March 20th, 2012
A homeless man is facing six charges of identity theft after racking up thousands of dollars in medicinal bills in order to receive medical treatment from three different hospitals. (more)
March 15th, 2012
When police near Washington, D.C. raided a drug dealer’s home last fall, they discovered not only a stash of cocaine, but a room full of Tide laundry soap. Customers, it turned out, were paying for drugs with the bright orange detergent bottles instead of cash. (more)
February 7th, 2012
A jury convicted former Pennsylvania House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese on Monday of theft, conspiracy, and other charges, but he said he would not give up his seat and would continue to seek reelection, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. (more)
March 2nd, 2011
Safeway claims one sticky-fingered Oregon duo lifted everything from shampoo to DVDs over a span of many years. (more)
February 8th, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged Lindsay Lohan Wednesday with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace — a case that could return the troubled starlet to jail rather than the big screen. (more)
February 2nd, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan is in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons. (more)
January 26th, 2011
An MTA track worker in New York City, is suing NYPD for $1 million after he was arrested for “stealing” his own vehicle, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. (more)
January 17th, 2011
OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a Connecticut man is charged with stealing a funeral urn containing the ashes of his girlfriend’s grandmother.
Connecticut State Police say 37-year-old Mark Kzakrzeski of Southbury was carrying a pistol when he stole the urn during a fight Friday at the woman’s home in Oxford. (more)
January 5th, 2011
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — A shootout at an upscale shopping center in suburban Phoenix sent shoppers fleeing and prompted a mall lockdown Wednesday as the suspect who had exchanged gunfire with officers holed up in a fast food restaurant, authorities said. (more)
January 5th, 2011
JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Police in Idaho say a man who asked authorities to arrest and deport him to Mexico stole a squad car after his request was denied. (more)
December 27th, 2010
MOSCOW (AP) — To Russian prosecutors, imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is guilty of more crimes: They say he stole nearly $30 billion in oil from his own company and laundered the proceeds. To others, he is a dissident who stood up to the powerful Vladimir Putin. (more)
December 10th, 2010
DENVER (AP) — A southwestern Colorado exterminator is suspected of earning the trust of his customers — and their dogs — to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items and cash over the course of nearly 30 years. (more)
November 9th, 2010
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Police in western Massachusetts say a man has been arrested in the robbery of a food delivery driver after he returned to the driver’s restaurant for seconds. (more)
October 29th, 2010
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two suspects face multiple charges after North Carolina police said they left a note thanking the homeowners for the $5,000 worth of electronics gear and food they stole. (more)
October 12th, 2010
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A defense lawyer hopes evidence of his client’s volatile personality will convince a jury she didn’t mastermind a 2003 bank robbery that turned a pizza delivery man into a walking time bomb. (more)
September 28th, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) — The mayor of Nogales was arrested Tuesday by FBI agents on multiple charges including bribery, theft, fraud and money laundering, Arizona’s attorney general said. (more)
September 27th, 2010
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday in a drug-plagued western state, the fifth city leader to be slain in Mexico since mid-August. (more)
September 19th, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Town” is the talk of the box office, opening with $23.8 million to take the No. 1 spot. (more)
September 19th, 2010
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Actor Randy Quaid and his wife are facing burglary charges in California after the owner of the couple’s old house reported they had been living there without permission. (more)
September 10th, 2010
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two men were arrested after bewildered diners at a McDonald’s spotted them wrestling a 5-foot (1.5 meter) python named Boris in the restaurant parking lot, police said Thursday. Victoria state police said the men stole the 8-year-old black-headed python and a lizard from a pet shop on Wednesday. They then brought the snake to the McDonald’s parking lot, where they began wrestling with it in front of puzzled customers, police said. (more)
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