Mistaken identity theft

These days you see lots of stories on the evening news about how identity theft is a huge problem in this country. Things probably wouldn't be quite so bad, though, if all of the thieves were as dumb as this one:

Iowa City police say they didn't have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card — he signed his own name to the receipts.

Police said the man used the stolen credit card to buy a latte at a coffee house and to buy cigarettes at a tobacco store. Police said the credit card was reported stolen from an unlocked apartment last month.

You see, the thing is, when you steal someone's credit card and use it, it helps to, you know, sign the name on the card. Dumbass.