Random Practical Jokes Gone Horribly Wrong (14 items)

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  (#9) Firefighter Dies Chasing Scoundrels

  In Oct. 2010, five months after his wedding, 34-year-old fireman James Luther McRae heard a bunch of idiot kids making noise in the street outside his house. It was homecoming week in Flomaton, AL, and the students had to tendency to get a bit too rowdy. McRae called 911 to report a breaking-and-entering and followed the kids in his truck, trying to get a tag number for local deputies. He lost control of his truck on a curve and was ejected from his seat. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The kids, by the way, had been rolling a nearby yard with toilet paper.
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  (#12) Girls Arrested for Ruining School Floor

  In May 2010, a bunch of high school seniors in Mississippi broke into their school and poured oil on the floor in some of the common areas to... make it slippery, I guess? They also zip-tied some lockers shut and tried to tie some doors, but it didn't work. And they were also arrested and charged with burglary of a commercial building. All in all, things did not go as planned.
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  (#14) Police Investigate Woman For Putting Laxatives In Brownies Meant For A Co-Worker

  In Adrian, Michigan, a 47 year old woman lost her job and received a visit from the police for a prank involving laxatives. On May 3, 2018, the company MMI Engineered Solutions received a tip that an employee was planning to serve laxative-laced brownies at a co-worker's going away party. The police showed up at the woman's apartment to investigate. While she initially denied drugging the brownies, she later admitted she had done so after an officer informed her they planned to do forensic testing. While the woman received a warning, no charges were pressed. 
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  (#4) Teens Cover Stop Sign, Kill Two Old Ladies

  The teenaged male human isn't known for being at the height of his mental acuity, so it's hardly shocking when one does something really, really, really stupid. In August 2011, two comedic geniuses (18 and 19, both dudes) in a town near Columbus, OH, had the hot idea to wrap a stop sign with several layers of plastic wrap and petroleum jelly, effectively obscuring it from drivers.

  The brilliant masterminds were so proud of their accomplishment that they bragged about it on Facebook. Many motorists made it past the hidden stop sign with no problems – after all, they drove through that intersection every day – but the uproarious laughter didn't last long. Around 4:00 in the afternoon, Jeanne Shea, 80, drove past the covered sign and into the intersection An oncoming vehicle hit Shea's car and killed her passenger – her sister Mary Spangler, 85. Shea was in critical condition for three weeks, her leg amputated above the knee, before she died in September. Nice job, fellas. The boys pleaded guilty to charges of reckless homicide.
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  (#10) Boys Serve Teachers Pot-Laced Muffins, Nearly Kill Them

  When you're in high school, one of the easiest ways to take out your teenage angst and frustration is to target the men and women who oppress you every day: your teachers. It almost never works. Joseph Tellini and Ian Walker, 18 year-old students in Dallas, TX, got their revenge by baking marijuana into brownies, which they then dropped off in their teachers' lounge. Either they didn't do it right or they had cheap terrible pot, because 19 of the staffers who ate the muffins got so sick, they ended up in the emergency room.

  One teacher said, "It affected me for 10 days. I had never had marijuana before." 

  The boys pleaded guilty to several charges and were sentenced to pay restitution and do volunteer work. In Walker's letter of apology, he promised, "I guarantee everyone that this experience has opened my eyes to the real world. ... I have learned a great deal from it and will never do anything remotely illegal again." Then he went to the University of Texas, which I hear is a dry campus.
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  (#7) High School Senior Shot for Stealing Balloon

  Every year, the seniors at Service High School in Anchorage, AK, took part in an elaborate scavenger hunt that led them around the city. As part of the game in 1992, Clyde Thompson, 18, sneaked onto the lot of a furniture store and tried to steal the advertising balloon it had floating outside. The owner of the store ran out with a gun, which he claimed he shot into the air to try to scare the kids. Somehow, a bullet fell onto Thompson's body, killing him and ruining graduation for everyone.

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