Another candidate for America's Dumbest Criminal

Trooper finds passed out teen in squad car.

AP
04/13/2010

SALEM, Ore. – An Oregon State Police trooper pulled up next to a parked Marion County sheriff's patrol car late Saturday expecting to talk to the deputy. Instead he found an 18-year-old passed out over the steering wheel. State police said the Ford Mustang had been stolen from the deputy's home.

The Statesman Journal reported the sheriff's office wasn't aware it was stolen until it got a call from troopers.

The 18-year-old was jailed and released the next day on $2,500 bail. The Ford Mustang, used in a traffic safety team, was not damaged.

Ed. Note: The rules on this one should be simple, but if you can't understand that entire "Thou shalt not steal" thing.  But here goes the rules so he knows what to do when he gets out of jail in 2-5 years.

 1.  Don't steal a car that the owner might miss.

2.  Make sure your target vehicle is not a police car.

3.  Make sure your victim is not a cop.

4. Don't pass out in the vehicle you've stolen.

5.  Did I mention to make sure your victim is not a cop?