MASON — Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth called it a case of one of the world's dumbest criminals.

A 28-year-old man charged with fraud arrived at the Sheriff's Office Central Records Unit in Mason Thursday to submit to court-ordered fingerprints stemming from a charge of fraud in Ingham County District Court.

The man, of Ingham County, tried to use a credit card to pay for the $16 cost. But when the office staff ran the card, it came back reported as stolen, according to Wriggelsworth.

"Is it any wonder the jail was overcrowded the last seven days?" he said in a news release.

Major Joel Maatman has been in law enforcement for almost 40 years. He said instances like Thursday's are rare.

"We have had people come in here and write bad checks, but it doesn't happen very often," he said.

The Sheriff's Office released the man pending further investigation into the stolen credit card. Wriggelsworth said charges will be sought.

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