I actually got to hear Richard Garriott talk at this year's GDC, in a behind closed doors look at Tabula Rasa. Of course, I didn't know about his famous notoriety and how he has a castle. Well, apparently some people did already know of his estate, because they decided to rob it. However, given the idiot nature of criminals to begin with, these ratcheted up that stupidity by leaving behind a digital camera with the thieves' pictures on it. Can't you hear the COPS theme song coming after them right now.

From the article:

Richard "Lord British" Garriott could not have designed a more perfect ending to this little chapter in his game called life. Recently Garriott, who is currently working on Tabula Rasa, was the victim of a burglary. Some youths broke into Garriott's vacation complex, drinking over $5000 in alcohol and having their way with the property. The little felons would have gotten away with it too -- if they hadn't left the digital camera used to document the night's events behind!

Read the full article over at joystiq.com