He B. Stupid

Sometimes the news is just too funny to pass up.

A 20-year-old alleged murderer and suspected gang leader who several times escaped conviction in Louisiana and later managed to land on the Houston Police Department's most-wanted list in less than six months was captured Monday in Kenner, La.

Nothing too funny about that, until the perp's name is revealed. The gangbanger apparently goes by the name "I. B. Stupid." Luckily for Louisiana police, Mr. Stupid lived up to his name when cornered early Monday morning.

Ivory "B-Stupid" Harris, who was wanted by New Orleans police in connection with a Feb. 28 shooting death during Mardi Gras, surrendered without putting up much resistance at a house filled with a cache of guns and drugs in the New Orleans suburbs.

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"When the (Kenner police) SWAT team went in the front door, he went out the back door and NOPD detectives were there waiting for him," said Capt. James Gallagher, a Kenner Police Department spokesman.

Actually, the stupidest thing he may have done was to come to Houston, where he is suspected in at least one murder and connected to another, among other suspected crimes in the area. Apparently Mr. Stupid came down with a false sense of security while running amok in New Orleans, where authorities have not had the best reputation for actually upholding the law.

"What happened in New Orleans is they would arrest someone and in a couple of weeks he was released. People would say why should I be a witness if I had to live in the same (housing) complex with this guy."

He said that people eventually found out that there was a different justice system in Texas and that "you really do some time in Texas jails."

Welcome to Texas, Stupid. I hope you enjoy your stay.