Definite Top Ten Contender

This genius has got to be in contention for the top ten list of Criminal Masterminds - and possibly an honorable mention in the Darwin Awards as well. The would-be holdup man in Bucaramanga, Colombia had a gun, so he figured all he needed was a nice, plump victim to rob. This is where it all started to go wrong for the budding hoodlum. He picked out a place to knock over, all right.

A karate dojo.

"The man entered the academy with a firearm, but could not intimidate the dozens of students, who fortunately reacted and disarmed him," said Colonel Julio Cesar Santoyo, police commander in the province of Santander.

Police arrived at the scene only to take the would-be robber to hospital for treatment of multiple contusions at the hands of the karate students.

He got knocked over, rather thoroughly.