May 10, 2012
Man Shoots Intruder With Gun Carried in Korean War
Police say an 84-year-old western Pennsylvania man wounded a home invasion suspect with the gun he carried in the Korean War. Elizabeth Township police say 25-year-old Raymond Hiles was captured not long after trying to break into Fred Ricciutti's home. Ricciutti said he heard Hiles break a window and then confronted him, firing a single shot that grazed Hiles' neck. Read more...
May 07, 2012
14-Year-Old Suspected in Nearly 100 Burglaries
Police expect the burglary rate to go down in north Nashville because of the arrest of just one person – a 14-year-old boy. Officers said the teenager has been responsible for as many as 100 break-ins across north Nashville over the last two years. "We work too hard for what we have, and then for someone to take it or destroy it from you, I mean, that's not right," said neighbor Geri Kennedy. Read more...
May 04, 2012
'Barefoot Bandit' Out of Solitary Confinement
The youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," who led police on a two-year crime spree in stolen boats, cars and planes, has been moved out of solitary confinement and into the general inmate population at another prison in Washington state, corrections officials confirmed. Colton Harris-Moore, 21, had spent three weeks in "intensive management," most of which was at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary alongside inmates facing the death penalty. It was for his own protection as a high-profile convict, said Washington Department of Corrections spokesman Chad Lewis. Read more...
April 18, 2012
Tom Petty's Stolen Guitars Recovered
Police in Southern California have recovered five guitars stolen from rocker Tom Petty and arrested a security guard from the star's rehearsal studio in connection with the theft, police said. The prized instruments were reported stolen last Thursday from a soundstage at Culver Studios in Culver City where Petty and his band, The Heartbreakers, were rehearsing for an upcoming tour. Security guard Daryl Washington was detained after police received a tip that one of the guitars had been sold to a pawn shop in Hollywood for $250, according to officers cited by AFP. Read more...
April 16, 2012
Robbers Assault Pregnant Store Clerk
A pregnant South Florida convenience store clerk became an assault and robbery victim after armed gunmen stormed into the business demanding money. Store clerk Murshiva Khondaker had an uneasy feeling at her Quike Foodmart along Northeast Second Avenue in Miami on Sunday, after two men walked into the store. One of the men threw Khondaker, who is 4-months pregnant, to the ground and beat her as her 6-year-old daughter watched and tried to stop the attack. When asked what she said to the men, Khondaker's daughter said, "The black man to stop hitting my mom." Read more...
April 09, 2012
Grease-Covered Burglar Arrested in Underwear
A greasy burglar was caught with his pants down when police found him stuck in a restaurant kitchen stove vent. Robert Kuhn, 26, allegedly attempted to shimmy down a kitchen stove vent of Lido's Restaurant in Springfield, where he was a former dishwasher. The owner lives above the restaurant and called police when he saw the vent roof moved around 10 p.m. Officers first rescued Kuhn, dressed in only boxers, an undershirt and covered in grease. Half his body was in the shaft and half was out. Police then arrested him. Read more...
April 04, 2012
Enhanced Video of Zimmerman Show Injuries
Enhanced video of George Zimmerman being led into a Florida police station appears to show possible injuries to the back of his head, lending credence to his claim he was in a struggle with Trayvon Martin when he shot the teen. ABC News initially released video of Zimmerman that did not clearly show marks on his scalp, but had the video enhanced digitally and released a new clip on Monday. That clip appears to show a gash. Zimmerman's father claims his son was being beaten by the 17-year-old teen when he shot Martin in self-defense. Read more...
March 29, 2012
75-Year-Old Kills Break-In Suspect
Police say a 75-year-old Detroit man fatally shot an armed 18-year-old man who was trying to break into his home on the city's west side with two other people. Detroit police said in a statement that the older man was inside his home when he heard the three people trying to break in through a side door. Police say the homeowner fired a shot, fatally wounding the young man, and the two others fled. They were described by police only as unknown males. Read more...
March 22, 2012
7 Arrested in Multi-State Jewelry-Theft Ring
Federal prosecutors say seven people have been charged in connection with operating a jewelry-theft ring based in Virginia. Prosecutors say the suspects based in Richmond stole more than $4.6 million in jewelry from traveling sales representatives in Virginia and at least six other states, including New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee and California. Read more...
March 17, 2012
19 Arrested in 9 States in ID Theft Ring
Nineteen people were arrested in Nevada and eight other states in a Las Vegas-based identity theft and trafficking ring that a federal prosecutor characterized as a sophisticated racketeering organization involving 50 people nationwide. The scheme revolved around the buying and selling of pilfered debit and credit card information on an Internet site called "Carder.su," U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Friday in Las Vegas. Read more...
March 13, 2012
Police Take on Rising Wave of Detergent Theft
Law enforcement officials across the US have been left baffled by a crime wave targeting an unlikely item -- Tide laundry detergent. Theft of Tide detergent has become so rampant that some cities are setting up special task forces to stop it and retailers like CVS are taking special security precautions to lock down the liquid. One Tide thief in West St. Paul, Minn., stole $25,000 of the product over 15 months before he was arrested last year. Read more...
March 12, 2012
Teens Charged With Robbing Girl Scouts
Two teens are under arrest for allegedly stealing money from a group of Girl Scouts outside a Texas Wal-Mart last weekend. Last weekend, the Girl Scouts selling cookies in front of Wal-Mart told an unbelievable story: suspects driving up in a car and robbing them of their cookie money. "A guy jumped out and just started asking us what kind of cookies do we have, like he wanted to buy some," Girl Scout Aravia Cotton said. "Then out of nowhere he just took the whole box of money that we had." Read more...
March 10, 2012
About $275K Recovered From Armored Car Heist
Authorities have recovered about $275,000 left behind by an armored car guard accused of killing his partner in Pittsburgh and absconding with $2.3 million 10 days ago. Police found about $250,000 stashed under a car at the Dravosburg home Kenneth Konias shared with his parents. That was a day after $24,000 was found at the grave of a family member. Read more...
March 03, 2012
'Sweetheart Swindler' Sentenced to 10 Years
A Florida man convicted of conning two women of out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Paul Francois, 57, appeared in court on Thursday and made a tearful apology to one of his victims before the judge gave him his sentence. "I'm sorry, Rose Marie, I'll give you your money back. I want you to have a life and be better," he wept. "I promise I'll pay you back." Read more...
March 02, 2012
Armored Car Guard Takes $2 Million
A Pennsylvania armored car company has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a 22-year-old guard who shot his partner and stole an estimated $2 million. Garda has posted the reward for the capture of Kenneth J. Konias Jr., of Dravosburg. Police said Konias shot his armored car partner, Michael Haines, 31, in the back of the head to carry out is robbery plan. Read more...
Hostage-Taker Shot, Officers Injured
Police shot through a Buena Park bank's glass doors Thursday afternoon, ending an hours-long hostage standoff. The suspect, described as a man in his 40s, appeared at the door around 3 p.m., apparently coming outside to retrieve something he had demanded, said police, who would not describe the demand. The suspect was seen holding a gun to the bank manager, police said. That's when SWAT officers stormed the building, shooting out the door and receiving fire from the suspect. Read more...
March 01, 2012
'Creepy' Embalmer Sold Gold Teeth From Corpses
A Colorado embalmer saw a golden opportunity in dead people's teeth, police say. Adrian David Kline, 43, of Brighton, is accused of stealing gold teeth from bodies and cremated remains he handled at funeral homes and selling them to local pawn shops, the Longmont Times-Call reported. A Boulder County Grand jury indicted Kline on eight counts of providing false information to a pawnbroker and two counts of providing false information to a secondhand dealer. Read more...
February 21, 2012
Former Glock CEO to Stand Trial
Allegations of racketeering, gun theft and embezzlement from one of the nation's largest firearms distributors will all be aired in court, when the former general counsel for Glock Inc. stands trial in Cobb County, Georgia. Paul Jannuzzo, 55, could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the theft and racketeering charges for which he was indicted in 2009. Read more...
February 13, 2012
Fugitive Wanted in 1993 British Heist Arrested
Missouri authorities have arrested a man wanted in the United Kingdom over a 1993 heist from an armored vehicle that netted the equivalent of $1.6 million, and were holding him on a weapons charge. Edward John Maher, wanted for stealing "a large amount of cash" while working as a security guard, admitted to the FBI that he came to the United States in 1998 to work, the FBI said in an affidavit. British authorities were seeking approval to have Maher extradited, according to a posting on Friday on the website of the Suffolk Constabulary. Read more...
February 11, 2012
Thieves Pull Off Stunning Gem Heist
A Chicago jewelry store owner says a heist that resulted in her store being robbed of $500,000 in precious gems was "definitely straight out of Ocean's Eleven." Thieves broke into Steve Quick Jewelers in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago by cutting through a common wall in the sushi restaurant next door straight into the back corner of the jeweler's office, right behind the safe -- the only part of the store not covered by an elaborate security system of cameras and motion detectors. Read more...
January 28, 2012
'Barefoot Bandit' Gets 7 Federal Years
The criminal known as the 'Barefoot Bandit' has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in federal prison for a two-year crime spree that included stealing planes, boats and guns. Colton Harris-Moore will serve the federal sentence concurrently with the seven-year sentence he received in Washington state court. Read more...
January 25, 2012
'Barefoot Bandit' Emails Ridicule Law Enforcement
New federal court documents say the "Barefoot Bandit" ridiculed police and prosecutors in emails he sent from prison, undercutting his claims that he's sorry for his two-year crime spree. In emails that 20-year-old Colton Harris-Moore wrote recently, he referred to Island County Sheriff Mark Brown as the "king swine," called prosecutors who handled his case fools, and referred to news reporters as vermin. He bragged about his two-year crime spree, saying that his flying accomplishments were "amazing" and unmatched by anyone except the Wright brothers. Read more...
January 23, 2012
Man Charged in Botched Waffle House Robbery
Authorities in South Carolina have charged a man with robbery in a botched holdup at a Waffle House that left another suspect dead. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Lt. Tony Ivey says 29-year-old Kenneth Jowan Craig was arrested and charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Investigators say Craig and 19-year-old Dante Lamont Williams tried to rob the restaurant. A customer with a concealed weapons permit drew his gun and told the men to wait for sheriff's deputies to arrive. Ivey says Williams pointed his gun at the customer, who shot and killed him. Read more...
