- [Narrator] Nobody wants to go to prison, but if you're sentenced to serve time, you don't really have
a choice in the matter. But not everyone goes down that easy. Whether it's trying to hide
their faces in pen ink, faking their own demise, or surgically altering their appearance, some criminals really go the extra mile to stay out of the way of the law. Are you wondering how many
of these creative criminals got away with it? Well, you're about to find out, as we look at the most
hilarious and craziest ways people tried to avoid the law. (light music) Counterfeit Coma. In 2012, Allan Knight, hailing from Swansea in
the proud nation of Wales, found himself in a spot of bother after stealing 40,000 pounds,
a little over $50,000, from his dementia ridden neighbor. With Allan's prospects looking bad and jail time a near certainty, the Welshman needed a scheme to keep himself outside prison walls. So what was King's solution? It was one only a man slimy enough to steal from someone with
dementia could cook up, feigning a debilitating disease and admitting himself to a hospital. Knight spent 10 weeks an an inpatient pretending to be in a coma, meaning he lay there without
moving or opening his eyes for over two months. Once he was discharged,
Knight kept the ruse going. Every time the authorities
visited the home he shared with his wife, Helen,
Knight hooked himself up to his phony life support machine and went back into his counterfeit coma. Of course, doctors and police were able to see through
this obvious hoax, right? Well, not quite. Not only was Knight able to convince some hospital doctors of his illness, Helen went so far as to
petition the Prime Minister that Knight be released from
the charges against him. The couple were even able to convince their local member of Parliament, who took up the case personally. It was so far so good for the Knights. All they had to do was
keep Allan in his fake coma and it would be impossible
to send him to jail. If only lies didn't have a habit of catching up with you in the end. The game was well and truly up when police found CCTV footage of both Allan and Helen
walking around a local store, looking right as rain. Suspicious, Allan's personal
computer was then searched and photos were found of the couple on a jaunty coastal holiday. With their lies exposed, in 2014, Allan Knight found himself with two additional years
added to his sentence, meaning he was handed
down four and a half years of jail time. The local member of Parliament admitted that the coma was all lies. Well, you can't blame the guy for not being able to
tell lies from the truth. He is a politician after all. Spurious Speeding. Now to Des Moines, Iowa, home
to the Iowa State Capital, many a Presidential primary
and resident Kimberly Du. Pulled over for speeding in 2005, Du received a routine speeding ticket and police assumed that would
be the end of the matter. But the proceedings weren't that simple. To get out of paying the ticket, Du claimed she had died in a car accident, a curious choice of death
considering the speeding. She even went so far as to
publish her own obituary in the Des Moines Register, feigning her mother's signature to do so. If Kimberly could've
remained under the radar, perhaps her idea might've worked. That wasn't to be however. The case began to unravel when Kimberly was pulled over again for speeding just one month later. Finally facing the music, local
lawyer Bob Rigg pointed out that in attempting to avoid
a simple misdemeanor charge, Kimberly had actually committed a more serious class D felony. So her original $500 fine got trumped up to a five year prison term. At least that put an end to her speeding. Talking of speeding, why not race down to those
like and subscribe buttons? Or, you know, take your time. I'll wait. All done? Good. Let's bring on the next delinquent. Providential Pregnancy. It wasn't looking good for an
unidentified woman in China when she found herself facing
a nine year prison sentence for theft in 2011. However, this was not
your average theft trial. Why, you ask? Well, because the woman
was pregnant at the time, and as a result, the judge
allowed her to serve her sentence outside of prison. In China, women are exempted from prison if they are pregnant or nursing a baby. The law states that the
nursing period for a new baby lasts for the first 12 months of its life, meaning the woman found
herself enjoying a year's delay on her time inside. If you or I were in that position, we'd wanna keep that sweet setup going, and this woman thought no differently, deciding to make sure she was pregnant at the end of every 12
months nursing period to keep the delay going. Over the course of 10 years, the woman gave birth to
five babies successively. After a decade of near
continuous pregnancies, during which the woman found time to commit even more crimes,
her luck finally ran out. She panicked when, at the end
of her fifth nursing period, she could not get pregnant. Facing jail, she fled her home and sent the country's
Justice Bureau a message, saying she was leaving for a month and, get this, would return
when she got pregnant. The woman was marked as a missing person and apprehended in a nearby city. However, she's not the only
woman to have pulled this stunt. Between 2005 and 2015, another woman got pregnant
13 times in 10 years to avoid going to jail. Taken together, the two
women delayed their jail time by 20 years through 18 pregnancies. Now that's what I call hard labor. Dog Defense. In February 2017, Joseph McNally, from the wonderfully named
town of Cullompton, UK, found himself in a fit of road rage. He was playing what was described as a cat and mouse overtaking game with another driver on the motorway, a stunt that's as dangerous as it is dumb. Tensions were running high,
and when they boiled over, McNally pointed an air
rifle out of his van window, shocking the nearby drivers. Now, the United Kingdom has
some of the strictest gun laws anywhere in the world, meaning
that any display of firearms will shock the Brits, let alone a rifle aggressively
pointed out the window of a speeding car. When the authorities confronted him over why he had threatened
other drivers with a gun, McNally needed to shift the blame. Well, who do you usually blame when you do something accidental, like rip an unfortunately loud fart or forget to hand your
homework in on time? Yup, the dog. Believe it or not, McNally
claimed that his dog Sky had knocked the air rifle onto
the driver's seat foot well and that he had only
lifted it up to move it to a safe location. Um, that's not the most
believable excuse, is it? Well, the judge didn't think so either. McNally was found guilty
of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and Sky walked free to woof another day. You've gotta hand it to McNally though. That line of defense was barking mad. Prawo Jazdy. Back in 2009, a nationwide
manhunt around Ireland went out in search of Prawo Jazdy, a serial offender of traffic crimes. Each time Prawo Jazdy was
stopped by the police, he gave officers a different address. It was a clever tactic that it allowed him to
evade justice at every turn, racking up quite the bill
of offenses and fines. Where Prawo Jazdy was and how he had evaded the law for so long was the question on every
Irish police officer's lips. The answer remained a mystery until detectives made
a shocking discovery. As it turned out, Prawo
Jazdy was not a real person. In fact, Prawo Jazdy was just
Polish for driving license and not the driver's name at all. Over the years, the police
database created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over
50 different identities. The mystery remains as to how exactly this was allowed to happen, however. Could Prawo Jazdy have
been a single person? A criminal mastermind and serial speeder, menacing the roads while
evading the consequences? Perhaps Polish people living in Ireland had separately found a massive loophole in the police's ticketing system, or even 50 police officers simply looked at the offender's driving license and recorded the wrong information. Either way, it's quite the way to get out of a speeding ticket. So if you ever see a car
hurtling down the street, tires scorching, exhaust pipe raging, it could be Ireland's own
road warrior, Prawo Jazdy. Silent Suspect. Leaving the emerald isle, let's head back over to
the red nation of China. In 2005, a man only identified as Mr Zheng found himself in a heated rent dispute with his wife's uncle, Mr Cao. This time, when tensions boiled over, they really boiled over. With Mr Cao out of the picture, let's say, Zheng anticipated the
imminent arrival of the police and figured there was
no choice but to flee. He adopted the name of Wang Gui and started posing as a mute beggar. Well, maybe there were some other options, but he never questioned his decision and spent 12 years evading
arrest by living as Wang Gui. He moved to a small
village north of Hangzhou, where he became a construction worker, remarried and had a child. Now, remember, Wang Gui was a mute beggar, meaning, you guessed it,
the man did not say a word to anyone during the
time he was on the run. It took until 2017 for Wang Gui's life to come crashing down around him. When police conducted a household survey, they grew suspicious of Wang's lack of identification papers. After analyzing samples
of his blood and DNA, they discovered that
this supposedly mute man was actually Zheng from
the unsolved homicide case from 2005. But then something truly bizarre happened. When the police asked the man why he had chosen not
to speak for 12 years, he opened his mouth to silence. That's right, because he
hadn't used his vocal cords in over a decade, they wasted away, and now he really was mute. I don't know about you, but that escapade nearly
left me speechless. Hammered Horse. As we all should do occasionally, Tracy Nadine Ellenburg of South Carolina was having some fun time to herself one weekend in Pickens county. And by fun time, I mean she was engaging in an adult activity. No, not that one. The one involving liquids and
bottles and bad decisions. We're on the same page? Good. Well, there's only one thing that could make Tracy's
fun time even better, and that was the presence
of her boyfriend, who lived on the other side
of the town of Six Mile. Don't worry, she didn't drive there. She rode. That's right, Tracy stole
her neighbor's horse and made her way to the
main street of Six Mile. The result was chaos,
with Tracy swaying wildly from side to side. A concerned pedestrian flagged
down an officer of the law, who pulled Tracy up and
asked her what was going on. It's a tricky situation
to find yourself in. Now, if you were intoxicated,
perched upon a kidnapped horse and surrounded by police,
what would you do? I'm serious, think about it. I'll give you five minutes. (clock ticking) Oh God, I can't wait for that long! Well, if you thought of blaming the horse, you might have more in common with Tracy than you first suspected. A startled Tracy claimed
that she wasn't drunk, the horse was! Well, there you have it. She was slapped with a
ticket for disorderly conduct and proving there are still people with a good sense of
humor left in the world, the horse's owner decided
not to press charges. Marker Mask. On a Friday night in 2009,
police received a call claiming two men had attempted
to break into a man's home in Corolla, Iowa. When police stopped a vehicle that matched the
description they'd received, they were met with Matthew Allen McNelly and Joey Lee Miller, both of whom were wearing
a very unusual disguise. Lacking the ski masks or stockings that typically obscure
a thief's appearance, McNelly and Miller had
fashioned makeshift disguises by covering their faces
in permanent marker. The result was laughable,
ink-credible even. The police chief himself said he'd never seen anything like it, calling the stunt strangely
weird and hilariously funny all at the same time. As they stepped into a jail cell, you could say McNelly and Miller didn't just have pen on their
face, but egg on it too. Twin Trouble. In 2009, twins Sathis and
Sabarish Raj were charged by authorities with the very serious crime of international trafficking. Now, Sathis and Sabarish
were from Malaysia, which has some of the strictest laws about trafficking and
smuggling in the entire world. I'm not kidding. If you get involved in
shady dealings like this and the Malaysian government
finds out about it, it's not uncommon to find yourself facing the hangman's noose. When it came to the case of
Sathis and Sabarish however, it wasn't so simple. Although they had both been arrested, only one of the twins was
responsible for the crime, and the police couldn't tell them apart. Identical siblings also
have identical DNA, so even DNA evidence
collected from the scene didn't help them figure
out which was which. The authorities had arrested both, in the hopes that one
of them would confess under harsh interrogation techniques. But the twins realized what was going on and decided to keep up the ruse. Although the judge was convinced one of the pair was guilty of the crime, they couldn't afford to send
the wrong one to the gallows. By refusing to identify themselves, Sathis and Sabarish were acquitted. I guess these mischievous twins proved having an identical
sibling can really come in handy. Lunar Lawbreaker. Next in our case book is Mr Thomas Stroup of Sheffield Township, Ohio. In 2011, 20 year old Stroup was drunk and fighting with holiday makers
at Timber Ridge Campground. In his stupor, Stroup
had kicked a dog cage, leading a concerned citizen
to contact the authorities. When deputies arrived on the scene, they found Stroup passed
out inside a trailer filled with knives, swords
and other edged weapons. That would be enough to frighten anyone, but the situation was about
to take a supernatural turn. When Stroup was woken up, he
growled at the authorities and spoke in what was described
as a thick Russian accent. Apologizing for his behavior that evening, Stroup claimed he had visited
Germany the year before and had been scratched by a wolf. Ever since, he claimed, he transformed into a
vicious and unruly werewolf at the appearance of the full moon, which explained his violent
behavior that evening. Would you believe that? Stroup's excuse would be a
great plot for a horror movie, but as you can imagine,
the deputies didn't buy it. Their reason? Werewolves don't exist, dummy! Stroup was arrested, and I'm sure the police had
a good laugh at his expense. Well, they would've done until
they looked at his passport, where they discovered confirmation
that Stroup had, in fact, visited Germany the previous year. I don't wanna jump to conclusions, but let's just say, stranger
things have happened. Awoo! Gangster Ghost. In the age of CCTV, criminals
have had to get very creative with their disguises. If you're burgling a building, like this man from Quanzhou City, China, you'd better come prepared with a way to get past the cameras undetected. If you don't, you could end up making some hasty last minute decisions. In this footage, you can
see the burglar arriving without his camouflage. Now, he spots the CCTV camera and realizes he has to
obscure his identity. Then he goes back around the corner and 20 minutes later,
returns dressed like this. Oh, spooky. I wonder if the security guard thought the building was haunted. Just to clarify, the burglar,
or should I say trespasser since he failed to take
anything from the house, was just draped in a white sheet. That might work as a Halloween costume, but outside of October,
this just looks dumb. The burglar was tracked down by police, interviewed and taken into custody, where he admitted to a
series of other crimes. No more stealing boo-ty for this guy. Burglar Bag. Up next, we have the story
of Christopher Badman, yup, that's his real name,
of Bridgend in Wales. In this part of the country, the biggest event of the year
is the town's Elvis festival. Every year, Kings of Rock
flock in their hundreds to the Welsh town, crossing the Severn Bridge
over troubled water, where they can't help falling in love with the unchained
melody of rock and roll. Suspicious minds lurk, however. Minds like those of Christopher Badman. With all those Elvises in one hotel, Badman seized an opportunity
to steal some valuable items. Unlike that ghost from before, Badman came with a disguise prepared. As the Elvis impersonators slept soundly in the local Marine Hotel, Badman nefariously stalked the corridors with a plastic bag over his head. Bizarrely, according to the police, Badman's reusable 10 pence
costume would've worked if it wasn't for his decision to look straight into the
camera a few feet from the lens. Of course, his cover was then blown, and with that, Christopher
Badman had left the building. Cosmetic Crook. In the criminal underworld, Luis Carlos Da Rocha
was a narcotics kingpin known as White Head, although his nickname
was just the beginning of his shifting identity. At the time of his capture in 2017, Da Rocha, who was worth
an estimated $102 million, had successfully dodged
the police for 30 years by becoming something
of a human chameleon. Unbelievably, he repeatedly
underwent plastic surgery so law enforcement wouldn't recognize him. The stunt worked twice, with authorities failing to
recognize Da Rocha both times and allowing him to walk free. After three decades of searching, authorities noticed a
suspicious similarity between Da Rocha and one
Vitor Luiz De Moraes. After a forensic comparison
of some head shots, authorities realized that Moraes
was the notorious Da Rocha, just with more silicone in his face. Da Rocha was handed down
a 50 year jail sentence. Just under 17 years for each face then! Senior Sham. Changing your face is
one way to avoid the law, but what about changing your age? I'm not suggesting fugitive
criminals evade justice by getting down with the kids. In fact, in Hanan, central
China, the reverse was true. When an unidentified woman in her 40s found herself on the run from the police, she jumped into a taxi and
got on a bus to Mo Pai. Little did the woman know, however, the police were hot on her tail. But when the woman was tracked down, police noticed something
a little different about her appearance. In fact, she looked completely different, having cut her hair
short and dyed it gray. She was posing as an elderly woman, and it changed her appearance entirely. We've seen some crazy
disguises in this video, but chopping off your locks, taking the color out of your hair and posing as a lovable old granny might be the strangest yet. Eagle eyed officers were not
fooled by the disguise however and the woman was immediately detained. Next time, if she really wants
to convince people she's old, I'd suggest she dons some
really thick reading glasses, turn up the TV real loud and start complaining that
they just don't make things like they used to. Moss Man. There are many fascinating
museums dotted around the world, but not all museums immediately
rouse your interest. Take the Oregon Rock Museum, for example. Now, you'd be forgiven for
wanting to be as far away from a boring sounding rock
based museum as possible. This was not the attitude,
however, of Gregory Liascos, who, as you're about to see, would do anything to get inside. It was an ordinary
morning at the Rock Museum when staff noticed a large hole secretly cut into one
of the building's walls. Detectives were informed and additional security
equipment was installed in case anything should happen. But it turned out, they didn't need the
extra precautions at all. Now, you might've guessed that the hole was the work of Gregory Liascos. It should come as no surprise, then, that when the staff heard a yelp go up from the field surrounding the museum, that Liascos was behind that as well. Following the sound of the scream, detectives found Liascos
lying in the field. To the amusement of everyone, Liascos had tried to camouflage himself in this unbelievable outfit to
blend in with the vegetation. But he'd been smelt out by a dog, who had located him and bitten his leg, prompting the scream. Between the hole in the wall
and the dramatic costume, Liascos' plan seemed doomed to fail. The Moss Man ended up
incarcerated in the county jail, with the Rock Museum opening
its doors another day. It makes you wonder what
Liascos was planning to do with those rocks. Judging by his costume,
perhaps he was planning to put the rocks on as another disguise? Refuse Refuge. If you've ever been to the
Walmart in Bend, Oregon, you'll know it's the same as
any other Walmart in the US. On July 5th, 2019 however,
the Walmart of Bend, Oregon found itself at the center of an incredibly serious
criminal incident, perpetrated by teenage boys? And what was the crime these
boys, aged between 13 and 15, inflicted on the innocent town of Bend? Theft, but not just any old theft. Theft of Pokemon cards. After the local school resource
officer identified the boys from CCTV footage, the
boys made the fatal error of returning to Walmart a few days later. This time, the police
knew what to look for, and then a chase ensued. The boys made a break for it, clutching the stolen Pokemon cards with the cops hot on their tail. One of the boys broke into a driveway, and with the cop behind
him and catching up fast, took the initiative to avoid the law by jumping into the trash. This was on a 90 degree Fahrenheit day, so it would've been a
real scorcher and stinker inside that trash can. The cop running after the
boy goes straight past him, asks the other kids which direction he ran and goes on his way without
a hint of suspicion. Then, when all is safe, the
boy tentatively lifted himself out of the bin and walked away calmly, as if all this had never happened. Sadly, despite his initiative,
the boy was tracked down and arrested an hour later. And to think, he nearly
avoided a stint in the can by literally getting into a can. Which of these wrongdoers do
you think did the best job getting away from the law? And who do you think
deserved some hard time? Whatever your take, let me know
down in the comments below. Thanks for watching,
and stay out of trouble.
