Criminal Mastermind Department

This guy is still quite young - only 17-years old - so we here at Blue Crab Boulevard expect to continue hearing of his hijinks for years to come.

It seems the young man was attempting to siphon gas from a car, (one that didn't actually belong to him) and made a small mistake. He spilled some of the gas on his pants. It was dark, so he couldn't see exactly how much gas he'd gotten on himself. This is when he made the big mistake. He used a lighter to check. The resulting fireball landed him in an emergency room, where he tried at first to claim someone had thrown gas on him. The truth emerged and the burned teenager and his 16-year old accomplice were both ticketed.

In the final twist of irony, the car the young man was trying to steal gas from belonged to a firefighter.

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard strongly caution readers about using lighters to see how much flammable liquid you've spilled on yourselves.