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Man Suspected Of Swapping iPods For Erasers At Target Caught, Arrested,...
Remember the guy in California who gave his wife an iPod box filled with erasers for Christmas, but not intentionally? When he tried to exchange it for a box with a real iPod in it, the new box...
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The History Of The Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve, In Comic Form
(Modern Farmer)We at Consumerist remain fascinated with the 2012 theft of 10,000 barrels of maple syrup from the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve in Quebec, Canada. We’re not the only ones: there’s...
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Tiny Bluetooth Card Skimmers Will Make You Hug Your Debit Card
It’s probably not a good idea to use your debit card at the gas pump. Not because we have anything against debit cards, but because we’ve learned of yet another group of criminals who planted invisible...
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Walmart Customers Charged With Beating Security Guard, Running Off With 55 DVDs
(amanjo)On Friday, a Walmart security guard in South Carolina confronted a woman who was pushing a cart filled with DVDs that she hadn’t paid for out the door. That’s his job. Instead of surrendering...
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Police: Man Pulled Gun On Cookie-Hawking Girl Scout
(Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie)When you see a co-worker pass around the inevitable Girl Scout cookie order form and grumble about how you had to do door-to-door sales back when you were a kid, keep this...
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Before Handing Over $9,000, Make Sure TV Salesman Really Works At Sears
(БРАТСТВО)When someone approaches you with a deal that seems irresistible, sometimes there’s a good reason why. For example, the person offering you a truckload of televisions for $900 each when they...
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Two Terrible People Robbed Girl Scout Selling Cookies Outside Of Grocery Store
We all eventually learn the difficult lesson that the world is out to get us and our small electronics. One young girl in Florida learned this in an unfortunate time and place: two men took off with...
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Does Less Cash Mean Less Crime?
(twofishblu)This might seem like a completely backwards question, especially when you consider the recent mega-breach of credit and debit card numbers at Target. But it could be that the wider adoption...
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Do Not Set Bird Seed On Fire To Distract Walmart Staff From Shoplifters
(frankieleon.)Shoplifting is a crime, a scourge in the retail business, and very, very bad. Do you know what’s worse than than shoplifting, though? Setting the store on fire to distract store security...
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Terrible Person Steals Jar Of Donations For The Jimmy Fund
(914Studios)Stealing a tip jar is pretty low, but do you know what’s even lower? Stealing a donation jar. Possibly even lower than that is stealing a donation jar for children. Children with cancer....
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Why Do Criminals Love This Walmart So Much?
(Martin Buitron) The Walmart on State Route 436 in Casselberry, Florida is very popular. Unfortunately, it’s popular with a demographic that retailers don’t want to attract: criminals. Specifically,...
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Bakery Robbers Demand Cash, Get 2 Doughnuts Instead
(Great Beyond)Early this morning, a pair of would-be bakery robbers walked into a bakery and demanded $20. The person staffing the counter, who happened to be the bakery owner’s 79-year-old mom, made...
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Thief Steals Forklift, Tries To Break Into ATM With It
(Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office)Some people would steal an industrial forklift from a construction site, and that would be the extent of their crimes. Forklifts are expensive, after all. Just sell the...
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Intruders Massacred 920 Chickens With A Golf Club, No One Knows Why
(Jess)Two weeks ago, an act of vandalism and animal cruelty occurred in a shed housing chickens belonging to meat producer Foster Farms. Someone entered a farm through a hole in the fence and clubbed...
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Florida Man Stuffs Chainsaw Up Shirt, Tries To Bicycle Away
A few years ago, we shared the story of a bold shoplifter who thought that nobody would notice if he stuffed a chainsaw down his pants and tried to make a break for it. Someone will notice, as it turns...
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Crooks Extract Cash From ATM Using USB Port, Smartphone
(Todd Kravos)ATMs are giant boxes filled with cash that sit on every street corner. Of course crooks will try to gain access to the money inside, using everything from forklifts to explosives. Here’s...
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Police: Drunk Drivers Poured Water On Road After Crash To Make It Look Like...
(Alan Rappa)What kind of awful person deliberately makes a road icy in the winter? The kind of person who does it to cover up a drunk-driving accident. At least police in New Jersey busted an alleged...
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Police Officer Chases Shoplifting Suspect Into River, Then Rescues Him
(Ben Roffelsen)Back in July, we shared the tragic story of a man being pursued for shoplifting from a mall in Maryland who hid in a drainage pond and drowned. A shoplifter in New Hampshire was saved...
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Suspected Walmart Shoplifter Kicks Through Ceiling, Tunnels Out Via Air Ducts
Escape from the Walmart ceiling.We never imagined that the world’s greatest criminal masterminds would bother to shop-lift from Walmart. Yet a suspected shoplifter at a store in Alabama made an escape...
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Police Seek Woman Who Stuffed $1,140 In Electronics Inside Her Skirt
A dress with a flowing full skirt is a great fashion choice for a hot day, so the woman who walked into a RadioShack in Florida dressed that way back in February didn’t really stand out. No one really...
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