Glen B. Germain, Jr., may be mourning the loss of his goatee, but authorities in Warren County, N.Y., think he's lucky he didn't lose his life.

On May 4, while allegedly siphoning gasoline from a skid steer (a small bulldozer), Germain flicked a lighter to gauge the amount of gas he had collected in his can. The can ignited and Germain suffered burns on his hands and face. The fire also singed his goatee.

Sheriff Larry Cleveland said Germain panicked and fled the scene, but abandoned the can, which then ignited the skid steer. The construction vehicle was completely destroyed.

"Because of the can and the extent of the fire, we could tell that someone had been there and that something had obviously gone awry," the Sheriff said.

Germain, who had been implicated in a previous gasoline theft, became the primary suspect. Investigators' suspicions were confirmed when they approached Germain at his home and noted the injuries to his face and hands.

Deputies arrested the 19-year-old firestarter, who denied any involvement in the incident.

Sheriff Cleveland said the county has experienced a recent rash of gasoline thefts with the rise of gasoline prices.

Germain was charged with petit larceny and criminal mischief and released on bail. His case is pending in Thurman Town Court.

To get through the long and arduous hours at his construction job, Rosendo Montes says he drinks a lot of water and thus has to use the bathroom often.

But police in Dekalb, Ill., say Montes's frequent bladder urges are a poor excuse for exposing his private parts to women in public parking lots.

According to Sgt. Jason Leverton, three separate groups of women have identified Montes as the man who pretended to be urinating near his car and then turned to face them with his penis exposed when he heard them approaching.

"He would tell the women, 'Oh, I'm sorry. I had to pee,' and then jump back into his car," Leverton said.

Montes was arrested on June 6 after exposing himself to a group of women in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store on the same day. The other two incidents occurred on June 2 and 4, in the parking lots of a Target store and the same Wal-Mart store, respectively.

Police believe Montes targets cars with more than one female passenger, waits until the women enter the store and then parks his vehicle next to their car when a spot becomes available. He jumps out of his car when he sees the shoppers returning and pretends to be urinating with his back turned to them. When the women come closer, Montes looks over his shoulder, apologizes and then turns around to face them.

Montes reportedly denied that the exposures were intentional, but police are not convinced.

"After doing it three times, it became more than a coincidence," Leverton said. "If he had to go so badly, why didn't he just go to the restrooms in the stores?"

The women in the third incident called police, and Montes fled as squad cars approached the parking lot. The women took down a description and the license plate number of his vehicle.

Montes voluntarily turned himself in to Dekalb Police later that evening after investigators from the Sycamore police department contacted him. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and public indecency.

Leverton said Montes told investigators that he had relieved himself in public at least five or six times. Although Montes has no known history of indecent exposure, Dekalb police think he has exposed himself to more women.

"It was possible that other victims didn't realize what [Montes] was doing or did not see his private part," Leverton said.

Montes posted $300 bail and was released.

Curtis Hall won't be getting himself out of this jam anytime soon.

Hall, an inmate at the Thomas County Prison in Georgia, allegedly tried to use a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to smuggle marijuana into the prison.

According to the newspaper the Thomasville Times Enterprise, when Hall left the prison as part of a work release program, he received a packed lunch that contained the sandwich.

Prisoners are not allowed to return to the facility with any item and are searched before reentry. When Hall returned, prison guards found the sandwich and the drugs. Three grams of marijuana were wrapped in plastic and placed between the slices of bread, the report said.

The sandwich was sent to the Thomas County Narcotics and Vice Division, where it tested positive for marijuana.

Hall, who is serving time for burglary, was charged with possession of marijuana. He will be transferred from the county prison to a state prison, the report said.

Stupid Crimes & Misdemeanors, a weekly feature of Courttv.com, is reported by Tinuola Awopetu.

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