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What Goes Around, Comes Around…
Normally for a story like this, I would try to suggest and plug some sort of security device. An alarm, a Telespy, Voice Alert System… But in this case, I think nothing was better. Apparently a 22-year-old thief attempted to break into a superm...
Ronald McDonald Look-alike Charged with Robbery
Let’s not be too obvious here. But if your hair is dyed fire-engine red, wear a hat when robbing a home… Peekskill police report a burglar in his home awakened a resident on Tuesday. The burglar made off with some computer equipment and a cam...
Burglar Smacked Silly with a Shovel
Apparently this guy picked the wrong mobile home to mess with. A 31-year-old woman in Lake Placid, Florida returned home around 9:30 PM to find an unfamiliar bicycle in her front yard. On further inspection, she also heard footsteps in her mobile hom...
Theft Victim Slashes Suspect With Machete
A guy in Athens, Georgia took matters into his own hands when his TV was stolen in a burglary, Friday the 13th style. Apparently the theft victim confronted the man he blamed for the robbery by smashing out the driver’s side window of the suspectâ...
118 Successful Ninja Burglaries, and Counting
Police in Jefferson County, Colorado are having a problem catching a cigarette-swiping burglar. Apparently this man, dubbed the “Nicotine Ninja” is thought to be responsible for at least 118 burglaries, in 18 metro area jurisdictions, whi...
Thief steals 66-year-old bicycle from an 83-year-old woman
In 1943, then 17-year-old Ruth Slovenski received a bicycle as a gift. For 66 years, Ruth took care of and looked after that bike. To this day, she still rode that bike. Well that was until earlier this week when a man stole her antique blue Huffy fr...
Double Jewelry Heist in Wisconsin
Times must be tough in Wisconsin. Robbers are now ripping off other robbers. Is there no honor among thieves? Two burglars leaving a jewelry store got mugged by another set of thieves before they even left the crime scene in Milwaukee. Police reporte...
McDonald’s in North Carolina Not Lovin’ It
Two men armed with a power saw cut their way into a McDonald’s this past Tuesday morning in NC and rob the place. According to Police reports and store surveillance video, a couple guys climbed on the roof, sawed a hole through and entered the...
Pants fall down, trip burglary suspect
Note to Self: Pull up your pants when robbing a store. I never quite understood the reasoning for the sagging pants craze. You know the style where the guys wear their pants pulled halfway down, secured (barely) by a belt so their boxers show? Well ...
Masked Burglar Captured, Courthouse Crime Spree Ended
A masked burglar broke into the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta, GA. Apparently he ransacked much of the building over the course of a couple days, covering several floors and stealing many items in this crime spree. No one wa...
Stop! Or This Granny Will Shoot!
A burglary at a neighbor’s home a few weeks back prompted an 85-year-old Pennsylvania woman to arm herself with a .22-caliber revolver. She kept it at the ready near her bed in the bedroom. The thought of having a weapon in the house let her re...
Wrong House Home Invasion Causes Scare in CA.
No matter what the subject matter, there will be skeptics, opponents and non-believers. Personally, I’d rather converse with like-minded people rather than try to convert opposing or narrow-minded viewpoints. You either believe in something or ...
