Add To Watchlist

BANDITS

The Wire

Lost keys lead NJ police to home invasion suspects

Tracking down three alleged home invaders became easier for Paterson police after one of the bandits dropped the keys to their getaway car. Authorities said the gun-toting men entered a city apartment early Friday, expecting to find loads of money.

Lost keys lead NJ police to burglary suspects

Police in northern New Jersey nabbed three alleged burglars who fled an apartment with just $2 in change and left behind the keys to their getaway car.

British bobbies hunt burqa-clad bandit

British police say they're on the trail of a burqa-clad bandit, or bandits, who robbed three different locations in the past two months.

Bird-feather bandits strike English museum

Somebody's been feathering their nest with an irreplaceable English archive of rare tropical birds.

1 of 2 thong-facemask robbery suspects sentenced

One of two Colorado men who used women's thong underwear to cover their faces while they robbed a convenience store has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Armed bandits target man's jug of loose change

Police say three armed thieves stormed into a Long Island home to steal a water jug full of loose change. Suffolk County police said the masked suspects descended on the East Patchogue home around 2 a.m. Saturday.

NYC police officer charged in drug robbery ring

A New York City police officer was charged Friday with being a member of a robbery crew that specialized in impersonating police and torturing rival East Coast drug dealers until they gave up stashes of cocaine and cash.

NYC gang used torture to rob rival drug dealers

They bound their victims with duct tape, beat them and held guns to their heads. When that didn't work, the bandits applied pliers to their genitals and pressed hot irons to the soles of their feet. Sometimes they held victims' heads under water in a bathtub.

Outside the Beltway? Out of luck winning contracts

Small firms that want to do business with the federal government must keep three cardinal rules in mind: Location, location, location.

Police hunt for robbers wearing thongs as masks

Police in a Colorado town are searching for two robbers whose masks showed plenty of fashion sense but little modesty: women's thong underwear.

NAACP Wants Probe Into Bandit Sentences

The head of the Georgia NAACP called for the state to investigate the sentences given in the so-called "Barbie bandits" bank theft case, saying the two white defendants got less prison time than two black men.

Girl Bandits' Ringleader Gets 10 Years

A man convicted of being the mastermind behind the so-called "Barbie Bandits" bank theft was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison.

Jury: 'Barbie' Bank Heist Planner Guilty

A jury on Friday convicted the mastermind behind the so-called "Barbie Bandits" bank robbery.

Irish Police Bust Beer Bandits

Ireland's national police force has arrested two men in connection with an audacious robbery last week on the landmark Guinness Brewery in Dublin — but said Thursday they were still looking others involved in the beer banditry.

Thieves With Bouquet Rob NYC Woman, 80

Robbers posed as flower deliverymen to get into an 80-year-old woman's apartment and steal at least $60,000 in savings her husband kept in cash, the victims and police said.

Bond Lowered in 'Barbie Bandits' Case

Two young women charged with stealing nearly $11,000 in a bank heist went on a shopping spree, ate a meal and even gave money to the homeless afterward, a police detective testified Thursday, as the judge lowered the bond for one suspect.

Mom Says Georgia 'Girl Bandit' Is Sorry

The mother of an 18-year-old arrested in a bank theft scheme said Monday that her daughter isn't a bandit, she just fell in with the wrong crowd and made a bad choice.

Police: 2 Young Women Rob Ga. Bank

Georgia authorities Wednesday were searching for two young women, possibly teenagers, who robbed a supermarket bank branch, laughing as they held up a teller with nothing but sunglasses to disguise their faces.

The Vine
US Stock market continues to Display Irrational Exuberance!!!
Source: Bloomberg.com

The U.S. recovery will falter as banks continue to curb lending to small companies, said Meredith Whitney, whose 2007 prediction that Citigroup Inc. would cut its dividend triggered a plunge in the bank's stock. 'Accelerating Pace'

Morgan Stanley Plans to Magically Make Bad Loans into Good Debt ----- AGAIN
Source: Bloomberg.com

New York-based Morgan Stanley is copying a financing structure known as Re-REMICs that bundle mortgage securities into new bonds that often offer investors an additional layer of protection, or collateral, from downgrades.

Electrocuted bodies of 2 suspected wiring thieves found - Los Angeles Times
Source: The L.A. Times

justice is served!!! too bad this can't be carried out for other crimes as quickly and humanely.

Police chase down masked marauders on A3 motorway
Source: thelocal.de

A frantic call to police reporting a car with a pair of masked bandits caused a scare on the A3 motorway, but they turned out to be a couple who had caught a cold, Erlangen police reported on Monday.

French jewel gang escapes with £70m
Source: Independent.co.uk

Four armed robbers, including two disguised as women, have pulled off the biggest theft in French history stealing jewellery worth €80m (£70m) from a shop patronised by celebrities just off the Champs Elysées.

Canadian Reporter, Kidnapped by Taliban is Freed After Hostilities Between Militants and Bandits
Source: The Globe and Mail

A violent tug-of-war between insurgents and criminals broke out in lawless districts of Afghanistan as armed factions struggled for control of a Canadian journalist during her kidnapping ordeal, according to Taliban sources. Mellissa Fung, 35, a reporter for CBC television, was  …

Chaos in Darfur on Rise as Arabs Fight With Arabs
Source: The New York Times

Some of the same Arab tribes accused of massacring civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan are now unleashing their considerable firepower against one another in a battle over the spoils of war that is killing hundreds of people and displacing tens of thousands. The static natur …

Men disguised as Muslim women rob bank
Source: Reuters

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Two armed men disguised as Muslim women in burqas held up a bank in Sarajevo . . .

Would-Be Bandits Flee After Being Laughed At
Source:

...Police are searching for two would-be bandits after Postal Annex employees got the giggles and foiled an attempted armed robbery...

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine