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Tomato Thieves Nab 6 Truckloads

'Smooth as silk' crooks created fake trucking firm

(Newser) - With produce prices soaring, thieves decided the time was ripe for a major operation—and they got away with $300,000 worth of Florida produce, including six truckloads of tomatoes, the New York Times reports. “I’ve never experienced people targeting produce loads before,” said one trucking broker....

Cops: 'Robin Hood' Robbed Chinese to Help Poor

NYC woman says she steals for the poor, but targets Chinese

(Newser) - New Yorker Ho Vasko says she went on a Chinatown pickpocketing spree to amass money to give to the poor. But prosecutors have a different explanation: She's a thief who hates Chinese people. The 67-year-old former restaurateur, who came to the US as a refugee from Vietnam, faces up to...

Judge to Lindsay Lohan: Plea Deal Means Jail

But she's expected to accept the deal anyway

(Newser) - Looks like Lindsay Lohan is going to wind up in jail after all, if even for a brief spell, reports TMZ . Prosecutors offered her a plea deal today—reportedly for six months behind bars—on charges that she stole a necklace . The judge made clear that if she accepts, she...

Malikah Shabazz, Malcom X's Daughter, Arrested for Alleged Theft
 Malcolm X's Daughter Arrested 
Feb 22, 2011 8:16 AM CST

Malcolm X's Daughter Arrested

Malikah Shabazz accused of stealing from widow

(Newser) - Malikah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s youngest daughter, has been arrested on outstanding warrants that include charges of grand larceny, forgery, and identity theft. The New York Times reports that Shabazz was accused of stealing from the widow of one of Malcolm’s bodyguards. She was arrested in North Carolina on...

Lindsay Lohan Pleads Not Guilty to Felony Theft

Judge warns her: 'Don't push your luck'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan pleaded not guilty today to felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace—a case that could return the starlet to jail rather than the big screen. She'll be freed on $40,000 bail and is due back in court on Feb. 23. Prosecutors claim the 24-year-old starlet...

Lindsay Lohan Faces Felony Charges Tomorrow

She's accused of stealing necklace from jewelry store

(Newser) - The world gets treated to another Lindsay Lohan booking photo tomorrow. She'll be arraigned at 4:30pm EST on charges of felony theft related to the disappearance of a $2,500 necklace from a Venice jewelry store near her home, reports the Los Angeles Times . One bit of good news...

Lindsay Lohan to Face Felony Theft Charges

Necklace scandal could result in 3 years in prison

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan said last week she was worried about Charlie Sheen. Now it's Charlie's turn to worry about her: She's going to face felony theft charges over the $2,500 necklace that went missing from a California jewelry store, reports TMZ . The charges are expected to come down Monday, and...

LiLo Accused of Jewelry Theft
 LiLo Accused of Jewelry Theft 
Feb 2, 2011 9:32 AM CST

LiLo Accused of Jewelry Theft

One of her friends turned over stolen necklace to cops

(Newser) - Lindsay, Lindsay Lindsay: You just can’t stay out of trouble, can you? La Lohan is now accused of stealing a $2,500 necklace—and as police were requesting a search warrant for her house last night, one of LiLo’s friends turned the jewelry over to authorities. Investigators say...

Cops: Man Steals Game Boy From Teen's Casket

He also grabbed a light and 3 games, say investigators

(Newser) - Now that's low. Indiana cops have busted a 37-year-old man they say swiped a Game Boy from the casket of a teen killed in a car accident. The heist occurred during viewing of the 11th-grader's body at a local funeral home, said investigators. The teen's uncle confronted the robber outside...

Santa Claus Robs Rhode Island Yacht Club

Bursts into bar with sack, steals cash

(Newser) - Call it a ho-ho-holdup: a man dressed as Santa Claus has robbed a Rhode Island yacht club. Authorities say a bartender was alone last night when a large man wearing a red suit, red hat, and white beard and carrying a sack walked into the bar and brandished a gun.

$1.9M Stradivarius Stolen at Sandwich Shop

Two pricey bows were also in the case

(Newser) - A quick pit stop at a London sandwich shop turned into disaster for a musician when her $1.9 million antique Stradivarius violin was stolen last Monday, Reuters reports. Also in her case were two rare and expensive bows valued at $98,000 and $8,000, respectively. The 314-year-old violin...

Women Used Their Fat to Shoplift: Police

4 pairs of boots, 3 pairs of pants hidden under folds

(Newser) - Two Oklahoma women are accused of using their body fat to shoplift, AOL News reports. Police arrested two friends, Ailene Brown, 28, and Shmeco Thomas, 37, on suspicion that they'd used their ample physiques to try to sneak $2,600 in shoes, jeans, and accessories out of a store. The...

Cops: Office Worker Stole $3.8M Via Toner Cartridges

Sloan-Kettering employee accused of black-market scheme

(Newser) - It's not the most complicated criminal scheme ever, but whatever works: Cops say the guy in charge of ordering ink cartridges for the printers at Sloan-Kettering hospital ordered extras from Office Depot—a lot of extras—and sold them on the black market. His little deception earned him as much...

Berlusconi Is Sick: Catholic Media

Italian PM accused of intervening in teen girl's theft case

(Newser) - A major Catholic magazine in Italy has blasted Silvio Berlusconi for having what it calls “a disease, something uncontrollable” when it comes to women, the Daily Telegraph reports. The latest accusation in the PM’s never-dull love life: That he stepped in and helped get an underage girl out...

Texas Marshals Fired, Indicted for Antler Theft

They took rack found by man in park, face 'oppression' charge

(Newser) - Two Texas deputy marshals were fired and face criminal charges after taking a pair of deer antlers from a citizen, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The deputies have been indicted on a charge of official oppression, a misdemeanor, for their treatment of self-proclaimed "antler freak" Anthony Brown. On March...

Iranian Chocolate Thief Will Lose Hand

Man convicted of robbery sentenced to amputation

(Newser) - An Iranian man convicted of robbing a candy store will have his hand cut off as punishment, reports the BBC , citing local media. Police found $900, gloves, and what the BBC describes as “a large amount of chocolate” in his car before arresting him. Typically, amputations are used as...

Man Admits to Stealing Sally Ride's Flight Suit

Ex-wife snitched on sticky-fingered Texas man

(Newser) - File this under strange, but true: A Texas man pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing the flight suit worn by Sally Ride as she trained to be the first US woman in outer space. Calvin Dale Smith of Houston stole the suit and other NASA equipment while he was working for...

Homeless Man Lived in Library for 2 Weeks

Man, 26, helped himself to books, food

(Newser) - A homeless man lived unnoticed in the basement of a New Jersey library for nearly two weeks. Police said a custodian saw Charles Jones Jr. peeking out a basement window of the Ocean Township library on Friday night. They discovered several books in the basement and found the 26-year-old had...

Thieves Flash Breasts to Pull ATM Job

Female crooks make boob out of customer

(Newser) - A couple of French female desperados flashed their breasts at a customer withdrawing funds from an ATM to distract him while they ripped him off. As his eyes were particularly drawn to one woman's chest, the other grabbed his money and ran (with her shirt down). The heist was captured...

'Barefoot Bandit' Was Hungry, Beaten Baby Thief

 'Barefoot Bandit' 
 Was a Hungry, 
 Beaten Kid 
 Thief 
BEGINNINGS OF A LEGEND
Jul 22, 2010 3:49 AM CDT

'Barefoot Bandit' Was a Hungry, Beaten Kid Thief

He stole to survive a hard-scrabble life

(Newser) - The busted Facebook-glamorous "Barefoot Bandit" started life as a pitiable little boy, beaten and hungry, who turned to thieving as a way to survive, the New York Times reports. Colton Harris-Moore lived a hard-scrabble life in a squalid trailer on a dead-end road less than an hour from Seattle,...

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