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Fla. Burglars
Get Burned in Pop-Tart Theft

Breakfast treats are evidence in string of
auto break-ins

Jun 30, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pop-Tarts proved a key ingredient in the arrest of two young Florida men for burglary, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The pair asked a cop for a ride home early yesterday; the policeman said he had to search them first—finding a collection of high-tech gadgets and a pack of Pop-Tarts.... More »

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Florida • theft • arrest • burglary • Pop-Tart

 Google Street View  
 Nabs Dutch Thieves 

Boy found photo later, alerted cops

Jun 22, 09 1:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Google Street View that has infuriated many privacy advocates has helped solve a crime, the BBC reports. A Dutch boy, 14, chanced upon a months-old photo on Street View that shows him with two men right before they allegedly mugged him. Authorities retrieved the original photo from Google—the... More »

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technology • Google • crime • theft • Street View • Google Street View

(Newser) - Scotland Yard is seeking to question Lindsay Lohan as part of an investigation into the theft of some $500,000 in Dior jewelry she wore during an Elle photo shoot in London, reports TMZ. Lohan was featured on the cover. Lohan "kept going on about the jewels, asking if... More »

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Louis Vuitton • theft • Lindsay Lohan • Scotland Yard • Christian Dior • bling

 US to Return 
 $10M Stolen 
 Art Stash to Italy 

'Treasure trove' of looted antiques uncovered in Chicago home

Jun 9, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A huge stash of stolen artifacts found in a Chicago home will be returned to Italy by US authorities, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The artifacts—including letters written by kings and popes, and Etruscan works thousands of years old—were discovered by the homeowner's heirs after his death, and are... More »

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Chicago • art • theft • Italy • Illinois • artifacts • antique

(Newser) - A brazen Manhattan subway thug swiped actor Kevin Bacon's Blackberry, likely packed with phone numbers of his A-list celebrity pals, reports the New York Post. Bacon gave chase, but the thief maneuvered through the crowd at a midtown subway station to freedom. Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, are no... More »

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entertainment • crime • Manhattan • theft • BlackBerry • Kevin Bacon • New York City Subway • Kyra Sedgwick

 Beekeepers 
 Stung by 
 Rustlers 

High price of honey motivates thieves to cart off bees by the million

May 22, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A spate of thefts has rocked Britain's once close-knit beekeeping community, the Independent reports. Many farmers have lost hives, sometimes up to 100 in one theft, worth many thousands of dollars. A shortage of honey after massive bee die-offs over two harsh winters has made bees valuable enough to be... More »

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bees • theft • honey • Britain

(Newser) - Police are searching for a New Zealand couple who disappeared after withdrawing a fortune mistakenly credited by their bank to their account. Westpac Bank blamed the $6 million deposit blunder on "human error," and executives want the money back. Unlike the "Bank Error In Your Favor" Monopoly... More »

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theft • New Zealand • Westpac Bank

Texas Cop Fired for Overkill Investigation

Sheriff's lieutenant shut down car wash over wife's missing $16

May 7, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas sheriff’s lieutenant has been fired for using police resources to investigate the alleged theft of $16 from his wife at a local car wash, the Houston Chronicle reports. Louis Guthrie and a group of deputies taped off the establishment for an hour to question employees. “This... More »

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Texas • theft • Houston • car wash • sheriff • abuse of power • misconduct • fired

glossies

 How to Retrieve 
 a Stolen Laptop 


May 2, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a burglar stole Joshua Alston’s laptop, there wasn’t much the police could do. But the Newsweek writer realized there was something he could do. Alston had installed a program on the laptop that allowed him to access it remotely. He had never used it all that... More »

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theft • laptop • Internet privacy • detective

Dazed Astor Didn't Recognize Jesse Jackson: Witness 

Her son also convinced her she was going broke

Apr 29, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A decade before her death, Brooke Astor was so out of it that she couldn’t recognize Jesse Jackson, a prosecution witness testified today in the fraud trial against Astor’s son, the New York Daily News reports. Anthony Marshall’s defense rides on his mother’s mental state, with... More »

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fraud • Jesse Jackson • crime • New York • Manhattan • theft • will • charity • inheritance • Brooke Astor • Anthony Marshall

(Newser) - A driver leaped onto his stolen truck as it pulled out of Georgia parking lot and held on for a 70-mile high-speed cop chase, reports CNN. The driver called police from his cell phone from the truck, and clung to the rig as the thief gunned it. The getaway was... More »

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Atlanta • crime • police • theft • Georgia • speeding • hijack • speed • truckers • trucks • car theft • police chase

Son 'Manhandled Astor to Change Will': Prosecutor

Anthony Marshall exploited mom's dementia to funnel fortune to him, says prosecutor.

Apr 28, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brooke Astor's son "dragged" his frail mom from her nurse's arms to a closed-door meeting about her will, which was immediately changed in his favor, according to the prosecutor at the heir's  fraud and grand larceny trial yesterday in New York. Anthony Marshall exploited his vulnerable mother's dementia to... More »

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fraud • crime • New York • Manhattan • theft • will • charity • inheritance • Brooke Astor • Anthony Marshall • grand larceny • society • heir • socialite

 Va. Repairman 
 Swiped $170K 
 From Meters 

William Fell made off with a sixth of city's total meter revenue

Apr 22, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A repairman stole $170,000 in coins from parking meters in Alexandria, Va., during the past 12 months, the Washington Post reports. William Fell, 61, looted meters in the early hours of the morning before his maintenance shifts, police say. Wary of depositing his ill-gotten gains, Fell kept the coins... More »

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theft • embezzlement • parking meters • Department of Transportation • maintenance • public service • Alexandria

(Newser) - Anyone questioning the utility of Facebook should talk to Carla Pillo Mote. The Philadelphia advertising exec used the social networking site to identify and locate the man who drunkenly absconded with her company computer, wallet, and tax forms well before the police could make a move, reports Mediabistro's Agency Spy... More »

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Google • alcohol • theft • Facebook • Philadelphia • computer • advertising agency

Madoff Victims Trustee
Eyes Brother's Bucks

New focus on Peter as trustee seeks to compensate swindle victims

Apr 8, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal court official may seek to claw back any funds transferred by Bernard Madoff's swindle company to his brother, reports the New York Post. The new focus on Madoff's sibling, an officer in his firm, was revealed in a letter to an attorney representing a New York law... More »

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theft • scam • Ponzi scheme • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff • Peter Madoff



 Why Thieves 
 Don't Care 
 About Your 
 Car Stereo 

New devices can't be transferred between cars

Mar 24, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than a million car stereos were stolen in 1994, but in the past 15 years, yearly thefts have plummeted by more than half, NPR reports. Why? Automakers now install good stereos from the start, and “there's no market for factory radios because they normally don't fit in any... More »

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radio • theft • cars • car theft • stereo

(Newser) - Casey Anthony’s grandmother alleges that the murder suspect may have stolen up to $45,000 from her parents, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “I don’t think she blowed it all at once, but what was she doing all this time?” Shirley Plesea told investigators in August, according to... More »

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theft • missing child • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • Cindy Anthony • Shirley Plesea • stealing

 840-Pound Brazilian Emerald Lands in Court 

Detectives puzzle over ownership of 840-pound Brazilian gem

Feb 28, 09 7:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A colossal emerald valued at almost $400 million is under lock and key in Los Angeles County while detectives try to figure out who owns it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Police managed to track down the 840-pound Bahia emerald after it was reported stolen last fall, but they also... More »

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theft • Brazil • lawsuit • gems • emerald

 Germans Exalt 
 Grocery Clerk 
 Sacked Over $2 

She's become a symbol of recession-time class struggles

Feb 26, 09 11:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A grocery clerk fired from her job of 31 years after allegedly stealing $1.66 has turned into a recession-time hero in Germany. While financial fat cats walk away with billions despite triggering a worldwide economic crisis, the sacking of a 50-year-old mother seems unfair, her supporters tell Der Spiegel.... More »

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Germany • theft • labor unions • labor strike • grocery stores • firing • financial crisis • clerk

To Combat Digital Piracy, Try Stealing

Composer pitches real-world thievery to help raise awareness

Feb 25, 09 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - A Hollywood composer wants you to stop illegally downloading music, and he's willing to put his freedom in jeopardy to make his point. Because the public doesn't seem to equate swapping digital files with stealing, Richard Gibbs is pushing for people to swipe other products in a nationwide "day... More »

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music industry • music downloads • theft • iTunes • composer • digital music • Napster • illegal downloading • Digital Millenium Copyright Act • Richard Gibbs • Day of Sharing

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