CALIFORNIA 2005 CRIMINALS WEREN'T BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE BOX 2005 criminals weren't the brightest bulbs in the box: " In February, a man stole an expensive plasma television from an El Segundo business, but forgot to take the power cord to go with it.
Detectives figured out that only one store in Southern California sold that type of cord and were waiting at the Commerce business when the man showed up to buy one. When they searched his house, detectives found $1.5 million worth of stolen computer equipment."