Memo to any potential blackmailer…

…don’t send incriminating pictures from your mobile phone as its easier to track you down!

But one guy didn't think about that when he tried to extort $500 from a branch of Pizza Hut. 

Police say Jess Jay Long was a former employee of the restaurant in Nevada, USA.

He allegedly called the restaurant manager on Friday and told him he had five Pizza Hut signs that are used on the roofs of vehicles and wouldn't return them unless he was paid $500.

Police say the manager wanted proof that Long had the signs…

...so Long sent him a picture from his mobile phone that proved to be his undoing!

Officers were able to zoom in on registration numbers of tow cars in the background of the picture that proved to be registered to Long.

He has now been charged with extortion, possession of stolen property and grand theft and has had his bail set at $15,000.

Personally we think it should be higher because he is a complete idiot!!

Some people are just a wee bit peculiar aren’t they?

A man in Ohio who has a dislike of paper money decided to buy himself a new Chevrolet pick-up truck

He walked into the dealership and handed them $8,000 in coins…then paid the rest by cheque!

We would have loved to have seen the size of his piggy bank!

James Jones, 70, handed over 16 coffee cans full of coins to buy his new Chevrolet Silverado.

Lucky staff spent 90 minutes counting it all, but his truckload of coins only covered half of the $16,000 (£8,500) price tag.

As far back as he could remember, Dennis Jones told the Cincinnati Enquirer, his father had always had coins:

“He gave me lunch money in coins and each time he ever gave me money it was in coins,” he recalled. I am amazed that we were able to talk him into buying a new truck, because he is pretty tight with his money.”

According to the paper, James Jones walked into the Jake Sweeney dealership, plunked down his cans and said: “I want that Chevy truck.”

The man's son said the most amazing thing for him was his father deciding to replace his 1981 pick-up at all!

Biff Arnold, finance manager for Jake Sweeney spoke about the unusual incident saying:

"In my 19 years in this business I have never seen anything like this. I have seen many buyers come in with a lot of cash money, but never this much money in coins.”

Mr Jones says he does not trust banks or paper money saying:

“Paper money will burn, but it is hard to damage coins. I bought four or five rolls of coins each month. I don't know how long it took me to save this amount, probably all my life.”

Wow, what a crazy guy eh?

So, have you ever paid for anything with huge amounts of coins? If so, what was the reaction?

Why not let us know in the comments?

You would think that visiting your bank would be fairly straightforward and uneventful…

…but not in the good ole USA!

One main difference is that they have ‘drive-thru’ banks to make your life a bit easier when you are in a rush.

This is all well and good if you are certain of your vehicle’s height.

But if you are not…

Fortunately the driver involved got out alive although these pictures will show you just how lucky he was!

You might well have a drinking problem when on the way home from the bar you break into the airport petrol station and fill your car with jet fuel!

No, really we are not making this up…

The San Jose Police reported that a drunken man broke into a small airport and tried to fill up his car's petrol tank with jet fuel.

Justin Rodebush was arrested by police on Sunday night for driving while intoxicated and attempted theft.

Let’s face it, he probably wasn't trying to save money…

The aviation fuel in the pumps used for aircraft and race cars, was going for $5.97 a gallon, and accessed by a credit card the local authorities said.

Jim Meide, who works in operations at the county-run Reid-Hillview Airport admitted that "We've had people try and steal gas here in the past."

Clearly not much to do in East San Jose then is there?

Ok Mr Bank robber lets try this again. Two things to remember:

• DO NOT use the back of your own cheque for your stick up note
• A taxi makes a poor getaway car

We suggest you think about that during all the free time you will have in jail.

Yes, in something that won’t surprise any of you with a shred of common sense, a robber was captured fairly easily on Monday after police noticed that the note he handed a cashier demanding money was written on the back of his own personal cheque!

We really don’t know whether to laugh or cry…

The incident began at a Bank Of America in Ocala, Florida when a man walked in, handed a cashier a note saying he had a .45 caliber pistol and demanded money.

After the cashier complied and gave him the money, he legged it. Witnesses saw the man jump into a small gold car being driven by another man.

Not content with his first robbery the suspect then pulled the same crime at another Bank Of America nearby, several hours later!

In that robbery the man also gave the cashier a note, was given cash and then fled. This time witnesses saw the man jump into a taxi and escape.

Strangely enough, local police managed to locate the taxi not long after the incident with the suspect still in the back.; they then arrested 33 year old Patrick Johnson.

Police were able to link Johnson to the crimes when they discovered that the notes he had written his demands on, were both cheques from his personal account! He was soon on his way to jail!

This guy really could win stupid robber of the year award couldn’t he?