Armed Robbery

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Violent Robbery At Dunkin' Donuts

The Huffington Post | Kyle McGovern | Posted 05.04.2012

Like a lot of people at Dunkin' Donuts, they were in a rush. Two men rushed into a Dunkin' Donuts location in Boynton Beach, Fla., with guns in ha...

Alabama Campus Lockdown Lifted Hours After Armed Robbery

AP | Posted 04.29.2012

MOBILE, Ala. -- The University of South Alabama on Sunday night lifted a campus lockdown that it had imposed following an armed robbery at a college d...

David Lohr

Teen Attempts To Rob Sex Shop After Attempted Robbery: Cops

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 03.09.2012

Cody Conner demanded the money from the cash register at a Florida adult novelty shop, but ended up receiving a job application and an earful of advic...

David Lohr

ROBBERY FAIL: Florida Man Allegedly Drops Gun During Robbery, Tries To Buy It Back

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.27.2012

Police in Florida recently arrested a man who allegedly dropped his gun during an attempted robbery and then returned to buy it back from the men he t...

Judge Throws 'All-Time Stupidest' Criminal In Jail

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 02.17.2012

An armed robber who a judge branded "amongst the all-time stupidest criminals” has been jailed for his part in a robbery in which the thieves had to...

CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Sex Shop Robberies Hit Adult Stores Across The Country

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.07.2012

A rash of sex-shop robberies across the country have left law enforcement officials hot and bothered -- and not in a good way. Iowa City police rel...

'Obama' Robs McDonald's At Gunpoint

Posted 01.31.2012

An armed robber in Palm Beach may be in cahoots with the GOP party -- both are trying to vilify the president. A gunman wearing a President Barack...

WATCH: Armed Man Robs A Hialeah Cell Phone Store

Posted 01.24.2012

Miami-Dade Police are searching for a man who held up a Hialeah cell phone store on January 9 at 7 a.m. According to the above surveillance video,...

Parolee Tried To Rob Off-Duty Corrections Officer

Posted 12.07.2011

A Chicago man on parole in a murder conspiracy case has been accused of trying to rob four people, one of whom was an off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s...

Cops: Man Used Inhaler To Steal Beer, Then Broke Police Windshield With His Head

Posted 11.26.2011

South Carolina officials say a man used an inhaler to steal two cases of beer before slamming his head through a police cruiser windshield. Witness...

Police: Siblings Charged In String Of Robberies, Woman Brought Kids Along

Posted 11.19.2011

Two siblings from suburban Lemont were ordered held on $2 million bail Sunday after allegedly stealing jewelry from immigrant women in Chicago--and ta...

Why Eyewitness Memory Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be (Part II)

Sam Sommers | Posted 10.31.2011

Sam Sommers

The legal complications of the constructive nature of memory are clear: being an accurate eyewitness is far more difficult that we give it credit for.

Man Robs Friends, Is Immediately Identified

Posted 10.15.2011

The two victims of an armed robbery this weekend welcomed their assailant into the parked car where they sat chatting in Ford Heights, and the three c...

Yes, It Is That Hot Outside -- Cops Hunt For Kiddie Pool Thief

Posted 09.20.2011

Apparently, it is that hot outside. Police in San Antonio, Texas, are trying to track down a gunman who threatened to "bust a cap" in two Walmart e...

WATCH: Tiny Chihuahua Scares Off Armed Robbers

Posted 09.17.2011

A tiny chihuahua became a crime-fighting hero on July 7 when he chased off two armed robbers from a Southern California cigar store. The Los Angel...

Mexico's Youth Turn To Kidnapping

Posted 08.02.2011

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - School dropout Toby was just 15 when he and his friends started kidnapping businessmen, truck drivers and lawyer...

Bank Robberies Most Likely To Happen On Fridays, FBI Says

Reuters | ELLEN WULFHORST | Posted 06.06.2011

NEW YORK - Bank robberies in the United States take place most often in mid-morning, on Fridays and in southern and western states, according to gov...

What It's Like To Spend 12 Years In A California Women's Prison

Luke Whyte | Posted 05.25.2011

Luke Whyte

Punishment is an important part of the process, like the tilling of a soil where only the inmate themselves can plant new seeds. But, if they're to grow, it takes a network of support that barely exists.

Scott Sisters Freed! Gov. Barbour Wants a Kidney for their Freedom

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Anthony Papa

I wish the Scott Sisters the best in their regaining their freedom and hope they lead fruitful lives. And I pray that Governor Barbour does not use the freedom for organs tradeoff anymore in the future to save the state of Mississippi tax dollars.

Customer Interrupts Robbery At Tanning Salon, Kills Suspect

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Investigators are looking at a robbery suspect killed in Orland Park to determine if he may have been the gunman who in October killed one man and wou...

Caught On Tape: Dramatic Armed Robbery at Cell Phone Store (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

A gun-wielding robber was caught on tape while attempting to hold up a cell phone store in Chicago. Video surveillance shows the store's manager grabb...

WATCH: Amazing CCTV Footage Of Spectacular Helicopter Heist In Sweden

Posted 05.25.2011

Dramatic security footage of a 2009 commando-style raid on a Stockholm cash depot has been released online just as 10 suspects are charged for the cri...

World Cup Reporters Robbed At Gunpoint

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.25.2011

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa — A Portuguese photographer was held up at gunpoint early Wednesday and two other journalists also were robbed at the...

Robber Uses GPS-Equipped Cab For Getaway, Is Immediately Caught

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

A 40-year-old convicted armed robber with a long rap sheet went back into business but this time made the mistake of using as his getaway vehicle a ta...

The Scott Sisters: Two Life Sentences for 11 Dollars?

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Anthony Papa

How do you wind up in prison serving two life terms for a robbery that netted 11 dollars? That question has haunted first time offenders Gladys and Jamie Scott for the past 15 years.