelled terrible,” the victim told the Bradenton Herald. “I have never seen him in my life. It is kind of creepy.”

At around 2 a.m., Monday, Bradenton police responded to a call for service in the victim’s neighborhood, in the 4900 block of 34th Avenue West. Another resident in the neighborhood had called police after a man he did not recognize was banging on his door demanding to come inside, according to a police report.

When officers arrived, the man had moved on, but police found clothes in the middle of the street, according to the victim.

“The person who first called lives across the street from me, and I guess the police found clothes in the road,” she said.

An officer then noticed a man sitting in the driver’s seat of the Chevrolet across the street from where the call originated. The victim said her Chevrolet had been locked.

“I always lock the car because my kids are always in it,” she said.

The officer confronted Graden in the Chevrolet, who repeated over and over “he didn’t know where he was, or what was going on,” the police report stated.

When the officer asked Graden his name, he began to swear. The owner of the vehicle said an irate Graden threw an umbrella, as well as towelettes and snacks for her two infant children, from the Chevrolet all over her yard.

Police reports say Graden resisted being handcuffed, but officers eventually arrested him on charges of felony burglary of a conveyance and resisting arrest without violence. He has since been released from the Manatee County jail on supervised release on $1,000 bond.

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Founder of anti-drug program is held in drug sting

Kendall Craig Farris' website is filled with influential endorsements for the drug prevention program he founded. Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl called them "amazing tools which our schools and communities desperately need" and thanked Farris for meeting with him and his staff.

Something went wrong, however, and Farris was arrested Thursday at a Starbucks in El Segundo after Redondo Beach police set up a drug buy over the phone.

Farris, 47, arrived at the coffeehouse in a taxi, police said. An undercover officer gave him an envelope containing $480 in exchange for methamphetamine and ecstasy tablets, which turned out to be fake, authorities said. Farris was arrested at 3:40 p.m.

Farris was arraigned Friday on charges of selling a substance that he alleged was drugs. He is being held on $106,500 bail and could not be reached for comment.

Farris, according to his website, was founder of the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey and a recovering alcoholic and addict. His mission, he says, is "to help youth, schools, and families prevent drug and alcohol abuse before it starts, and intervene in any drug abuse which may already have begun."

He is the author of "Drugs, Kids and Crime: Surviving Our Drug Obsessed Culture."

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What a stupid idiot

A 39-year-old man was arrested after a security officer determined he had something unusual among the items to be checked at a security checkpoint at the downtown courthouse.

“As the items were checked (the security officer) determined that one item was a marijuana smoking pipe,” an arrest report states.

A deputy checked out the pipe and concluded that, indeed, it was a pot smoking pipe by the smell and residue, the report states.

Clinton J. Gordon, of the 2700 block of Wildwood Lane, faces a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia charge in connection with the 10:30 a.m. Tuesday incident.

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Does a person have to try to be that stupid?

Woman arrested with unusual object in pants

Ha ha...what a moron. Go read the story.

Another one in need of parenting class

Mom tries to lift daughter's spirits by boosting goodies

So your 13-year-old daughter's down in the dumps. Seems she got into a fight with her friends earlier in the day.

What better way to lift the spirits than a little shoplifting spree?

Cops say that's basically what Robin Bas told them.

They caught the attention of a loss prevention officer at a Beall's Department store where they were seen picking out some clothes and jewelry.

They went into a dressing room and came out without the items, according to police.

The two were intercepted in the parking lot, escorted back inside and the cops were called.

The loot was found in a bag they were carrying.

The daughter said they were working together as a team.

Mom said she was just trying to make her daughter happy.

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10 Dumbest Criminals

Visit THIS WEBPAGE to read about some of the dumbest criminals ever! Here's just one of the stories:

The Robber who called to check if there was money in the cash register before the crime

On 2008, police charged Daniel Glen, 40, with robbing a convenience store in Windsor, Ontario, after he called ahead to ask the clerk how much money was in the cash register before showing up. The clerk alerted police, who arrested Glen nearby. Canwest News Service reported Glen was a suspect in two similar incidents where the thief called ahead to make sure the clerk had the money bagged and ready for him.

Cigarette Bandit Wore Beer Carton As Disguise

Police in Nebraska are looking a man who stole cigarettes while disguising himself with a beer carton on his head. Lincoln police Capt. Bob Kawamoto said the man walked into a Kwik Shop convenience store before dawn Monday wearing an empty Bud Light box on his head as a mask.


Kawamoto said the man also had wrapped something around one of his hands, suggesting he was armed. But the man never showed a weapon.


Police said the bandit left with nine packs of smokes valued at nearly $50.


Police spokeswoman Katie Flood said Tuesday morning that the robbery was captured on video. She said the man also dropped the empty 12-pack box as he fled, and it will be checked for fingerprints.


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