Genius Police Work That Caught Criminals Red-Handed

We're making memes smarter. So can you. Visit the Photoplasty and Pictofacts Workshop to get started.

Look, we all get that actual police work is mostly filling out paperwork and handing out citations. But sometimes real-life cops are exactly as brilliant as their TV procedural counterparts, and catch criminals with genius moves like ...

12
Entry by Andrea Meno

A man was charged with murder based on his wife's Fitbit. A masked man broke into Richard Dabate's home, tied him up, and tortured him. When Dabate's

11
Entry by Andrea Meno

Genius Police Work That Caught Criminals Red-Handed

10
Entry by Andrea Meno

Pacemaker data busted an arsonist. hm 59-year-old Ross Compton swore he didn't start the fire that caused $400,000 worth of damages to his house. But

9
Entry by Andrea Meno

Mary Jane didn't leave tracks in the snow. Netherlands police were sure there was a marijuana operation going on in the town of Haarlem- they just had

8
Entry by Andrea Meno

Glitter is just as good as a fingerprint (or better). Alaska officers arrested Michael Alexander on kidnapping and murder charges based on the unique

7
Entry by Andrea Meno

Dead bugs ruined the perfect crime. 2B U In 2003, human garbage Vincent Brothers flew to Ohio to visit his brother, then immediately rented a car

6
Entry by Andrea Meno

A photo of a fingerprint nabbed a child molester. TEPSKI 634 Danish police officers brought in a sex offender on child pornography charges but they wa

5
Entry by Andrea Meno

(Tree) DNA caught a murderer. Yep. Trees. When a woman turned up strangled in Arizona with literally zero traces of anything useful to investigators o

4
Entry by Andrea Meno

Smart water meters indicated the cleaning up of a crime scene. Smart water meters can relay all kinds of fascinating data from monthly, daily, and eve

3
Entry by Andrea Meno

A serial killer was caught thanks to his love of pizza (and old-fashioned spy work). Los Angeles police came up with a unique plan to catch the elusiv

2
Entry by Andrea Meno

Photos left a paper trail. 2 11 GOLAVENOT KIMOT When three thieves handed a store clerk a photo of her own home to let her know this was indeed a stic

1
Entry by Andrea Meno

A burglar Was caught because he didn't flush the toilet. Andrew Jensen didn't get caught with his pants down, but he came awfully close. Jensen broke