Police in Bartlett, Tennessee, say that they solved the recent robbery of a real estate agent there. They credit smart police work, and — to keep with the theme of this website — an extremely dumb crook.

It only took them a few days to charge this imbecile, identified as Mario Coleman, of Memphis, Tennessee, with aggravated robbery.

Police allege that Coleman entered a model home on Golden Valley Lane in Bartlett and pointed a semi-automatic gun to a real-estate agent’s head.

He then made off with her jewelry.

Police say that they got the break that they needed when Coleman filled out an information card when he came to the house.

Now here’s why I’m calling this guy a dumb crook: he signed his real name.

“Some criminals are not all that smart,” says Captain Tina Schaber.

But Schaber isn’t complaining.

“We took that name on the sign-up sheet that filled and put that persons photo in a six person line-up and the victim did 100 percent identify him as the person who robbed her”, said Schaber.

As of this writing, the investigation is still ongoing because the $25,000 worth of jewelry has yet to be recovered.

When Schaber was asked if anyone else was involved, she said, “Not right now as we know. We are still actively investigating and if other people turn up then we’ll do what we have to with them as well.”