Theft

iPhone Thief Accidentally Uploads Photos To Owner's iCloud Account

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Stolen Iphone, Stupid-Thieves, Stolen-Iphone, Slideexpand, Facebook, Stupid Thieves, Theft, Slidepollajax, Iphone Theft, Katy Mccaffrey Stolen Iphone, Icloud, Nelson Stolen Iphone, Stolen Iphone Pictures, Katy Mccaffrey, Technology News

Having your iPhone stolen can be a nightmare. There's the invasion of privacy, potentially losing all your contacts, the feeling you've lost touch wit...

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Man Arrested Over McDonald's Soda Arrested Again At Pizza Hut

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Florida Crime, McDonald's, Mark-Abaire, Trespassing, Open Container, Soda-Theft, Weird Florida, Mcdonald's Theft, Theft, Pizza Hut, Weird News News

Fast food is his quick ticket to jail. Mark Abaire -- charged with a felony last month when he requested a cup for water at McDonald's only to fill...

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10 Most Bizarre Things Ever Stolen

Oddee.com | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Weirdest Stuff Stolen, Dumb Crime, 350-Lb Gorilla Stolen, Car Dealership Gorilla Stolen, Bizarre Theft, Bizarre Stolen Goods, Condom Machine, Theft, Condom Machine Stolen, Weird News News

Thieves don't always lift the usual stuff, like cash or cars. No, sometimes they make off with a 350-lb inflatable gorilla from the roof of a car d...

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Becoming a Conscious Robbery Victim

Therese Rowley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Robbery, Theft, Victim, Burglary, What to Do if You're Burgled, Home Invasion, Robbery Victims, What to Do if You're Robbed, Crime News

As I put the key in the lock and opened the second floor door, I stopped suddenly. The lights were on -- all of them. I could see my bedroom door was wide open.

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Waitress Rips Off Grieving Widower

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Jewelry Theft, Crimes Against Elderly, Pennsylvania Crime, Waitress, Karri Villella, Theft, Widower, Crime News

AMBRIDGE, Pa. -- Police say a western Pennsylvania waitress swiped jewelry from the home of a widower under the guise of delivering food to the grievi...

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Man Drops $2,300; Woman Pays Big Price For Picking It Up

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Woman Stole Dropped Money, Stole Dropped Money, Video, Caught on Tape, Jim Duffy, Stephanie Paparo, Theft, Weird News News

If you find money on the ground, it's your lucky day, right? Not for Stephanie Paparo. And not if it fell out of someone's pocket right in front of...

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Thief Returns Stolen Bicycle With Apology Note, Candy Bar

STV | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Candy, Stolen Bike, Guilt, Crime, Crime News, Thief, Bicycling, Bicycle, Theft, Crime News

A remorseful thief has returned a stolen bicycle to its owner along with an apology note and a chocolate bar near Dumfries....

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Chinese Artifacts Stolen From UK Museum

AP | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Art Crime, Art Theft, Theft, Cambridge Art Heist, Art Heist, Arts News

LONDON — British police say 18 rare and mostly jade Chinese artifacts have been stolen from Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridg...

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Man Stole From Woman At Funeral, Stuffed Items In Underwear: Cops

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Funeral Thief, Dumb Crime, Man Steals Purse From Funeral, Stole From Funeral, Indiana, Weird Indiana, Derek Culbertson, Stole at Funeral, Theft, Man Stuffs Stolen Items Down Underwear, Indiana Crime, Funeral, Weird News News

An Indiana man was caught red-handed allegedly stealing a woman's purse at a funeral and then stuffing its contents into his underwear. The Herald ...

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Is The TSA Coming For Your iPad?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Apple Ipad, Apple, Apple Computer, Tsa Agents, Homeland Security, Theft, Ipad, Tsa, Poll, Travel News

Well, they're the perfect item to plunder. They're relatively compact, they're sought-after and there's a robust, no-questions-asked market for used iPads online. Oh, and they're pretty easy to steal.

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Electronically Transmitted Source Code Not Stolen Goods Under the National Stolen Property Act

Brad Reid | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Theft, Source Code, National Stolen Property Act, Economic Espionage Act, Business News

It is clear that Congress must act to address the electronic transmission of stolen property if the intellectual property theft statutes are to be meaningful in our digital environment.

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Hostage Situation Ends In Fatal Shooting At New Jersey Mall

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Woodbridge Hostage Situation, Hostage at Woodbridge Mall, New Jersey Mall Shooting, Woodbridge Center Mall, Mall Hostage Situation, Woodbridge Mall Shooting, Hostage Situation, Mall Hostage Shooting, Mall Shooting, Hostage, New Jersey, Shoplifting, New Jersey Crime, Knife Attacks, Theft, Woodbridge Mall Hostage, Crime News

A shoplifter was shot and killed by cops after he took a hostage at a New Jersey mall late Thursday afternoon. Officers told NBC New York that a ma...

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Elderly Woman Killed By Granddaughter's Drug-Laced Chili: Cops

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Pennsylvania Crime, First-Degree Murder, Video, Forgery, Chili, Shelby Lyn Adams, York, Wendy's Chili, Theft, Drug-Laced Chili, Crime News

YORK, Pa. -- A central Pennsylvania woman accused of having killed her elderly grandmother with drug-laced chili almost four years ago is now charged ...

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Boy Sleeps Through Theft Of Dad's Running Car

AP | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: No Arrests, Video, New York Crime, Rochester, Thief, Sleep Through Theft, Irondequoit, Boy Sleeps Through Theft of Dad's Running Car, Theft, Sleep, Crime News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Police in upstate New York say a 6-year-old boy snoozing in his father's car never woke up while the vehicle was being stolen after...

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Who's More Dangerous: Terrorists Or The TSA?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Theft, Assault, Safety, Terrorists, Terrorism, Tsa, Airport Security, Travel Blogs, Travel News

For an agency that claims to have "zero tolerance" for criminal behavior, TSA agents sure spend a lot of time declaring their guilt.

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Historian Conspired To Steal Treasured Documents

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: History, Historian, Baltimore, Barry-Landau-Guilty, Document Theft, US History, Barry Landau, Baltimore Theft, Historical Documents, Theft, Arts News

BALTIMORE — A presidential historian, collector and author has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal documents signed by leaders throughout U.S....

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OBVIOUS: Security Camera Thief Caught On Security Camera

HuffingtonPost.com | Andy Campbell | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Dumb Criminals, Security Cameras, Video, Hospital Security, Security Camera Theft, Theft, Caught in the Act, California Crime, Crime News

A smirking thief was caught on a hospital security camera in California -- stealing the very camera that snapped his mug, cops told The Huffington Pos...

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You'll Never Believe How This Art Theft Went Down!

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Matter Gallery, Video, Picasso Art Theft, Jerry Williamson, Olympia Police Department, Art Theft, Jud Turner, Robbery, Olympia-Washington, Olympia, Theft, Arts News

In a scene straight out of the movies, thieves stole two artworks from a gallery in Olympia, Washington over the weekend. Though the art world has see...

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Is This What The TSA Means By 'Zero Tolerance'?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Tsa Screenings, TSA Pat Down, TSA Security, Theft, Airport Security, Tsa, Travel News

When it comes to the TSA's theft problem, "Finders keepers doesn't apply when you are a public servant and have the public's trust," says one cops.

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Airline Employee Charged With Attempted Booze Theft

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Jesse Joseph Repetti, Airtran, Theft From Airtran, Crime, Travel News, Beverage Cart Thief, Theft, Airtran Theft, Travel News

A 28-year-old airline employee was charged with theft after trying to pilfer mini-bottles of booze and potato chips from a parked plane at Milwaulkee'...

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Tis' The Season To Steal: Shoplifters Will Swipe $1.84 Billion Before Christmas

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Retailers, Video, National Association of Shoplifting Prevention, Joseph LaRocca, Center for Retail Research, Gucci, Christmas Gifts, Global Retail Theft Barometer, Theft, Crime News

More than spirits are being lifted this holiday season. During the four weeks leading up to Christmas this year, an estimated $1.8 billion in merchan...

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Holiday Sales Up, But So Are Customer Returns

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Fraud, Return Windows, Holiday Shopping, Consumer Confidence, Returns, Unemployment, Retail Sales, Wardrobing, Holiday Shopping 2011, Theft, Business News

At the start of the holiday shopping season, retailers breathed a collective sigh of relief. Unemployment has remained stubbornly high and consume...

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Thieves Steal 40 Year-Old Sculpture For Metal

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Barbara Hepworth, Lead, Public Art Theft, Metal Theft, Public Art, Sculpture Theft, Copper, Dulwich-Park, Public Sculpture, Sculpture, Bronze, London, Theft, Metal, Arts News

The growing trend of stealing public sculptures for their precious metal has hit a Barbara Hepworth sculpture that has made Dulwich park in London its...

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For Families On Welfare, Few Protections From Theft And Fraud

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Fraud, EBT Cards, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Welfare, California, Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards, Electronic Benefit Transfers, Secret Service, National Consumer Law Center, Law Suit, Theft, Business News

On a fall day in October 2009, Evelyn Carpio's wallet never left her side. Yet criminals somehow managed to steal $720 from the card Carpio's fam...

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Which Country Has The Worst Shoplifting Problem?

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: World Shoplifting, Theft, Shoplifting, World News

Shoplifting is up in 2011, and 10 countries have been pinpointed as the worst offenders. This year's Global Retail Theft Barometer -- a study from th...

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