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Teen 'Go-Kart Bandit' Busted for 100 Burglaries

Nashville cops say orphan was behind crime wave

(Newser) - Police in Nashville have busted a 14-year-old boy they believe caused a crime wave in the north of the city single-handedly. The teen—described by police as an "innovative individual"—is believed to have been behind more than 100 robberies over the last two years in which he...

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...

Mountain Man Terrifying Utah Cabin Owners

He has eluded capture for five years

(Newser) - A mysterious mountain man wanted by the law is wandering the desolate backwoods of southern Utah, reports AP . He breaks into cabins and steals food, alcohol, and guns and then disappears back into the wilderness. Authorities have been searching for him for five years to no avail, and they worry...

Burglar Steals Child's Ashes From Mother

Nothing else taken; police suspect culprit knew the family

(Newser) - A burglar broke into a Michigan home last week and made off with just one peculiar, cruel piece of loot: an urn containing a 12-year-old boy’s ashes. When Dave Turnquist came home Friday, he found the window of his house broken, and his bedroom ransacked, but the only thing...

IT Guy Foils Burglar From 6 Blocks Away

Motion detector in apartment sent images of break-in to his smartphone

(Newser) - A burglar made a huge mistake yesterday when he decided to break into the Manhattan apartment of a computer geek who had set up a motion-detecting camera that transmitted photos directly to his smartphone, reports the New York Post . Levent Cetiner was six blocks from his home when he received...

Man Calls 911 on Woman After Girlfriend Comes Home

He falsely reported her as a burglar, say cops

(Newser) - When 24-year-old Keith Gaylor called the cops to say that an armed burglar was trying to get into his house, five squad cars rushed to his house and made an arrest. But they released the suspect pretty fast after hearing her side of the story—they’re pretty sure that...

Burglars Find Stash of Child Pornography, Call Cops

They go free while their 'victim' is facing charges

(Newser) - Two teenage burglars turned themselves into police when they discovered the CDs they stole were filled with child pornography, reports Fox 40 of Sacramento. Police let them go and instead arrested the guy who owned the discs. What's weird is that Kraig Stockard had even called police to report...

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 ‘...

Sleeping Gas Bandits Robbing Italy's Rich

Burglary victims waking up dizzy, poorer

(Newser) - In the billionaires’ retreat of Porto Cervo on Sardinia, burglars are causing sleepless nights for some rich families—and soporific ones for others. Police say thieves who are apparently pumping sleeping gas into homes before breaking in robbed at least two homes on the island last week, making off with...

Elderly Woman Dies From Heat After A/C Theft

79-year-old reported it missing two days before death

(Newser) - Somebody took a lot more than just an air conditioner from an elderly Texas woman. Two days after the 79-year-old reported her $2,500 unit stolen from the back of her home, she died of heat exhaustion, reports the Christian Post . It was the fourth time she had had her...

Iowa Congressman Fights Off Burglar

After scuffle, grandson scares him off with shotgun

(Newser) - Apparently Leonard Boswell is the wrong guy to try to rob. An armed intruder broke into the US representative’s Iowa farmhouse this weekend, only to discover that Boswell and his family were home. Boswell, a 77-year-old army veteran, made a grab for the burglar’s gun, the Des Moines ...

No Charges for Woman Who Killed Pot Burglar

Colorado marijuana grower shoots, stabs intruders

(Newser) - A marijuana grower who shot dead one burglar and critically injured another won't be facing any charges at this time, say Colorado cops. Karen Cordova, 48, attacked the men after they broke into her home, where she grows medical marijuana, the Longmont Times-Call reports. One of the men had...

Man Moves Family Into Stranger's Lake House

... and then the real owner shows up and calls police

(Newser) - You can't go home again—especially if it was never really your house. An 18-year-old man, his 15-year-old girlfriend, and her family were found in a stranger's multi-million dollar lake house in upstate New York. Todd Blauvelt Jr. apparently convinced everyone that he inherited the house from his...

Stalker Caught in Madonna's Mansion

Man allegedly broke in while singer was out of town

(Newser) - London police have arrested a man they say broke into Madonna’s mansion while the Material Girl was in the US for her grandmother’s funeral. The pop star’s pad is protected with a state-of-the-art security system, but Grzegorz Matlok allegedly broke in this weekend by simply smashing...

Drug-Seeking Burglars Snort Man, Dog Ashes

Teen sniffers were hoping for cocaine, heroin, say cops

(Newser) - Oops. Burglars were so desperate for drugs when they broke into a Florida home that they snorted a powder found in a ceramic urn. But they didn't get even a hint of a buzz because they had inhaled some of the cremated remains of the former man of the house...

Pastor Denies Committing Christmas Eve Burglary

Sandy McGriff says she was trying to stop other thieves

(Newser) - Dallas preacher Sandy McGriff says she wasn’t breaking into a congregant’s house on Christmas Eve to rob her—she did it to protect the woman from other burglars. McGriff, who was arrested when police caught her loading $10,000 worth of valuables into her car, says she stopped...

Cops: Man Gives CPR —Then Steals a Purse

'Good Samaritan' faces burglary charges

(Newser) - A not-so-Good Samaritan helped a man who'd just had a heart attack by administering CPR in the parking lot of an Orlando store—then stole the purse of the victim's wife, say police. Jack Yandle, 30, rushed from the store to try to revive the man, but when medical crews...

Quaids Busted for Burglary
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Sep 20, 2010 6:13 AM CDT

Quaids Busted for Burglary

Troubled couple runs afoul of the law ... again

(Newser) - Add “burglary” to Randy and Evi Quaid’s still-growing rap sheet. The Quaids have allegedly been squatting in a Santa Barbara guest house on a property they used to own, and are accused of causing more than $5,000 in damages to the house. Cops arrived Saturday after being...

Burglar Bear Suspected in 50 Break-Ins

'Bubba' so big, bullets bounce off his head

(Newser) - There’s a 700-pound unstoppable burglar on the loose in Nevada, and he is out for honey. Or maybe pie. The Nevada Department of Wildlife is on the hunt for “Bubba,” a gigantic, nearly legendary black bear who has broken into at least 50 homes and caused $70,...

Burglars Hold NBA Player's Wife at Gunpoint: Cops

Stephen Jackson of Charlotte was out of town

(Newser) - Three armed intruders who robbed the house of a Charlotte Bobcats guard while he was away at a basketball camp broke in and held his wife at gunpoint, the Charlotte Observer reports. Stephen Jackson's wife, Renata, was then locked in a bathroom, and the men proceeded to steal valuables. Charlotte-Mecklenburg...

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