Some were fueled by alcohol, others by a yearning to deface police property. They range in severity from bank robberies to reckless driving. But what really sets these crimes of the past year or so apart is, well, a certain lack of planning on the part of the perpetrators â?? or for those cases not yet completed, alleged perpetrators.
To compile this lofty list, several Capital Times reporters sifted through a year’s worth of stories. The criteria are somewhat vague to make the top eight of 2008, but you know them when you read them.
1. Krispy Kreme caper (UW Police chase)