5 Dumbest Criminals - as part of the news series by GeoBeats.

Here are 5 of the dumbest criminal acts!

Number 5 - Steven Richard King was taken into police custody after attempting to rob a Bank of America branch unarmed. He tried to use his finger and thumb to mimic a gun, but forgot to leave his hand in his pocket!

Number 4 - CNN covered the report in which an individual tried to rob a deli in Arkansas using hot dog tongs. Not surprisingly, he wasn't taken seriously.

Number 3 - A couple of other not so bright crooks in Colombia are under arrest after one of them forgot to log out of his Facebook account at an internet café before getting away on motorbikes.

Number 2 - While most of us make excuses for our missing homework, this suspected burglar actually left his homework at the scene of the crime. He was tracked down and arrested without much difficulty.

Number 1 - An 18-year-old burglar who vandalized a children's campsite building was caught because he wrote his name on a wall at the scene. There are some pretty stupid criminals around, but to leave your own name at the scene of the crime takes the biscuit.