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Austrian moped thief aims to clear conscience after 25
VIENNA (Reuters) – A man who stole a moped in Austria 25 years ago has sent an anonymous confession letter to police, enclosing 1,400 euros ($1,769) cash to compensate his victim.
“Back then, I had no idea what the immaterial and material scope of such a crime could be, probably due to my lack [...]
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Happy Birthday to the Goose Thief
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Police in Taiwan served a lonely man cake and sang happy birthday after arresting him for stealing a goose to celebrate on his own, an officer in charge said on Friday.
Police in the southern township of Neipu treated the 49-year-old suspect, surnamed Lee, on Thursday after they [...]
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Man accused of driving stolen SUV to court
SAN ANSELMO, Calif. – Police have charged a man with stealing a Lexus SUV he drove to court the day a jury was to decide whether to convict him in a separate auto theft case.
The man, a 37-year-old San Francisco hairstylist, was arraigned Monday on charges of receiving a stolen vehicle and receiving [...]
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Woman cuffed, booked for not paying library fines
A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines.
Twenty-year-old Heidi Dalibor told the News Graphic in Cedarburg that she ignored the library’s calls and letters as well as a notice to appear in court.
Still, she was surprised when officers with a warrant knocked [...]
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Woman marks birthday by aiding son in heists
Police in Wisconsin say a woman celebrated her birthday by helping her teenage son rob two gas stations. Officers in the Milwaukee suburb of Greenfield say the 37-year-old woman acted as the getaway driver while her 17-year-old son robbed the stations at gunpoint.
Authorities say the pair were in custody [...]
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Bearded man in women’s garb accused of tip theft
Fairfield police said they didn’t have much problem tracking down a theft suspect, a bearded man dressed in a tank top and capri pants. Police say a 22-year-old Norwalk man was caught on tape taking $30 from the tip jar at O Bar Wednesday night.
Police say the man was found a short time after the [...]
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Michigan ‘Joker’ sent to jail for a day
The Michigan Joker
A man accused of trying to steal a large Batman movie poster from a cinema lobby while dressed as the Joker has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of malicious destruction of property.
Twenty-year-old Spencer Taylor entered the plea Wednesday in St. Joseph County District Court.
A [...]
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Drunk Nude Woman Standing on New York Street
Suburban New York police say a drunken driver had a suspended license and had marijuana in her car. Oh, they also say she didn’t have any pants on.
Yonkers police say 22-year-old Long Island resident Angelica Buchanan was found Saturday standing bottomless in a street near her car. They say she [...]
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Man, 70, charged in Pennsylvania bank holdup
Police say a 70-year-old man told them he tried to solve his financial problems with a grocery bag, bandanna and a 50-year-old handgun that doesn’t work. Instead, Donald Cesare is in the Erie County Prison on federal bank robbery charges stemming from a holdup Thursday at the First National [...]
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Suspected robber gets stuck in air shaft
A suspected thief trying to help himself to convenience store goods instead wound up crying for help after becoming stuck in an air shaft for 10 hours.
Jeffery Mumani, 25, was rescued Tuesday. He removed an air conditioning cover at a CVS store Monday night and tried to enter the store via the shaft [...]
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Woman stabs tied-up lover to drink blood
A woman who stabbed her tied-up lover so she could drink his blood has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tiffany Sutton told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Udall that she was sorry for the incident and said she never meant to hurt anyone, but received the stiff sentence anyway after he [...]
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Pot candy factory owner surrenders
The founder of an Oakland food factory that laces everything from cookies to barbecue sauce with marijuana surrendered Thursday to face a federal drug charge.
Michael Martin, 33, was freed on $300,000 bond on the charge of conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
Federal drug agents last week [...]
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Bag snatcher turns out to be policeman
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A thief chased and caught by a group of Malaysians after he snatched a woman’s handbag turned out to be a policeman, a newspaper said Tuesday.
Bystanders gave chase on hearing the screams of a housewife at a coffee shop in Ipoh, capital of [...]
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Mailman who held back mail faces dismissal
A Belgian postman who lightened his mailbag by holding back thousands of letters and packages at home for up to five years now faces dismissal.
“What was strange in this case was that he kept them all in his flat and that, while he opened a lot, he appears to have left the contents in the envelopes,” [...]
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Ceiling burglar patiently gets narcotics
Denver police say a very patient burglar has stolen narcotics from three pharmacies by walking in during business hours, climbing into the space above the ceiling and hiding there for at least eight hours until the store closes.
All three pharmacies are in grocery stores. Investigators say the man climbed [...]
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