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Grand Theft Skunk? Something stinks here…
Police arrested two people last week for the theft of a baby skunk from a Animal Crackers Pet Store in Sarasota, Florida. It is reported that the animal in question was valued at a whopping $400. $400 for a freaking skunk? I have those in my backyard...
Mexican Navy Intercepts Drug Shipment to US
The Mexican Navy has intercepted and seized a cocaine shipment bound for the United States. Not necessarily unusual news. There are reports of illegal drug smuggling and other contraband items confiscated all the time. Drug cartels are routinely goin...
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...
Inmate Arrested Trying to Break Back IN to Jail
Apparently there is a little racket going on down in Georgia where inmates sneak out into the prison exercise yard and collect contraband items tossed over the fences. It seems the contraband is usually non-dangerous items, but lockup luxuries such a...
Dirty Mouth? Clean it up.
A guy from Connecticut has been charged with stealing hundreds of packs of Orbit chewing gum from area stores. He must have had a very dirty mouth. 21-year-old Kenneth McManus surrendered himself to police after a warrant for his arrest was issued on...
It was the goat! I swear!
Apparently two men recently attempted to steal a car in Nigeria. While caught in the act, one quickly man fled the scene and the other ended up cornered by local vigilantes. So what is a would-be criminal to do in such situation? Turn himself into a ...
Enter the Whale, the Inconspicuous and the Shark
So much for Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee he is not. Apparently a ninja, or at least a lame attempt at being one unsuccessfully attempted to steal two different ATM machines in sunny Florida over the past few weeks. One outside a bank, one outside a Wa...
Dishwashing, Gladiator Style
The other night my wife wasn’t feeling well, and the sink was full of dishes. I wasn’t particularly keen on washing them all by hand, so I loaded up the dish washer. Apparently I did not properly clean the dishes enough before I put them ...
No Coconuts for You!
A man in Vero Beach, FL was arrested the other day after slashing a co-worker with a machete. Apparently the guy wanted to take a drink from a coconut, and a disagreement broke out over the break. So these two guys are doing some landscaping in the h...
Enough of this Monkey Business, Missing Mechanical Gorilla Found
Where else do you dump a 8-foot mechanical gorilla after you steal it from Maine? If you said a cornfield in Vermont, some 400 miles away, you are correct! Aiding in the media fury to locate this famous primate, the gorilla’s dad, err creator K...
Truck Theft, Sub Sandwiches and Missing Gorillas
Couple winners in the news today. First we have a 22-year-old truck burglar in Tampa, Florida. Looks like he was doing the rounds in a parking lot when the owner of the truck he was breaking into shows up. A fight breaks out and the suspect flees the...
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...
Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends Arrested for Assault and Robbery
Winnie-the-Pooh, a guy in a mouse costume and another guy in a panther disguise were all arrested in Tokyo, Japan following an assault and robbery of two victims. Apparently, the cute and cuddly trio ran out of clean clothes, so instead of doing some...
That’s Not a Shark…
I wish I could bust out my best Crocodile Dundee accent and say “That’s not a Shark, THIS is a Shark!” when referring to the female Australian marbled cat shark that was stolen from an aquatics shop in England, but I can’t. I ...
I don’t have any money, would you like some tea instead?
The actual news headline was “Woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy”. A 30-year-old Tokyo woman and her 6 month old baby was confronted by a knife wielding stranger in the hallway of her apartment building the other day. The man br...
Man Hides Inside Woman’s Sofa, Waits for Her to Come Home
This story out of NY is rather creative, in a creepy stalker-esque kind of way. A man in Newburgh, NY actually carved out a space in the back of a woman’s sofa, hid in the hole he created, and waited for her to come home. Apparently the woman f...
Heist Turns Sour at Local Lemonade Stand
I guess once you graduate from stealing candy form babies, your next logical step is ripping off lemonade stands. I mean you don’t want to jump into convenience stories too quickly… you might not quite be ready to take such a big step. Th...
