" . . . decided to hold a cigarette lighter up to a saddle tank . . . "
apparently they got shortchanged when God was handing out brains
maybe they got a double helping of something else
LOL
Typical though; various priors, other deliberate arsons, bail jumping, various felonies while awaiting trial, etc.
Last I saw the judge ordered one of the guys to pay restitution of over a quarter million dollars; to be deducted from inmate work gang pay.
That should be cleared up within the next millenium or so… 
Geez, the total should be much higher—the classic Corvette should have been worth a fair fraction of that…
Some of my favorite boneheaded theft stories:
-Some guys decided to blow up the safe in a meat packing plant. They used a little too much nitro. The safe was destroyed, the factory was damaged, and people more than a quarter mile away found hams on their lawns.
-A couple of guys that worked in an airport stole one of the emergency life rafts from an aircraft. They were lounging in it in a pond when the Coast Guard showed up–they had activated the EPIRB locator beacon when they inflated the raft.
-Someone replaced the night deposit box at a bank with a homemade one next to it. They put a sign on the real night drop to the tune of: “Out of order, please use temporary depository” Actually kind of ingenious except they did it TWICE at the same bank and got busted.