Weird BUT true

In his defense, it was a really nice hat.

An 18yearold Ohio man was arrested for allegedly trying to elude police after he returned to the scene of the crime to look for his hat.

Otha Montgomery apparently thought cops wouldn’t recognize him as he asked for the black baseball cap. He was wrong.

Stupid is as stupid does. A New Jersey man allegedly tried to swipe a uniformed cop’s cellphone while they were the only two people inside a deli.

Alvaro Raul Ortega tried to steal Bayonne Police Lt. Janine Foy’s phone while she wasn’t looking. The 34yearold dimwit was arrested on a theft charge.

Cops in Sacramento are trying to solve the Great Pickle Heist.

Burglars broke into a artisanalpickle store and stole $8,000 worth of cash, electronics and food.

They also took a bin full of beef jerky and a bottle of Ketel One vodka to wash down their goodies.

Buy 10 joints and the 11th one is free.

Drug dealers in the South of France have adopted a marketing strategy used by soup and coffee shops — offering loyalty cards that give free drugs for frequent purchases.

The cards even have 10 small squares to be stamped.

“I thought I was hallucinating,” said one customer who got a loyalty card — which, after all, is good if you’re in the market for drugs in the first place.

A married man from the UK left a sex tape he made with his mistress on a public bus — along with a bag of adult toys.

After realizing his blunder, the cheater called the bus company in a panic and asked for his video back.

“He then admitted he was married and his wife was not in the movie — but his girlfriend was,” said bus manager Chris Agar.

The man never showed up to claim his property.