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As Greeks Pull Money From Banks, Burglars Move In

Police see spike in home robberies

(Newser) - See those stories about panicked residents of Greece pulling their money out of banks ? Yeah, criminals did, too, and now police are warning people about a wave of break-ins and home invasions, reports Reuters . In fact, police broke up two crime networks from the former Soviet republic of Georgia...

Pit Bull Survives Shot in Head After Saving Owner

Staten Island pooch helps scare off home invader

(Newser) - A courageous dog saved the day in Staten Island when he helped scare off a home invader and survived a bullet to the head, reports the New York Post . The drama began when a burglar disguised as a FedEx deliveryman tried to break into Justin Becker's apartment. Becker threw...

Girls, 16, Face Life for Fatal $39 Cabbie Robbery

North Carolina pair to be tried as adults

(Newser) - Five young people in North Carolina may be spending the rest of their lives in prison for a robbery that made them less than $8 each. Police have charged two 16-year-old girls with the murder of a taxi driver who was stabbed to death and robbed of $39 last summer....

Medical Pot Delivery Guy: 2 Ninjas Robbed Me

West Covina police are on the hunt

(Newser) - Police in California are on the hunt for two men dressed as ninjas who allegedly robbed a medical marijuana delivery man on Friday, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. The man says he was set upon by the ninjas-slash-robbers while walking back to his car after making a delivery, and,...

Justice Breyer Robbed at Machete-Point

Supreme Court judge faces robber in Caribbean home

(Newser) - A machete-wielding intruder robbed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at his Caribbean vacation home last week, the AP reports. Breyer, 73, his wife Joanna, and guests were surprised to see the robber in their house on the island of Nevis at about 9pm last Thursday. The robber snatched about $1,...

Cops: Remote Shutdowns Would Curb Phone Thefts

They want FCC, carriers to put safeguard in place

(Newser) - With smartphone robberies soaring, frustrated police are calling for regulators and service providers to shut down stolen phones remotely to reduce their value, reports the Washington Post . About 40% of robberies in Washington in 2011 involved smartphones, iPods, or tablets, while in New York City the figure was nearly 50%....

Man Shot Stopping LA Robbery
 Man Shot Stopping LA Robbery 
Jan 17, 2012 4:00 AM CST

Man Shot Stopping LA Robbery

Robber kept firing after being stabbed in neck

(Newser) - A restaurant worker who tried to foil an armed robbery at a Los Angeles meat market is clinging to life after being shot in the head. After a cashier at the market fled to the restaurant next door, two workers confronted the robber. One dodged a bullet and stabbed the...

Barbour's Pardoned Convicts Go Missing

Mississippi AG seeks 5 men who didn't meet clemency requirements

(Newser) - First, Haley Barbour issued a spate of controversial last-minute pardons ; then, a judge rejected a number of them , calling back five men who'd been released from prison. But the dust still hasn't settled: Those five men, convicted of murder and robbery, are nowhere to be found. The Mississippi...

Cops: Google Maps Helped Burglar Case Homes

Samuel A. Watson confessed his process to police

(Newser) - So you want to rob some houses, but you’re not sure where to start? Well, Samuel A. Watson came up with the idea to use Google Maps, he admits to Chicago police. Watson, suspected of breaking into as many as nine homes since March, “said he Googled ‘...

California's Newest Threat: Highway Robbers

Police set up task force to track them down

(Newser) - California cops have created a new task force to deal with an unlikely threat: highway robbers. At least seven drivers reported being set upon by armed robbers while their cars were disabled on the side of the road in the wee hours of Sept. 18-19, the LA Times reports. “...

Beer Heist Goes Terribly Wrong
Beer Heist Goes
Terribly Wrong
Sep 22, 2011 8:19 PM CDT

Beer Heist Goes Terribly Wrong

Three teens face charges after bungled robbery: Cops

(Newser) - An epic fail in the beer heist department, according to cops in Los Angeles County. They say two 19-year-olds went into a market and fled with a 30-pack of Tecate. Employees chased them and caught one, reports the Los Angeles Times . The other jumped into a waiting car driven by...

Bumbling 'Gumby' Bandit Surrenders

And police keep Jacob Kiss' suit

(Newser) - Jacob Kiss, otherwise known as the guy in the Gumby costume who epically failed in his quest to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven last week, is still not winning. Kiss, 19, turned himself in to police yesterday, accompanied by alleged accomplice Jason Giramma, also 19, who was pictured in the...

Bumbling 'Gumby' Tries to Rob 7-Eleven

And fails, hilariously

(Newser) - One for the Legendary Fail Department: A person dressed in a Gumby costume attempted to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven on Monday. Here are the problems the would-be criminal ran into: One, the clerk thought it was a joke. Even after Gumby said, "This is a robbery," the...

Teen Sentenced to Up to 6 Years for 7-Cent Robbery
Teen Sentenced to Up to
6 Years for 7-Cent Robbery
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Sep 3, 2011 11:59 AM CDT

Teen Sentenced to Up to 6 Years for 7-Cent Robbery

Judge refuses to sentence him as a 'youthful offender'

(Newser) - A 15-year-old Syracuse boy got the book thrown at him over a robbery that netted him all of seven cents. Judge William Walsh refused a defense request to sentence young Anthony Stewart, a Syracuse native, as a “youthful offender,” instead sentencing him as an adult to two to...

Facebook Suitor Uses Date as Getaway Driver

UK man robs betting agency with unwitting accomplice

(Newser) - A good sign your Facebook date is not going well: Your would-be beau asks you to stop at a betting parlor, pops inside, then runs back into the car wielding a knife and a bag of money, shouting, "Drive, drive!" Such is the tale of the UK's...

Clown Thieves Get Punked in Jewelry Heist

Their loot isn't really all that valuable

(Newser) - Send in the clowns: Two gun-waving robbers dressed in clown makeup and wigs robbed a Denver jewelry story yesterday, roughing up employees and stripping display cases clean. They made off with the loot after a 15-minute robbery, notes CBS4, but there's a caveat: The precious stones aren't so...

Cops: Woman Draws Beard on Face, Robs Bank

Cops say she drew it on outside

(Newser) - Both Bonnie and Clyde would be proud. Cops say a woman drew a beard on her face and wore men's clothes to rob a bank in Alabama. She allegedly told tellers at the Bank of Tuscaloosa in Cottondale she had a bomb, placed a device on the counter, and...

Rocker Busted for Walgreens Robbery...

Right before his band opened for Soundgarden

(Newser) - Coheed and Cambria was about to open for Soundgarden, but it looks like bassist Mike Todd had things other than soundcheck on his mind. He allegedly robbed a Massachusetts pharmacy just hours before yesterday's performance. Police say Todd entered a Walgreens around 1pm, told an employee he had a...

Heist of Armored Car Firm Yields $1M in Small Bills

Robbers got in through roof, captured employees

(Newser) - It sounds like a movie plot: Three men broke into an armored car company through the roof, shimmied down with a rope, then tied up and blindfolded three employees before escaping with more than $1 million in cash, police say. They used plastic tubs to load the loot into a...

Teens Rob Kids' Lemonade Stand

They got away with $13.50

(Newser) - It started out like any other kids’ lemonade stand—children pouring drinks to learn the value of a buck—but then the experience got a little too real: A car full of teenagers pulled up threatening to beat the kids unless they handed over money. The group of Ohio children...

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