A armored-truck robber took a page from Thomas Crown and gave it a Web 2.0 twist: he used Craigslist to hire his accomplices, who unwittingly acted as decoys for his getaway, for which he threw in a bit of Prison...
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Weekends wouldn't be complete without pop ups of funny and strange news oui? Well, this is not so much as funny but its pretty unsettling and downright odd as well. What does it tell us when a man...
"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...
"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A mother and her 6-month old girl escaped unhurt after she calmed down a knife-wielding robber with a glass of iced tea and a chat, Tokyo police said Wednesday. The 30-year-old housewife was in the hallway of her apartment building Monday when a man...
Wow, The Bigger the Tobacco Can, The Bigger the Live Saver, who knew Tobacco Saves Lives, certainly the Robber didn't.Certainly somewhere, there is a Tobacco Advertiser who is aware of this story is looking at making...
"Demetrius Robinson filled out the application to kill time while waiting for the Golden Pantry store to empty of customers.Authorities say it was Robinson who then produced a knife and held up the store last week."
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" PALO ALTO, Calif. - Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly help is hard to find for store owners in what can only be concieved as Dumb and Dumber when a Robbery Suspect is accused of calling Stores in advance, requesting...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThis man picture is wanted by Police for a string of bank robberies in Vancouver. But then the VPD will be forced to hand him over to our Justice system who may need to...
After 19 break-ins, a sausage snatcher finally meats the long arm of the law."BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- German police have charged a robbery suspect after matching his DNA to that found on a piece of salami spat out at...
Wow, this guy certainly doesn't even look like he's over 18, let alone a criminal mastermind."A Canadian bank robber who pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an antique jewellery piece made for a 19th-century Austrian empress also revealed he was funding Kurdish rebels in...
"A 24-year-old man was arrested in Pennsylvania for holding up a convenience store wearing nothing but a hat.
CCTV footage showed Carl Wagner entering the Carbondale convenience store naked and covering his manhood...
"WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A burglar visited Graeme Glass' home in New Zealand twice in one day — first to steal some goods and later to return them, along with a heartfelt apology note.
The thief struck while...
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The robber wasn't stealing vibrators; rather, he used one as a weapon in a robbery, disguising it as a gun. I apologize for the imprecision of the headline. Also, I put off posting this as long as I could. My will power simply failed. Sorry."
A robber who held up a...