10 Weirdest and Dumbest Crimes of 2011

A New Year is upon us, which means its time to look back on the strange and stupid decisions of some of Monrovia's most inept criminals. Here are 10 of the weirdest and dumbest:

1. Red Bull bandit

On Mar. 10, a man was arrested after attempting to . He admitted that his brilliant plan was to resell the caffeinated beverages, according to police.

2. Too drunk to pick up the kids

In one of the worst cases of bad parenting Patch has ever heard of, a woman was arrested in June for .

3. Chase suspect jumps out of moving car

. Allegedly driving a stolen vehicle, the man led police on a high-speed chase, intentionally side-swiped several cars, drove the wrong way down a one-way street, and then jumped out of his moving car, police said.

4. Car plows into Acapulco

On Aug. 2, an of the restaurant on Huntington. The driver fled, and the restaurant had to be closed because of a of the restaurant's bar.

5. Beaten and robbed of shoes

On August 4, police responded to the 800 block of West Huntington regarding a male transient who . The suspects then took his shoes and wallet and fled in an unknown direction.

6. Oh, the irony: Wife beater beaten with baseball bat

A man allegedly got a taste of his own medicine on Aug. 5 when he was . The men who beat him disappeared, but police determined he had assaulted his girlfriend and child and arrested him on domestic violence charges.

7. Farmers Market hit and run

A man was arrested on Aug. 28 for allegedly because the man told him the street was closed for a Farmer's Market. The man was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run with injury.

8. Roving Ninjas?

On Sept. 15, an officer found two people fighting in the 700 block of West Colorado. One of the men fled, the other was found bleeding from the face after being . The alleged attacker was later found and arrested, and his ninja weapon was taken into evidence.

9. Dumb embezzler

A woman who had allegedly been embezzling money from her employer . The employer found the forged document and alerted police.

10. Fake kidnapping

A manhunt ensued in November for an attacker who . His parents told TV reporters that they taught the child to fight off kidnappers and police released a sketch of the alleged suspect. But the child later recanted, and the whole incident was determined to be a hoax.