Blue or lazy?

From a poorly written opinion piece about recent break-ins in a local neighborhood:

Chances are that a crack-smoking mope is responsible. He hasn't done anything violent (yet) and steals only what he can carry.

mope
noun
A person given to gloomy or dejected moods.
"mope." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 13 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/mope

mope
noun
Someone who wastes time Synonyms: dallier, dillydallier, lounger.
"mope." WordNet 1.7.1. Princeton University, 2001. Answers.com 13 Nov. 2005. http://www.answers.com/topic/mope

Whichever definition, what a perfectly odd assumption. He proposes the thief is either depressive or a fribbler.