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Wichita police arrested a pregnant woman after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help. Police said the woman, who is eight months pregnant, had been telling people in west Wichita that her car broke down and she needed to call someone for a ride.
A man with slicked-back hair who stole $26,000 in cash and jewelry from an Israeli basketball team at the Staples Center also scammed his way into two downtown hotels to steal thousands of dollars from Chivas de Guadalajara soccer players and a salsa music troupe, police said Wednesday.
Workers at Bradco Supply Corp. arrived one morning to find someone severed the heavy chain locks on the security fence at the Fort Worth shingle supply warehouse. Inside, empty wooden pallets were splintered and scattered across the floor.
A Massachusetts man who stole a hot dog from another man sitting under a tree in a park has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
City police officers working for an elite anti-drug unit regularly robbed and harassed bodega owners during sham raids, civil-rights lawyers charge in several federal lawsuits against the officers and the city.
Robberies involving the narcotic OxyContin are so common that Walgreens has installed time-delayed safes in its 114 pharmacies across Washington to secure the powerful painkiller.
A Northern California postal worker has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for stealing money from children's birthday cards.
Police in Maine's biggest city are on the lookout for a thief with an eye for roses. Gardeners at Portland's Deering Oaks Park noticed Monday that someone had snipped 100 blooms from the rose bushes. The same thing happened last year but not on the same scale.
A woman who worked with her cousin to steal the identities of 13 unsuspecting Library of Congress employees was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in prison.
A mother and daughter pleaded guilty Monday to several felony charges stemming from a sweeping federal investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of American Indian artifacts.
It was still dark outside when a spidery man in his underwear answered the knock at the factory door, releasing a wave of heat and gritty smoke from the noisy room behind him.
A boy was arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing from an ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother. The Johnson City Press reported the boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile, was charged with stealing $5,000 in medical supplies. That includes an oxygen tank and an oxygen sensor machine.
A second defendant indicted following an investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of American Indian artifacts from the Four Corners area has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the FBI said Friday.
The FBI says a second defendant indicted following an investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of ancient artifacts from the Four Corners area has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
The sun was barely up when federal agents began surrounding a dozen homes scattered across rural southern Utah, the final stroke of a two-year undercover investigation into the theft and trafficking of ancient Indian artifacts around the Four Corners area.
Puerto Rico police said they have arrested a man accused of snatching 88 pieces of underwear from a neighbor's clothesline. The man was charged with theft and illegal appropriation. Police said Wednesday that he returned all $1,000 worth of underwear to the woman.
A Utah physician indicted in a federal investigation into the theft of ancient artifacts in the Four Corners region has been found dead in an apparent suicide, a sheriff's official said Friday.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he stands behind the investigation that resulted in the indictments of two dozen people accused of illegally trafficking in ancient artifacts from the Four Corners region.
Two dozen people were indicted Wednesday in a sweeping federal investigation into ancient artifacts stolen from public and tribal lands in the Four Corners area.
Police arrested a 29-year-old man on car theft charges at a church on Sunday, the same church Police Capt. Timothy Menard attends regularly. Menard told the Norwich Bulletin that it seemed like every time the suspect needed gas, he stole a new car.
Drivers may have a new reason to fear an automobile break-in: the inspection stickers they must plaster to the inside of their windshield in many states.
Police in Connecticut have arrested a man with a several-pack-a-day habit — of Orbit gum.
An Atlantic City casino's slot machines had nothing on its vending machines for one New Jersey couple.
A former cashier at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $800,000 from the State Department.
A former parking official in a financially troubled Pennsylvania city is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from parking meters.
Senators now ready to Demand Americans Pay War Taxes!!!!!Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that NATO should provide half of the new soldiers.
Meredith Whitney Says Banks Strangling small business with Glee!!!Whitney said in the Journal commentary she believes the U.S. is in the early stages of the second half of this credit cycle.
Pricey Picasso sketches stolen in ParisA red notebook with 33 of picasso's pencil drawings was stolen froma specially locked glass case in a Paris museum. it joins several other Picassos and other high-profile art works that seems to have a bit of gypsy wanderlust in them.
Debit Card Cloning Ring Nets $9 Million in ATM Heist A ring of international computer hackers stole $9 million by simultaneously hitting 130 ATMs in 49 cities around the world. The thieves pulled off the crime in the space of a half hour, using counterfeit cards.
Police: Woman Stole Wallets, Splurged On Fashion Police said a woman trolled for unattended wallets and credit cards at colleges, health clubs and hospitals, then spent her take on Prada bags and Manolo Blahnik shoes.
Burglar Caught With His Pants Down, LiterallyExcerpt: The Escambia County Sheriff's Office has a new story for the Dumbest Criminals file.
Strange tale of the missing horse tailsELBERT COUNTY, Colo. -- The horses at Tom Johnson and Jim Hoff's place once had tails that hung down to their hooves. Shampooed and combed, their flaxen color gleamed when the Belgian draft horses drew wagons for children and pranced in parades.
Study: Password Leads to ID TheftsExcerpt: It might be hard to believe, but there are still plenty of people using "password" as a password for their e-mails, bank accounts and more.
Parent charged in Guilford laptop theftPolice Thursday arrested a West Haven woman in the theft of six laptops from local elementary schools late last year.
UN suspends aid to Gaza after accusing Hamas of theft This was the second incident of wholesale theft of humanitarian aid. On Tuesday, 3,500 blankets and 400 food parcels were taken.
Shoplifted soap? One man blamed for more than $40,000 in theftsExcerpt: All good entrepreneurs have their niche. If what police say is true, Randy Sterling — the alleged "Body Wash Guy" shoplifter — has found his special place in the world of crime.
Nassau County Man Has Two Cars Stolen From HimMANHASSET, N.Y. (AP) -- Police on Long Island say a man had two cars stolen from him in one night. Detectives say the victim told police that while he was dining at a restaurant in Manhasset someone took the keys from the valet station and stole his Mercedes.
Both the United States, Britain and Australia have been hit by a new variety of smash and grab crimes, one in which criminals ram a stolen van into the front door of a convenience store in order to grab the ATM inside.
Mini-shoe fetishist busted for stealing 112 pairs of kid's shoesBavarian police have arrested a 39-year old man who stole 112 pairs of children's shoes for sexual pleasure, officers reported on Friday.
Caught in a Cemetery: Bay Area Woman Charged for Stealing MetalA Daly City woman is facing charges after police say they caught her stealing metal fixtures from a cemetery.
Thieves Targeting Local Food Pantries " The economic downturn is being blamed for a recent rash of break-ins at local food pantries, the Salvation Army said Thursday.
Bodies of 2 U.S. Soldiers Missing for Over a Year are Found in IraqDETROIT — The bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families said Thursday night. The military would not immediately confirm the report.
'Hafa Adai' is 'hello' in the Chamorro language. When I lived on Guam as a boy, from 1961-1965, we Americans called the native people 'Guamanians'. Later, the Chamorros insisted they be referred to by their real name, and that was okay with me.
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