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 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

 French Gnab Gnome Bandit 

53-year-old man accused of stealing 170 garden ornaments

Jun 12, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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weird • France • theft • funny situations • gnome

Stolen Gadgets Call Home
With Pictures of Thieves

New technology lets cameras, phones, computers automatically email owners

Jun 6, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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technology • theft • WiFi • gadget • GadgetTrak • Eye-Fi

 Diesel Thieves Plague Farmers 

Irrigation systems are also caches of diesel fuel

Jun 6, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Life Imitates Depp:
 Caribbean Piracy on Rise 

Yacht crowd comes under increased attack from armed buccaneers

Jun 2, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Restaurants' Used Grease Draws Thieves

Once scorned, it's 'become gold'; can be turned into biodiesel

May 30, 08 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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theft • biofuel • restaurant • oil price • cooking oil • grease

 Drugged California Tourist 
 Killed by Train in Rome

Traveler stumbled onto track after cappuccino spiked by thief

May 27, 08 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Serial Thieves Swipe $2.5M in JCPenney Gold

As price climbs, all
that glitters is gone in series of Calif. heists

May 14, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Lohan Lifts Mink,
 Returns Under
 Pressure

Fellow partygoer spots starlet in swiped mink

May 6, 08 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Car Owner's Cyber Posse Nails Canadian Thief

Owner alerts car lovers to theft of rare Nissan on forum

Apr 13, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Thief Nabs Tiny Croc
 From Norway Aquarium 

Dwarf caiman will chomp fingers, but not organs, says director

Apr 1, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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theft • Norway • crocodile • animal • caiman • Taggen • aquarium

Mother and 4 Kids Killed in
Iowa Home

Fatal car crash
nearby linked
to husband

Mar 25, 08 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mother and her four children were found dead in their Iowa City home yesterday by police who received an anonymous tip, reports the Daily Iowan. Minutes later, cops responded to a nearby highway crash involving a car belonging to the father of the family, Stephen Sueppel. The dead driver... More »

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Iowa • crime • theft • cocaine • murder • car crash • Iowa City • embezzlement • killings • shooting • Stephen Sueppel

Daughter to Thief: Please Return Mom's Ashes

Minnesota burglar grabbed bag of ashes stashed in jewelry box

Feb 28, 08 4:50 AM CST
(Newser) - 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. "... More »

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theft • Minnesota • burglary • burglar

OPINION

Porn-Thieving Geek Squad Needs Spanking

Privacy invasion, and Best Buy's response, appalling, scribe says

Feb 21, 08 12:06 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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theft • privacy • pornography • child pornography • Best Buy • Geek Squad • Consumerist.com • adult performer • Jasmine Grey

$160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

 'Spectacular' heist nets 4 masterpieces by Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, and Cezanne

Feb 11, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

Kidney-Theft Bust Has India Buzzing

Ring may have done 500 illegal transplants; key suspect still loose

Jan 30, 08 4:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Police exposure of a criminal ring that has illegally taken hundreds of kidneys over the past nine years has created scandal in India, reports the New York Times. Victims were mostly day laborers lured by offers of work or simply kidnapped at gunpoint. They were forcibly operated on, and their... More »

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India • crime • theft • organ trafficking

Bangladesh in Frenzied Search for Stolen Art

Priceless artifacts
go missing before
flight to Paris

Dec 24, 07 11:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Bangladesh has mounted a massive hunt for two priceless artifacts that went missing yesterday at the Dhaka airport, Reuters reports. The statues of the Hindu god Vishnu, sculpted 1,500 years ago, were on their way to an exhibition at a Paris museum. Bangladeshi authorities have detained 12 suspects and... More »

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art • theft • Paris • Bangladesh • Vishnu • Dhaka airport • Guimet Museum • art heist

Thieves Nab
a Picasso in Museum Heist

Work by Portinari also missing after quick strike in Brazil

Dec 21, 07 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Thieves broke into Latin America's foremost museum early yesterday and stole two paintings in a 3-minute heist. They made off with a Picasso portrait and a work by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Brazil's São Paulo Museum of Art, the AP reports. The thieves skipped several major works and... More »

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art • theft • Brazil • painting • Sao Paulo • Picasso • Candido Portinari • art heist

Atlanta B-baller Carjacked at Gunpoint

Hawks forward plays after robbery; cops
nab 2 suspects

Dec 16, 07 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Two gunmen carjacked Atlanta Hawks forward Shelden Williams outside his barbershop in Atlanta last night and were later arrested when they tried another burglary, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Williams was unhurt and played two minutes in last night's game against the Charlotte Bobcats. "It's been a long day, but... More »

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NBA • basketball • crime • theft • Atlanta Hawks • Shelden Williams • guns

Manhunt on Tap After Massive Guinness Heist

Beer bandit stole 450 kegs from landmark Dublin brewery

Nov 29, 07 5:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Taking the "My Goodness My Guinness" slogan quite literally, a thief stole 450 kegs from the landmark Dublin brewery today, the AP reports. Irish police say the thief entered by truck and took off with a trailer packed with kegs, the biggest theft in Guinness history. The kegs contained... More »

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theft • Budweiser • Ireland • Dublin • Carlsberg • Guinness

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