I've decided we need a new category for the Darwin Awards: People who voluntarily weed themselves out of the gene pool by committing stupid crimes that guarantee prolonged visits to their friendly neighborhood jail. My first nominee for this year's award is Iowa's own Jessie Joe Hill.
At 32, Mr. Hill had already been arrested and jailed or imprisoned for various felonies and misdemeanors, among them felony domestic assault, theft first degree, and miscellaneous OWI and drug charges. According to the Register, he'd also been arrested ten different times for driving with a suspended or barred license - I got tired of counting and skipped straight to the felonies, so I'll take their word for it. After being in some trouble at the beginning of the year, Mr. Hill had been out of the courtroom for awhile, so he apparently decided to resume driving. According to the article, he was out cruising in a stolen pickup truck, when he saw a motorist run a stop sign. Shocked at this flagrant violation of our laws, he decided to flip on the flashing yellow light that this particular stolen vehicle was equipped with, and pull the motorist over. He was apparently in the process of giving the driver a "warning" when, unfortunately for Mr. Hill, a real police officer came upon the scene. Mr. Hill has now been arrested for impersonating an officer, driving while barred (again), and second degree theft. Given his record, if he's found guilty I suspect he'll be out of the gene pool for quite some time.
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