QUIRKY WORLD ... Thief’s ‘crime of stupidity’ is a bit too close to home

USA: A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to what his attorney called a “crime of stupidity” — burglarising a neighbour’s home by cutting a hole in the wall between his basement and the neighbour’s.

Public defender Anthony Rybak told a Northampton County judge he didn’t see how anyone could think he’d get away with such a crime.

The (Allentown) Morning Call says that’s why 22-year-old Sammy Paul Buskirk pleaded guilty to burglary, telling the judge he’s a heroin addict.