There was a fine case of Dumbassery right down the coast from here in Portsmouth, NH the other day. 20 year old Eric Livers called his old boss back in Wyoming and gave him his new address to forward his paycheck on to.

Sounds innocent enough, except when you consider that Mr. Livers escaped from prison and was officially on the run. His boss called the cops and he got arrested by the friendly New Hampshire State Police.

Here’s a snip:

Portsmouth police meanwhile got a tip from the city bus depot that a man resembling Livers had bought a bus ticket to Florida and had signed “Eric Livers” on the paperwork. The bus was scheduled to leave at noon.

“We put some undercover detectives in the bus kiosk to wait for the bus at noontime,” Warchol said. “Mr. Livers sat down next to one of our undercover officers and he was subsequently arrested.”

Portsmouth police said during the arrest, Livers gave a false name and was found with a knife and marijuana. He was being held on no bail on a fugitive from justice charge, and $20,000 for charges of false report to law enforcement, felon in possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled drug.

According to Brazzale, a judge in Torrington sentenced Livers in 2006 to 3-6 years in prison for buying or receiving stolen property. She said a judge in Gillette sentenced Boyer last year to 2-4 years on a violation of probation for being an accessory to burglary.

Link [Sea Coast Online]