Doofus Of The Day #25, #26 and #27

We have a rich crop of Doofi to close out the week.

First, there's Doofus #25: Andrew Kellett, described as 'Britain's dumbest criminal'.

Andrew Kellett, 23, was branded the city's "dumbest criminal" by Leeds City Council after posting more than 80 videos showing himself and others committing a range of offences.

The videos included leaving a petrol station apparently without paying, trespassing and shouting abuse, dangerous driving and racing at high speeds, as well as taking class A drugs.

Yesterday, Kellett, of Stanks Drive, Swarcliffe, Leeds, who has been previously convicted of various offences, received an interim anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) at Leeds Magistrates' Court to stop him showing unlawful activities on the video-sharing website.

Under the terms of the order, which will last until a full Asbo hearing next month, Kellett cannot post any image or description of unlawful activity on the internet.

He is also banned from taking part in dangerous or anti-social driving on private land or public roads, which includes driving in excess of the speed limit, racing other vehicles on the public highway and failing to observe traffic regulations.

And the order states he cannot act in a manner which causes alarm, harassment or distress to any person in England and Wales.

I don't know who's dumber . . . the criminal for incriminating himself, or the council for thinking that a piece of paper saying 'don't do it again' is going to deter him! It seems that Kellett doesn't take it seriously either.

Kellett opposed the interim Asbo, claiming he was simply a bystander filming and the offences would have happened whether he was there or not.

He also claimed the Asbo would potentially breach his human rights by restricting his right to free expression.

Sheesh!

OK, on to Doofus #26. We don't know his name, but his conduct earns him the temporary appellation of 'Doofus' - and, soon, 'convict', perhaps?

A St. Louis man is accused of making a 911 call to try and help a friend avoid a ticket.

Dashcam video showed an officer pulling a car over for an expired license plate.

As the officer walked up to the car, he noticed the passenger on a cell phone.

Authorities said the passenger was calling in a bogus report of an armed robbery at a nearby convenience store.

"The passenger was apparently trying to help his friend get out of a ticket. And what I later found out was this passenger had heard this done before -- and he was going to call in some sort of emergency call," an officer said.

An alert dispatcher heard the officer's voice in the background and figured out what was going on.

Another officer responded to the gas station and discovered there was no robbery.

The passenger was arrested and charged with filing a false police report.

Uh-huh. Real smart idea, that.

Doofus #27 (also anonymous) decided that since he'd run short of cash, he'd offer to pay for his purchases with drugs. Might have worked, too . . . except that he forgot to look round.

A New Zealand man had a novel idea when he found himself in a queue at a service station counter with no money, could he pay with marijuana instead?

Unfortunately he didn't get a chance to discover whether the attendant would accept his offer, as the person behind him in the queue was a police officer, the Dominion Post newspaper reported.

The man's attempt to buy two packets of M&Ms and a packet of potato chips to satisfy his "munchies" was caught short when he was arrested.

He must have been hungry, as he failed to notice the police patrol car sitting on the station forecourt being filled with petrol, the paper reported.

Peter