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  • July 2008

    • Manhole Cover Thieves Hit Streets of Philadelphia

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 23, 08 8:47 AM CDT

      Manhole Cover Thieves Hit Streets of Philadelphia

      These days you have to watch your step in Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love is suffering from an epidemic of manhole-cover theft, as rising scrap metal prices have led to a 2,500% increase in stolen covers and grates. Thieves are selling the covers for $5 to $10 at junkyards, reports the New York Times, and some streets now have so many orange cones marking off danger zones that they look like a slalom course. More »

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      Philadelphia  • theft  • steel  • metal prices  • iron

    • Bard-Working Librarians Help Nab Book Thief

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 11, 08 4:29 PM CDT

      Bard-Working Librarians Help Nab Book Thief

      Quick-thinking librarians have helped recover a valuable book of Shakespeare's works stolen from a British university 10 years ago, the Washington Post reports. A man who arrived unannounced at Washington's Folger Shakespeare Library with a copy of the 1623 First Folio set off "alarm bells" with his tale of the $2.5 million volume's provenance, says a library official. More »

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      literature  • theft  • William Shakespeare

    • Easy St.: Thieves Having a Gas

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 6, 08 9:28 AM CDT

      Easy St.: Thieves Having a Gas

      Stealing gas by siphoning it from vehicles is a simple crime that can reap big rewards—and as fuel prices soar, the crime is ever-more tempting for thieves, the Washington Post reports. A Maryland county reported zero or one thefts yearly from 2005 to 2007, but cops have already logged seven this year. Meanwhile, sales of locking gas caps have skyrocketed. More »

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      gas prices  • gas  • theft  • fuel

    • ATM Thefts On the Rise

      newser  |  MSNBC.com  |  Jul 3, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      ATM Thefts On the Rise

      ATM theft is a labor-intensive crime: You have to steal a pickup, slam it through a gas station storefront, and haul the ATM out. But that’s exactly what an increasing number of criminals are doing, MSNBC reports. From 2000 to 2006, thieves nabbed about 120 ATMs a year across the country. This year, authorities already have reported 140 thefts—in north Texas alone. While that's an extreme example, thefts are up by smaller amounts all over. More »

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      crime  • bank  • theft  • GPS  • felony  • bank robbery  • ATM

  • June 2008

    • Kid Rock Endorses Grand Theft Everything

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 27, 08 11:05 AM CDT

      Kid Rock Endorses Grand Theft Everything

      Perhaps worried that he provides too wholesome a role model for America's youth, Kid Rock has posted a PSA on YouTube encouraging his fans not to stop at stealing music online. In the video, the rocker-rapper suggests people "level the playing field" by boosting iPods, computers, and cars. He later assured the AP that he was only kidding. More »

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      Microsoft  • YouTube  • Toyota  • iPod  • theft  • Kid Rock

    • As Gas Prices Climb, So Do Gas Thefts

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jun 14, 08 11:50 AM CDT

      As Gas Prices Climb, So Do Gas Thefts

      With gas prices soaring above $4 a gallon, gas thefts are up across the country, and thieves are devising ever-more-creative means of snatching the stuff, Newsweek reports. Some manage to keep the gas flowing after paying for only a few gallons; others siphon fuel from unsuspecting drivers’ SUVs. Some even use life-threatening maneuvers to gather hundreds of gallons. More »

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      crime  • gas prices  • gas  • theft  • convenience stores

    • French Gnab Gnome Bandit

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Jun 12, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      French Gnab Gnome Bandit

      Decorative gnomes might be the bane of garden purists the world over, but for one Frenchman, they're apparently worth risking a stint in the slammer. Police in Brittany have arrested a 53-year-old man accused of stealing 170 garden gnomes and other ornaments, Der Spiegel reports—to the surprise of the many who figured the Garden Gnome Liberation Front was behind it. More »

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      France  • theft  • weird  • funny situations

    • Stolen Gadgets Call Home With Pictures of Thieves

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 6, 08 3:40 PM CDT

      Stolen Gadgets Call Home With Pictures of Thieves

      Technology letting cameras and other gadgets automatically contact their owners is thwarting thieves, Reuters reports. GadgetTrak software, for example, lets stolen BlackBerrys send data from thieves’ SIM cards to their rightful owners and allows Macs to shoot and send video of robbers. In other cases, emailed data not intended to stop thefts has helped owners track missing items. More »

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      technology  • Wi-Fi  • gadget  • theft  • Eye-Fi

    • Diesel Thieves Plague Farmers

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jun 6, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Diesel Thieves Plague Farmers

      With oil prices stuck in triple digits, any form of gas is becoming precious booty for thieves, CNN reports. The latest targets: farmers running diesel-fueled irrigation pumps. Fuel tanks, often sitting unguarded in fields, can be a quick score of around 250 gallons in the middle of the night. In Kern County, California, alone the sheriff estimates that $300,000 worth of diesel was stolen in the past 3 months. More »

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      oil price  • gas prices  • oil  • farmer  • theft  • diesel  • farm  • thief

    • Life Imitates Depp: Caribbean Piracy on Rise

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Life Imitates Depp: Caribbean Piracy on Rise

      Pirates of the Caribbean is becoming all too real for yachters, the Los Angeles Times reports, with crime against visiting boats on the rise—and “it's becoming more violent,” one analyst says. The attacks are prompting businesses to advise caution—but they worry that overstating the problem could cause paranoia among tourists, the backbone of the region’s economy. More »

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      theft  • piracy  • Caribbean  • pirates  • violent crime  • Pirates of the Caribbean  • armed robbery  • yachts

  • May 2008

    • Restaurants' Used Grease Draws Thieves

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 30, 08 7:40 AM CDT

      Restaurants' Used Grease Draws Thieves

      For decades restaurants have thrown away their used cooking grease without a second thought; now, they’re trying to protect it from thieves. Almost anyone can convert the yellow grease into cheap biodiesel using kits sold on the internet, and restaurant oil bins have become go-to destinations for everyone from environmentalists to thieves who siphon tanks in the dead of the night. More »

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      oil price  • restaurant  • biofuel  • theft  • cooking oil

    • Drugged California Tourist Killed by Train in Rome

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 27, 08 4:27 AM CDT

      Drugged California Tourist Killed by Train in Rome

      An elderly American tourist drugged by a thief was killed by a train as he wandered along the tracks in a daze, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 76-year-old traveler and his wife were befriended by a man who gave them drug-laced cappuccinos in a Rome train station and then robbed them as they slept. A 54-year-old suspect has been arrested. More »

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      Italy  • theft  • robbery  • Rome  • tourists  • drugging  • cappuccino

    • Serial Thieves Swipe $2.5M in JCPenney Gold

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 14, 08 11:17 AM CDT

      Serial Thieves Swipe $2.5M in JCPenney Gold

      California police are hunting a gang of gold thieves raiding JCPenney stores across the state, the Los Angeles Times reports. The gang has struck 11 times in 18 months to grab $2.5 million in jewelry, and they've been getting busier as the price of gold continues to climb. Cops aren't sure why the brazen thieves keep hitting JCPenney stores but suspect one of the culprits is an insider. More »

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      California  • theft  • gold  • jewelry  • JCPenney  • gold prices  • thief

    • Lohan Lifts Mink, Returns Under Pressure

      newser  |  New York Post  |  May 6, 08 9:21 AM CDT

      Lohan Lifts Mink, Returns Under Pressure

      A Columbia student wants answers—and $10,000—from Lindsay Lohan after the actress "borrowed" her beloved mink coat, the New York Post reports. Two weeks after losing the one-of-a-kind fur, the 22-year-old spotted a photograph in OK! magazine of Lohan leaving that exact party sporting the $11,000 luxury outerwear. More »

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      celebrity  • New York City  • Lindsay Lohan  • theft  • fur

  • April 2008

    • Car Owner's Cyber Posse Nails Canadian Thief

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 13, 08 6:30 AM CDT

      Car Owner's Cyber Posse Nails Canadian Thief

      A car thief in Calgary didn't count on rising to internet fame when he stole a rare Nissan Skyline GTR from a dealer, the New York Times reports. The owner posted a picture of the vehicle on an internet car lovers' forum and before long, his fellow forum members had not only spotted the car, they had photographed the suspect, found his details on Facebook, and called the cops. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • YouTube  • Canada  • car  • theft  • Nissan  • auto  • Calgary  • forum

    • Thief Nabs Tiny Croc From Norway Aquarium

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 1, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Thief Nabs Tiny Croc From Norway Aquarium

      A thief has managed to walk out of a Norwegian aquarium with a croc stuffed in a bag, Reuters reports. The 2.3-foot long Schneider's dwarf caiman named "Taggen" was spirited away sometime over the weekend while the aquarium was busy. Police are investigating, and a $5,000 reward is being offered for help finding the animal. More »

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      animal  • theft  • Norway  • crocodile

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Daughter to Thief: Please Return Mom's Ashes

      newser  |  Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  Feb 28, 08 4:50 AM CST

      Daughter to Thief: Please Return Mom's Ashes

      A Minnesota woman had planned to scatter her late mother's ashes on a vacation this summer—but they've been stolen by a burglar, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. The distraught daughter says the thief can keep the jewelry and electronic equipment he stole but she desperately wants the ashes back. "It just bothers me that they might be lying in a garbage can somewhere," she said. More »

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      Minnesota  • theft  • burglary  • burglar

    • Porn-Thieving Geek Squad Needs Spanking

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Feb 21, 08 12:06 PM CST

      Porn-Thieving Geek Squad Needs Spanking

      No matter where you stand on pornography, Violet Blue writes in the San Francisco Chronicle , the theft of it from computers brought in for repair by Best Buy's Geek Squad is an appalling privacy violation—and the company's response isn't much better. After king Geek Robert Stephens brushed off a blog's investigation, Blue says he's overdue for a laundry list of disciplinary action. More »

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      privacy  • pornography  • theft  • child pornography  • Best Buy

    • $160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 11, 08 9:10 AM CST

      $160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

      A gang of armed art thieves absconded with four masterpieces by Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, and Cezanne worth $160 million from a Zurich museum yesterday. The brazen daytime robbery follows a theft of two Picassos in Switzerland just two days earlier. The three masked thieves confronted a guard with guns, grabbed the paintings, and took off in a white vehicle, said authorities, who described the operation as a "spectacular" heist. More »

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      art  • painting  • theft  • art theft  • art heist  • Vincent Van Gogh  • Monet  • Cezanne  • Degas

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