Man steals Ebola patient’s phone, gets infected
The world’s unluckiest thief got a potential death sentence after stealing a phone. The man caught the deadly Ebola virus after stealing a mobile phone from a patient with the disease. The 40 year-old...
View Article‘Miss Marple’ pensioner catches thieving carer
A pensioner in England turned detective to catch a carer who was stealing money from her. Sylvia Gibbs, 82, set a trap for carer Kerry Skipp when she noticed her money was going missing. The...
View ArticleGeeks outraged after thief causes 15-hour Internet outage
Geeks in Ohio were outraged after a 15-hour internet outage was caused by a “very dumb criminal” who stole a length of wire from a utility pole. Ken Johnson, company manager of Conneaut Telephone Co.,...
View ArticleATMs installed in Indian police stations to ward off thieves
Banks in India’s Jaipur city have begun installing cash machines inside police stations in a bid to ward off burglars. The government-owned Bank of Baroda became the first to install a cash machine...
View ArticlePotato thief forgot to close back door of stolen trailer
A bungling thief made a right mash up of trying to steal 13 tons of potatoes from a farm trailer when he forgot to close the back door. The crook had jumped behind the wheel of an unattended tractor...
View ArticleMan nabbed in toilet theft scheme
Police in Pennsylvania say that a man’s cunning toilet theft scam didn’t end with a clean getaway. 32-year-old Bobby Clifford Smith III is facing theft and related charges for allegedly exchanging a...
View ArticleMan has 39 lawn flamingos stolen, receives ransom note
Arthur O’Neil from Massachusetts said that he is hoping for the return of his 39 lawn flamingos after he turned a ransom note over to police. O’Neil claims that 39 flamingos in colorful costumes have...
View ArticleSwimmer tried to steal 12 ton, 44-foot yacht by towing it behind him
26-year-old Austin resident, Phillip Beach, was arrested in Seabrook near Galveston, Texas, on Friday after the harbour master in the nearby shipyard alerted local police to what appeared to be a theft...
View ArticleMan refused beer in pizzeria went on bizarre rampage
A truck driver’s visit to a pizzeria in eastern Sweden spiralled out of control, leaving him bloodied and in his underwear, another man’s dentures crushed, and fellow diners aghast at having their food...
View ArticleThief tries to pay bartender with his own stolen card
Miami Beach police say that a homeless man broke into a car and stole a credit card. He then tried to use it to buy a beer – from the bartender to whom the card belonged. The case was cracked when...
View ArticleMan steals trucks and trailers to build doomsday bunker (video)
Florida police report that officers recovering a stolen trailer from a man’s yard discovered that he was building a “doomsday bunker” from stolen trucks and trailers. They made the discovery at the...
View ArticleMan stole 1.5 tons of hay in attempt to make-up with his girlfriend
A Russian man suspected of stealing 1.5 tons of hay as a make-up gift for his girlfriend was detained in western Siberia’s Tyumen Region, local police said on Friday. The man, who had quarreled with...
View ArticleMan arrested for stealing his own car
A man from Delaware was arrested for allegedly stealing his own impounded car, then leading police on a 35-minute chase before driving into a pond, police said. Donald Smith II, of Bear, was arrested...
View ArticleDeputies find attempted burglar asleep on floor
Sheriff’s deputies in Oregon who were responding to a burglary call, say that they found a 20-year-old man asleep on the kitchen floor of the home. The Washington County sheriff’s office says that the...
View ArticleWoman reports theft of green mushroom growing in her front lawn
An Athens, Georgia, woman reported that 15 pots and a green mushroom were stolen from her yard and garage according to an Athens-Clarke County Police report. The woman told police that some of her pots...
View ArticleMan in fatal traffic accident reportedly stealing stop signs just before his...
Could this be a case of Karma at work? Police say a young driver from Norwalk, Ohio, who died in a traffic accident may have been stealing stop signs shortly before his death. 19-year-old Tyller Myers...
View ArticleShort South Korean man arrested for stealing high-heeled shoes
A South Korean man, upset by women whose footwear made them taller than him, has been arrested for stealing high-heeled shoes and dumping them in local parks, police said on Wednesday. The 24-year-old,...
View ArticleHomeless woman takes a shower in man’s house (video)
A Sacramento man came home Tuesday morning to find a stranger at his front door, fresh from a shower in his house. “She had my son’s robe on and I assume nothing else, but I didn’t check to see,” Randy...
View ArticleFour-year-old boy stole keys before crashing family car
The mother of a four-year-old boy from southern Sweden was stunned to learn that the toddler had stolen the keys to her car while she slept before crashing the vehicle into a pick-up truck. While his...
View ArticleDrunk man goes to sleep in Norway, wakes up in Sweden
An drunk Norwegian man, napping in the back of his car, was shocked to find himself dumped in Gothenburg, Sweden, by two female car thieves some hours later. The man, who had had a few drinks too many...
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