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Man tries to steal car full of cops

Louisiana State Police arrested Joshua Adam Carter after he tried to steal an unmarked police car … with three officers inside. “He’s not one of your smarter ones,” Chris Turner with the U.S. Marshals...

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Aliens told man to burgle mum’s home

John Michael Kirby told English police that aliens had told him to burgle his mum’s house when he was arrested for burgling the homes of two members of his own family. He claimed the aliens told him to...

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Partners in crime implicated by matching tattoos

An Australian couple who stole almost $18,000 in an armed robbery were caught after they celebrated their heist with a pair of matching tattoos. John Robert Cole, 30, and Shailee Jane Kingston, 19, of...

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Elderly woman robbed at store is robbed again on way to police station

Unlucky Harriet Sweger was stunned when she was robbed at a Pennsylvania store — and then robbed a second time on her way to report the first theft to police. 72-year-old Harriet Sweger was at a Big...

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Police seek cats who beat and robbed man

Two UK suspects dressed in close fitting cat costumes – one with distinctive tail – beat and robbed a man in Hereford, Herefordshire, early on Monday morning. Detectives are studying CCTV footage of an...

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Cross-dresser held up petrol station

Australian police have released an image of a man who allegedly held up a Lara service station at knifepoint at about 1.30am on Friday wearing women’s clothing and a long blonde wig. Sen-Constable Paul...

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Robbers make sure that victim has bus fare

Police say that robbers in Ohio held up a man at gunpoint, but gave him back enough money for bus fare before they ran away. It happened at a Dayton bus stop on Tuesday morning. The Dayton Daily News...

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Police seek ‘Mad Hatter’ bank robber

Clinton Township police need help finding a bizarre bank robber wearing construction gear. According to police, this man robbed the Fifth Third Bank on Hayes Road in Clinton Township, Michigan, on...

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Waddling gunman wearing yellow beak mask hunted over armed robbery

An English robber who wore a yellow beak mask and walked like a duck is being hunted by police. The armed raider threatened the manageress with a shotgun before waddling out of the shop. Detectives...

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Armed robbers frighten themselves off with firework

Arlington County Police have released surveillance video from the botched armed robbery of a 7-Eleven store. The robbery attempt happened at about 3:25 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19. An approximately 5’8″...

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Kids try to rob Burger King with BB gun

Police in Omaha said that three children tried to steal food from a Nebraska Burger King drive-through window by displaying what may have been a pellet gun. Two 12-year-old boys and a 13-year-old boy...

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Robbed woman threatened with evil spirits

An Australian woman was robbed after being told “evil spirits” would threaten her family if she did not hand over her possessions. Police have released CCTV vision of two woman wanted for questioning...

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People on street give mob justice to bag snatchers

Mob justice is becoming more common in China. In this case, two men riding a motorcycle snatched the woman’s bag. Thinking they could get away, they cruised along a busy street full of people. This is...

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‘Bucket List Bandit’ tells bank teller he has just four months to live

The FBI is searching for a serial bank robber dubbed the ‘Bucket List Bandit’ after he allegedly passed a note to a bank teller saying that he only has four months to live. The suspect, described as a...

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Russian teenage girl attempted to rob bank in order to finance suicide bid

A teenage girl tried to rob a bank in the Urals Republic of Udmurtia so she could afford to leave her home city and commit suicide, the Russian Investigation Department said on Thursday. Investigators...

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Man hit by train after robber leaves him to die

Shockingly caught on CCTV, instead of helping a man who had passed out on a subway track in Stockholm, a passer-by chose to rob the unconscious victim before leaving him to be run over by a train....

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Intruders held man at plastic gun and saw-point

An Iowa man was held up by a saw and a plastic gun early on Monday morning. It was 4:30 a.m. when Ruiz Rosando of Des Moines flagged police down. He told them just about an hour earlier, at 3:30 am,...

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Man accused of stealing condoms and five bottles of lotion

69-year-old Harry Johnson apparently had a big night planned when police say he tried stealing condoms and bottles of lotion from a Roxbury, Massachusetts, store. Johnson is facing charges of unarmed...

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Police seek McDonald’s robbery suspect described as 6 or 7-year-old child

Police in Washington, D.C. are on the lookout for a 4ft tall suspect with a likely under-developed voice. An unusual wanted ad posted by police in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night described their...

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Police not fooled by cross-dressing bank robber (video)

Police in Ceres, California, have identified a man they say donned a black mini skirt and tights to rob a bank. An officer recognized the cross-dressing criminal, and say Leonard Brown Jr. is on the...

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