Dumb Criminal

'Spanky' the child sex-predator posing in his almost-foolproof masquerade.

"This man's profession as Spanky the clown brought him into contact with hundreds of families," said agent Albert Fitchett Jr. in Wilmington, North Carolina. "Behind the clown nose, however, this man appears to have been supporting an industry that trades in the exploitation of children."

This has to qualify as one of those stupidest criminal stories. If you're going to be a child sex predator, can you at least be a little more subtle than to call yourself 'Spanky the clown?'