Tag Archives: Theft
Merry Christmas?: Check Out 2012′s Top 5 Stories of Criminals Stealing Presents
How exactly does the Grinch steal Christmas? You judge for yourself based on these five stories from across the country about crooks busted stealing from their communities.
5. Kennewick, Washington
Kennewick Police said officers approached three suspicious people hiding behind an air conditioning unit on the 400 blk of S Sharron around 10PM.
Florida Fail: Burglars Busted Sleeping in The Car With Their Loot
Hiding is really the trickiest part of any crime, but even a hare-brained criminal could do better than these guys.
Police found the suspected burglars after waking from a nap in their car outside the houses they admitted to robbing Thursday morning. The drowsy duo’s Chevy Camaro was packed with $30,000 of electronics from several houses and cars on Pine Meadow Drive in DeBary, Fla.
Thieves Steal 16 Fire Hydrants
Sixteen fire hydrants were stolen in a Southern California town on September 11th, begging the question as to whether this theft better considered a statement to society. What ever the intent was, the result is going to cost more that $40,000.
Police suspect the thieves probably stole the hydrants for scrap metal money.
TSA-holes: JFK Workers Busted With 100,000 Mini Liquor Bottles
Work can become unbearable and sometimes you just have to find something worth going for, be it friends, sexy workers or all the alcohol you can drink.
More than 100,000 of the tiny tipples — along with other duty-free swag such as perfume and cigarettes — were stolen by the team, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Brown charged the booze hounds with larceny and possession of stolen property after a five-month sting dubbed Operation Last Call.
13-Year-Old Girl Steals Car to Meet X-Box Boyfriend
Online dating still isn’t a completely accepted form of relationship-builders, let alone when they are on X-Box and with a 13-year-old, but this teen isn’t letting that get in her way.
Elizabeth Robinson, of Cypress, near Houston, was pulled over by police in Nashville — 800 miles away — and taken into custody on Thursday, local station KHOU reported. Her parents said she was headed to Hodgenville, Ky., to meet a 12-year-old boy named Dylan, whom she met playing Xbox.
