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 Horse Tail 
 Thieves 
 Rile Colo. 
 Ranchers 

Who's stealing horses' fly swatters—and why?

Feb 16, 09 7:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Angry horse owners are bridling at bizarre new attacks on their four-hoofed friends, reports the Los Angeles Times: tail theft. One Colorado rancher woke up recently to find someone had chopped off the long flaxen tails of all of his Belgian draft horses. "It makes me so mad,"... More »

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theft • horse • ranch • Colorado

 Lance's Custom 
 Bike Ripped Off 

Champ offers reward via Twitter

Feb 15, 09 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Thieves made off with Lance Armstrong’s customized time trial bike and the bikes of three teammates last night, VeloNews reports. "There is only one like it in the world therefore hard to pawn it off,” Armstrong wrote on his Twitter account with a photo of the Trek... More »

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California • theft • cycling • Sacramento • Lance Armstrong • bicycle • Twitter

Thefts Plague Pioneering Paris Bike Program

Thieves, daredevils give fleet of rental bikes a rough ride

Feb 10, 09 4:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris’ widely copied self-service bike rental program has had a much rougher ride than planners bargained for, the Daily Telegraph reports. Almost 8,000 of the 20,000 bikes originally supplied through the Vélib project have been stolen in the past 18 months. Many others have been vandalized or... More »

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France • theft • Paris • Velib • bicycling • bicycle • Bertrand Delanoe

 Tables Turn:
 Madoff Gets
 Ripped Off 

Thieves rip-off investment fraudster

Dec 28, 08 7:19 PM CST
(Newser) - In a bit of poetic justice, a thief stole an expensive statue from the Palm Beach estate of Bernard Madoff last week, the New York Post reports. Burglars took a $10,000 copper statue depicting two lifeguards from the fraudster accused of losing $50 billion of investors’ money in a... More »

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fraud • theft • statue • Ponzi scheme • Palm Beach • investor • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff

 Shoplifting 
 Grows as 
 Economy 
 Doesn't  

Desperation, holiday shopping drive thieves

Dec 23, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The tough economic climate is driving up shoplifting arrests, and the holiday season is making the situation worse, the New York Times reports. The timing is poor for stores that have had to shrink security staff amid financial woes. “More people are desperate economically, retailers are operating with leaner... More »

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retail • fraud • theft • shoplifting • economy • financial crisis

High Schoolers Cheat,
Steal, Say Morals A-OK 

High schools full of rampant cheating, adults blame pressures

Nov 30, 08 8:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Almost a third of US high schoolers are thieves and two thirds are cheaters, a new study says. Among nearly 30,000 students surveyed, 64% admitted to cheating on a test, 30% to shoplifting, and 23% to stealing from family. "The competition is greater," said one education... More »

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high school • theft • shoplifting • cheating • high school students • students

Feds Recover Bookmark From Hitler's Mistress

Sting operation nets gift from Eva to Adolf
stolen from museum

Nov 27, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A gold bookmark given Adolf Hitler by lover Eva Braun, stolen from a Madrid museum in 2002, has been recovered in a sting operation, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Undercover federal agents pounced on a Romanian businessman in a Seattle parking lot, where he had arranged to sell the bookmark for... More »

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theft • Adolf Hitler • auction • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • bookmark • Nazi memorabilia • Christian Popescu • Kleon Tona • Wilhelm Keitel

Millionaire's Thievery Ruins Priceless Books

Iranian millionaire sliced pages from valuable volumes

Nov 21, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - An Iranian scholar and millionaire sliced pages from extremely rare volumes at the British Library, some dating back to the 16th century, to replace missing sections in his own book collection, reports the Independent. Farhad Hakimzadeh, who pleaded guilty to theft and faces prison time, removed pages from a... More »

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crime • theft • grand theft • British Library • rare books • Farhad Hakimzadeh

NYC Cops Bust Pickpocket, 76, for 37th Time

Retirement not looking likely for granny with 30-year rap sheet

Oct 21, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can you blame an old lady for being set in her ways? New York City cops have busted a 76-year-old woman with 20 aliases and 30 convictions for the 37th time, the New York Post reports. This time known as "Katherine Kelly," she was nabbed after lifting a... More »

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elderly • crime • New York • theft

 Hackers 
 Hit Sarko's 
 Bank Account 

The timing isn't great for leader calling for financial system overhauls

Oct 19, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Small amounts of money began disappearing from Nicolas Sarkozy's bank account in September, and prosecutors now confirm that an ongoing investigation has not yet identified the "swindlers." The hackers are thought to have obtained the French prez's account information and password, reports the Telegraph. The theft comes at... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • theft • hackers • financial crisis • online banking

Notre Dame Wallet-Snatchers Hit Fla. Senator

Martinez joins ranks of Fightin' Irish game-day car break-in victims

Oct 7, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Sen. Mel Martinez became another statistic in the correlation between theft and college football while watching his nephew punt for Notre Dame this weekend, reports the Southbend Tribune. The senator had his wallet nabbed from his rental car, a common fate for fans with out-of-state plates. Police were able... More »

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NCAA football • theft • Indiana • Notre Dame • Notre Dame Fighting Irish • carjacking

Arrest No. 3 for Casey Anthony

Mom of missing 3-year-old Caylee charged (again) for check fraud, theft

Sep 15, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Casey Anthony was rearrested today during a routine visit to the official administering her home confinement, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony is charged with theft and check fraud; the new counts appear to go above and beyond previous theft and fraud charges that saw... More »

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Florida • theft • kidnapping • house arrest • arrest • check fraud • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

 Casey Anthony Busted Again 

Crowd shouts 'baby killer' as mother of missing child arrested for check fraud 

Aug 30, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Casey Anthony, bailed out of jail last week on charges connected with the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter Caylee, was rearrested last night on check fraud and theft charges. A crowd outside her parents' Florida home cheered and jeered, calling her a murderer and baby killer, as officers led her... More »

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theft • arrest • missing child • check fraud • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

Construction Theft Is Building Concern

$5B in annual losses drive home prices up
by as much as 10%

Aug 28, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Increasing theft of building materials from construction sites, especially residential projects, is driving up the cost of homes to consumers as much as 10%, the New York Times reports. Experts say as much as $5 billion a year is being lost to thieves looking to profit from skyrocketing prices for... More »

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crime • law enforcement • theft • construction • home builders • copper • metal prices • commodity prices • National Association of Home Builders

Manhole Cover Thieves Hit Streets of Philadelphia

Scrap metal prices result in 25-fold spike

Jul 23, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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theft • Philadelphia • iron • steel • metal prices

Bard-Working Librarians Help Nab Book Thief

Shakespeare folio stolen in England surfaces in Washington

Jul 11, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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theft • literature • William Shakespeare • First Folio • Folger Shakespeare Library • Durham University

 Easy St.: Thieves Having a Gas 

As prices rise, anyone can steal fuel

Jul 6, 08 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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gas • theft • fuel • gas prices

 ATM Thefts On the Rise 

Non-bank teller machines make easy targets, police say

Jul 3, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Kid Rock Endorses Grand Theft Everything

Pro-larceny YouTube video was just a joke, performer insists

Jun 27, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 As Gas Prices Climb,
 So Do Gas Thefts 

Tricky maneuvers help slake thirst for fuel

Jun 14, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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crime • gas • theft • convenience stores • gas prices

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