Stupid Criminals

Drug-possession defendant Christopher Johns, on trial in

March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched

without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer

didn’t need a warrant because a “bulge” in Christopher’s

jacket could have been a gun. Nonsense, said Christopher,

who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in

court. He handed it over so the judge could see it.

The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket

and laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess to

compose himself.