Anal Retentive Burglars Kept List of Everything They Stole; Cops Appreciate the Help

From our "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" Files, comes the story from Surprise, Arizona of a couple who had a very organized burglary ring, to the point that they kept ledgers of what they stole and from where, making it much easier for the cops to nail them. Why not just shoot some video next time, dumbass?

Here's more from Your West Valley:

A Surprise couple arrested last week kept a ledger of homes they broke into and
items they stole during a string of burglaries in the Surprise area, police said Sunday.

The pair suspected in the crime spree - Travis Anderson, 27, and Gina Dunn, 34 - were arrested at approximately 1 p.m. Friday at their home in the 7300 block of North 185th Drive, police said. The major break in the case occurred when a burglary victim called police to let them know he believed he had seen his stolen golf clubs at the "Play It Again Sports" store located in Surprise.

When police arrived at the store, an officer recognized several other sets of golf clubs that were reported stolen from homes in his beat. The subsequent investigation led detectives to the home of Anderson and Dunn where they served a search warrant. Detectives discovered several sets of golf clubs, flat screen televisions and numerous other items that appeared to have been stolen, police said.

Detectives said they also found ledgers and notebooks kept by Anderson where he logged the addresses of homes he had burglarized and items he had taken, including a list stating whether the homes were occupied. Detectives found numerous real-estate open house fliers in Anderson's home. The fliers included hand-written notes on them regarding electronic equipment and appliances that were in the homes up for sale.