That's another fine mess ! - hapless criminals are captured.

Remember Laurel & Hardy ( if you are old enough). Catchphrase - That's another fine mess you got me into ! Well it was re-enacted today in Dublin's Dawson St.; three would-be criminals, armed with a shotgun, entered a jewellers shop to rob it. The...

Belgian Bank Robbers Blow Themselves Up

Two aspiring bank robbers accidentally blew up the bank and themselves in Dinant, Belgium, on Saturday morning. The two robbers are believed to have pumped gas into the bank building through its mail slot, then lit it on fire before they managed to get far enough away. The...

Bank Robbers Caught... by their personalised number plate!

Two criminals who planned a bank robbery that was described as "professional and sophisticated" in court were brought to justice because they used a car with a personalised number plate.Having planned a late night...

Masked Robbers Use Helicopter To Rob Cash Depot In Stockholm

Robbers with machine guns and explosives used a stolen helicopter to break into a dash depot in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday morning. The robbers stole a BELL 206B helicopter, landed it on the roof of G4S Cash,...

Max B Sentenced to 75 Years for Murder Robbery

Max B, former Harlem rapper, was sentenced to 75 years in prison for scheming a robbery in 2006 which left one man dead. His stepbrother Kelvin Leerdam was sentenced to a life term plus 35 years. Charly Wingate, known as "Max B", took part in the deadly robbery at a Fort Lee...

Kiheem Malik Taylor Got 2 Life Terms and 100 Years for Kidnapping

Kiheem Malik Taylor, a 23-year-old bulldozer driver, was sentenced today to 2 life terms plus 100 years in prison for armed kidnapping and robbery of 2 teenagers and raped one of the victims. Kiheem Malik Taylor committed the crime last October at a light-rail station in...

Patrick Kane Charged With Misdemeanour And Theft Only, Not Felony

Patrick Kane, a Chicago Blackhawks right wing, will be charged with misdemeanour assault and theft for the beating of a taxi driver on the night of August 9 in Buffalo, New York. Kane will not face the felony charge of second-degree robbery. Kane pleaded not guilty to either...

Biggest Jewellery Heist In Britain's History - £40 Million St...

A gem heist in London's West End is the biggest in the history of Britain. Two robbers got away with jewellery worth £40 million ($67 million) from Graff Jewellers on August 6th. Scotland Yard has now released...

Vernon Forrest, Former Boxing Champion, Killed in Atlanta Robbery

Vernon 'The Viper' Forrest, the former boxing champion, has been shot and killed in what appears to be a robbery or carjacking in Atlanta late last night. He was shot multiple times in the back. He was at a gas...

5 NJ cops shot, 2 suspects killed in shootout

Once more this shows that police work is  dangerous. It also shows that some of  the criminals are willing to kill to avoid arrest. " Five police officers were shot — two of them critically wounded...

Your Cell Phone Could Save Your Life With "Face File"

I recently rented the movie “Taken” with Liam Neeson. Liam Neeson’s character (an ex-government operative, or what he calls a “preventer”) was very reluctant when his 17-year old daughter went to Paris...

Slipper Crime

An increase in crime fuelled by the recession has taken a sinister and ugly turn as seemingly innocuous pensioners are heading up major crime syndicates.  Otherwise known as Neighbourhood Watch these gangs of...

11 Venezuelans accused in Synagogue Attack

This event took place few days ago but the record needed to be right. Initially, some international and local opposition news agencies blamed the attack on the Venezuelan government. They stated...

New Theories in DB Cooper Skyjacking Case

An new theory on the 1971 unsolved skyjacking case - a canadian connection where by a French comic originally created in the 1950s had as its hero Dan Cooper, a Royal Canadian Air Force test pilot serving in...

Wired Posts Diamond Heist Story Online 1st - Print Can't Keep Up

Wired magazine has posted a free online copy of a story to run in next month's print issue, as the subject of the story, Leonardo Notarbartolo, was released from prison in Belgium this week. Simply goes to show...

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