The dumb criminal of the day award goes to....
A job application led to the arrest of an East Texas man.
30-year-old Courtney Cordell Wheat was arrested in Longview Wednesday morning after filling out a job application at a restaurant, then allegedly stealing a car from the parking lot.
“Who goes and applies for a job and then steals a car in the parking lot?” asked Roman Roberson with the Kilgore Police Department.
According to police, that’s exactly what Wheat did Tuesday night at the Taco Bueno in Kilgore.
“The lady was like 'he just put in an application' and I was like 'are you serious?'” said Brandon Jones.
The Nissan 280 Z Wheat allegedly stole belongs to Brandon Jones. Jones says he went back inside the restaurant because they left out his son’s kid’s meal.
“I ran back up there and didn’t think anything about it. Left it running right there by the door so I could get his food and come home and eat,” Jones said....
http://www.kltv.com/story/31130980/police-man-fills-out-job-application-steals-car-in-parking-lot?sf20292447=1
