# What's the dumbest crime you ever witnessed or were a victim of?

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**Created:** [January 9, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-crime-you-ever-witnessed-or-were-a-victim-of/776715 "2017-01-09T13:56:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-crime-you-ever-witnessed-or-were-a-victim-of/776715/137 "2017-01-17T05:24:21Z")

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So, Annie, there’s still an unanswered question from your cement mixer story:

> [@A person stole our cement mixer. WHY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/76):
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> “Bear” and “Mole” are variations of their street names. I made up “Crane.” Yeah, everybody knows everybody by their street names.
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> The cement mixer has not been found. Bear is saying he had permission to take it, Mole is still screaming about us “siccing the police on me” and Crane is whining about how much trouble she is in. We have filed charges, so it is going to be very interesting…

> [@A person stole our cement mixer. WHY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-person-stole-our-cement-mixer-why/453945/81):
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> I don’t understand. If Bear “had permission to take it”, why doesn’t he know where he put it?

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