I love dumb criminals

[Dro_Princess]

DE QUEEN, Ark. - The guitar-shaped bulge in Morgan Conatser's clothing tipped off a music store owner that there might be a crime in progress. Clifton Lovell, owner of Guitars and Cadillacs on U.S. Highway 71 in De Queen, was talking with a customer last week when he saw Conatser, 29, walking out of the store.

"I saw him walking out to his pickup truck and the bulges in his leather jacket. I said, 'Hey what have you got there,'" Clifton Lovell said.

He said Conatser, 29, replied, "Nothing."

Lovell pointed toward the unnatural shapes in Conatser's jacket and pants and said, "You've got something."

Conatser then removed a solid body electric guitar from his pants leg and from underneath his jacket.

"The neck of the guitar was almost down to his knee and the back of the guitar was almost up to his neck. It wasn't hard to spot. There was no way he could sit down or get into the pickup," Lovell said.

With the guitar back in the store, Lovell didn't intend to call the sheriff's office. But then he discovered a wireless sound system was missing. Lovell called the Sevier County Sheriff's Department and gave a description of Conatser and his pickup.

Deputy Jeff Wahls called Conatser's father, who told Wahls how to find the house.

The deputy found Conatser at home, where Conatser went to his bedroom closet and retrieved the sound system, Wahls said.

"He made a statement saying he needed the property because he needed to make ends meet," Wahls said.

Conatser was arrested on a charge of theft of property under $500 for the sound equipment because the guitar had already been returned to the shop owner. The sound system was worth about $200.

"This is a new one on me and I couldn't believe he tried," Lovell said. "The strings were pressed down and he didn't make any noise."

Conatser was issued a misdemeanor citation and released. Conatser can resolve the charge by paying a fine or he can contest the charge in Sevier County District Court.


I cant believe someone would actually think they could hide a gutair under there clothing.

Dro_Princess Reviewed by Dro_Princess on 11-30-2006. I love dumb criminals DE QUEEN, Ark. - The guitar-shaped bulge in Morgan Conatser's clothing tipped off a music store owner that there might be a crime in progress. Clifton Lovell, owner of Guitars and Cadillacs on U.S. Highway 71 in De Queen, was talking with a customer last week when he saw Conatser, 29, walking out of the store. "I saw him walking out to his pickup truck and the bulges in his leather jacket. I said, 'Hey what have you got there,'" Clifton Lovell said. He said Conatser, 29, replied, Rating: 5

[slipknotpsycho]

lol i loved reading america's dumbest criminals... one of the funniest tho was this guy who got a taxi ran up a rather large bill, told the cabby he had to go inside to get the money, he did and after 30 mins (i think) of waiting, the cabby went to the door to ask what was taking so long the guy replied something along the lines of "what are you talking about?" eventually the police came and he went to jail....

like he expected the cabby to say "man i just got tooled, oh well might as well leave"

[BabySnookums]

DE QUEEN, Ark. - The guitar-shaped bulge in Morgan Conatser's clothing tipped off a music store owner that there might be a crime in progress. Clifton Lovell, owner of Guitars and Cadillacs on U.S. Highway 71 in De Queen, was talking with a customer last week when he saw Conatser, 29, walking out of the store.

"I saw him walking out to his pickup truck and the bulges in his leather jacket. I said, 'Hey what have you got there,'" Clifton Lovell said.

He said Conatser, 29, replied, "Nothing."

Lovell pointed toward the unnatural shapes in Conatser's jacket and pants and said, "You've got something."

Conatser then removed a solid body electric guitar from his pants leg and from underneath his jacket.

"The neck of the guitar was almost down to his knee and the back of the guitar was almost up to his neck. It wasn't hard to spot. There was no way he could sit down or get into the pickup," Lovell said.

With the guitar back in the store, Lovell didn't intend to call the sheriff's office. But then he discovered a wireless sound system was missing. Lovell called the Sevier County Sheriff's Department and gave a description of Conatser and his pickup.

Deputy Jeff Wahls called Conatser's father, who told Wahls how to find the house.

The deputy found Conatser at home, where Conatser went to his bedroom closet and retrieved the sound system, Wahls said.

"He made a statement saying he needed the property because he needed to make ends meet," Wahls said.

Conatser was arrested on a charge of theft of property under $500 for the sound equipment because the guitar had already been returned to the shop owner. The sound system was worth about $200.

"This is a new one on me and I couldn't believe he tried," Lovell said. "The strings were pressed down and he didn't make any noise."

Conatser was issued a misdemeanor citation and released. Conatser can resolve the charge by paying a fine or he can contest the charge in Sevier County District Court.


I cant believe someone would actually think they could hide a gutair under there clothing.

LOL my mom lives a few towns over from DeQueen :dance:

[Nochowderforyou]

Ha ha! That's freakin funny. Another dumb criminal gets busted.

Although, there used to be this store where I got my first electric guitar a good 12yrs ago back in Alberta and they had a thief come in with an empty guitar case, whoch they thought had a guitar in it, the guy picks out the guitar he likes, puts it in his empty case, and walks out. I remeber the guy telling me and my dad that story, and that's why they wouldn't let anyone with a case enter the store. Good times.

[Skink]

he was only checking for fit...

[Dro_Princess]

I remeber a few winters ago we had a good foot and a half of snow. These people decided to rob someones house. There was too much snow for them to drive, so they had to walk. When the cops got there all they had to do was follow their tracks in the snow to bust them. I love stupid ppl.

[Nochowderforyou]

I remeber a few winters ago we had a good foot and a half of snow. These people decided to rob someones house. There was too much snow for them to drive, so they had to walk. When the cops got there all they had to do was follow their tracks in the snow to bust them. I love stupid ppl.

Ha ha! My buddies did the same kind of thing. They were drunk one night, went to corner store and nabbed some magazines (lame, I know). The funny thing is, they lived like 2 blocks away from the store. All the cops had to do was follow their tracks from the store, right to their back door. It was snowing outside so it was fresh snow.

Morons make my life more entertaining.

[Dro_Princess]

Ha ha! My buddies did the same kind of thing. They were drunk one night, went to corner store and nabbed some magazines (lame, I know). The funny thing is, they lived like 2 blocks away from the store. All the cops had to do was follow their tracks from the store, right to their back door. It was snowing outside so it was fresh snow.

Morons make my life more entertaining.

HAHA! You would think that someone would realize that they are leaving tracks in the snow. Thats common sense like dont eat yellow snow. When they showed the scene on the news you could see the footprints in the snow from the peoples place they robbed go into the bushes and threw some other peoples back yards. It was classic.

[Nochowderforyou]

HAHA! You would think that someone would realize that they are leaving tracks in the snow. Thats common sense like dont eat yellow snow. When they showed the scene on the news you could see the footprints in the snow from the peoples place they robbed go into the bushes and threw some other peoples back yards. It was classic.

Some people aren't born with common sense. Drinking also depletes common sense as well, and we all know that, and in my buddies case, he loses all sense when drinking. This is the same guy who fell through a bathroom roof in a bar, after deciding he wanted to sit in an old VW bug, up above, on a platform on display purposes only Yes, he got arrested because of it, but entertaining from my point of view.

[Dro_Princess]

Some people aren't born with common sense. Drinking also depletes common sense as well, and we all know that, and in my buddies case, he loses all sense when drinking. This is the same guy who fell through a bathroom roof in a bar, after deciding he wanted to sit in an old VW bug, up above, on a platform on display purposes only Yes, he got arrested because of it, but entertaining from my point of view.

lol. I bet they keep you entertained while intoxicated. I dont get to hang with cool drunk ppl. My sisters bf is a know it all when he is sober and when he gets drunk i want to gauge my eyeballs out and shovel pencils in my ears. Example: One night we were talking about growing weed. He says if I wanted to do to use a black light. I was like umm no you cant it dont have the right spectrum of light. He goes on to say he used a black light and grew the dankest shit he had ever smoked. Now I know that little drunk know it all is full of shit. I hate people who think they know it all.