1. The Worst Disguise Ever
A constant theme when it comes to evading law enforcement is to mask your identity. Whether this is accomplished by using an actual mask or simply by not leaving your birth certificate behind, the effect is still the same. Dennis Hawkins tried his best to keep his identity a secret. He decided to rob a bank in Pittsburgh and either he didn’t think his disguise through or he thought about it way too much.
To pull off his heist, Hawkins donned a woman’s blonde wig, a pair of fake breasts, and clown pants. While all of these do change the way that strangers see him, it failed to mask his face. While it seemed that his overall goal was to fool bank staff and security cameras into thinking he was a woman, a smarter move would have been to first shave his goatee.
The ‘disguise’ was also less than discreet. Once Hawkins’ description was circulated to law enforcement, he was easily spotted and was later reported by a gas station attendant who observed him trying to steal a car. Fake breasts or not, ultimately Hawkins would have been easy to pick out of a crowd; one of the bank’s dye packs secreted in with the cash he stole painted him red from head to toe.
