Mathew Loza and Richard Gomez, the World's Worst Neighbors, Gun Down 6-Year-Old Boy

Mathew Loza

​It's time once again for the Top 5 Douchebags of the Week, proof positive that you didn't turn out so bad after all. This week's top spot goes to the world's worst neighbors, Mathew Loza and Richard Gomez...

5) Mystikal

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Heads up, employees of Great Clips: Mystikal is back on the streets.

The former Grammy-nominated rapper was released from a Louisiana prison last week after serving six years for forcing his hairstylist to perform oral sex on him.

You may recall that the incident resulted in a teachable moment for aspiring sex offenders everywhere: When planning a night of crime, best to give potential witnesses the evening off.

Instead, Mystikal, now 33, forced himself on the woman while his two bodyguards dutifully filmed the incident. This caused a slight problem when the rapper initially entered a plea of not guilty, only to have the video subsequently introduced as evidence.

For their trouble, the bodyguards earned three- and four-year sentences of their own.

4) California Gangbangers

​Golden State authorities believe gang members have begun taking cues from the world's leading crime syndicate: the Catholic Church.

Rosaries -- the religious beads used by Catholics for centuries to stay awake during prayer -- are now being worn by gang members around South Lake Tahoe, cops say. Strings are purchased in red or blue to represent gang colors, and some members even get them tattooed on their necks.

Police have seen rosaries flashed to other gangs and wrapped around fists during fights. But because they are religious objects, the rosaries cannot be taken away by police unless they are used in a threatening manner.

That didn't stop officials at South Tahoe High School from confiscating rosaries from more than a dozen Latino males in December. One of them, sophomore Oscar Rosas, told the Tahoe Daily Tribune that his rosary once belonged to his grandmother and that he wears it to express his religious beliefs -- which is a polite way of saying he kills people with it.

3) Alex Ford

​Veteran street racers subscribe to three principal rules:

1) Use the fastest car available to you (preferably an Italian sports car owned by somebody else)
2) Do not crash, and...
3) If you must crash, make every reasonable effort to avoid the cop parked in front of you.

Alas, rules 2 and 3 proved cumbersome for 21-year-old Alex Ford of Houston. Police say she was racing another vehicle in a borrowed Maserati at 3 a.m. on January 10. College Station police officer Tracy Sheets responded to the call and was immediately plowed into by Ford.

The crash left both vehicles totaled and three people hospitalized, including a passenger with Ford who was treated and released. Sheets suffered multiple broken bones which are likely to require extensive surgery.

Ford was found to be liquored up at the time of the accident, in accordance with universally recognized street-racing etiquette.

She was hospitalized with minor injuries and later charged with intoxication assault, a felony good for up to 10 years in the slam.

2) Samuel David Harris

​Parents will tell you there is no single right way to calm a crying child. Samuel David Harris, meanwhile, has learned there are at least two wrong ways.

The 18-year-old Louisville man attempted to quiet his girlfriend's crying four-month-old baby by throwing him across a room onto a broken couch. When this did not yield the desired effect, Harris grabbed the child and shook him.

The boy was taken to the hospital early on January 12 and was pronounced dead two days later. His identical twin brother was also taken into hospital care at the time when doctors found evidence of past trauma to his head in addition to internal injuries and previously broken bones.

Harris has been charged with murder, and an investigation is under way to determine the source of the surviving child's injuries.

The source of Harris's future injuries are believed to be Nails and Gato from cell block 12.

1) Mathew Loza and Richard Gomez

Mathew Loza

​It probably seemed like a good idea at the time: Police say Mathew Loza was visiting the east Los Angeles home of Richard Gomez when he aimed a rifle out the window at a six-year-old boy playing in the driveway of his home across the street.

But harmless fun turned deadly when the gunman fired, striking young Jesse Valencia, who fell into his mother's arms and was pronounced dead shortly afterward.

Authorities have yet to determine whether Gomez, 21, or Loza, 20, knew the gun was loaded. They believe, however, that the shooting is not gang-related, based on the widely held notion that not even gangs are this stupid.

The two have been charged with second-degree murder and if found guilty will be sentenced directly to hell.

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