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NEWS ABOUT: mugging

mugging stories: 9 news summaries

Machete-Armed Mugger Steals Man's Tacos

Robber doesn't take anything else

Nov 17, 09 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - A mugger stole a Chicago-area man’s tacos and nothing else on Sunday. The victim was walking back to his car carrying 16 tacos from a restaurant when he was cornered by a man in a black ski mask brandishing a machete. The mugger demanded the food but didn’t... More »

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Chicago • crime • mugging • dinner

Would-Be Robbers Return Wallet to Soldier

Milwaukee muggers thank man for service after seeing ID card

Nov 11, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - A group of Milwaukee muggers proved yesterday that there is, in fact, honor among thieves. After stopping a university student, holding a gun to his neck, and rummaging through his wallet, the group spotted an Army ID and decided to spare the man. "At one point he actually thanked... More »

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Milwaukee • robbery • US Army • mugging

 Triple Mugging 
 Rattles Central Park 

One man busted, cohorts on the loose

Nov 9, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An armed mugging of three men in Central Park has rattled New Yorkers who were beginning to get used to feeling safe strolling in Manhattan's famous green space. Two park strollers were accosted before dawn yesterday by a gunman and two cohorts who emptied the men's pockets. When a third... More »

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New York City • crime • Manhattan • Central Park • gunman • mugging

 Boxing Champ 
 Vernon Forrest 
 Shot Dead 

'The Viper' shot after gunpoint robbery: police

Jul 27, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former pro boxer Vernon “the Viper” Forrest was shot and killed Saturday night in a skirmish after he was robbed, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Forrest had stopped at a gas station to fill his tires with air when a man robbed him at gunpoint. The armed ex-fighter chased the... More »

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boxing • murder • attack • armed robbery • welterweight • shooting • mugging • Vernon Forrest

Brit Princess Bodyguards Foil Cambodian Muggers

Royal protection officers swoop after robbers target princess and friend

May 5, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Cambodian mugger got more than he bargained for when he targeted two British backpackers walking late at night in Phnom Penh, the Daily Telegraph reports. He grabbed the purse of one of  the young women, only to be swiftly tackled by bodyguards tailing her companion—Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, Princess... More »

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Cambodia • Phnom Penh • British royals • Princess Eugenie • mugging

 MSNBC's 
 Brzezinski 
 Mugged 
 in DC 

Anchor out $6 after early-morning attack in front of hotel; assailant wanted $20

Dec 18, 08 4:19 PM CST
(Newser) - MSNBC Morning Joe co-anchor Mika Brzezinski “was very scared” when she was mugged early this morning outside a Washington hotel, the Post reports. As she waited for a car, a man approached her and said, “Give me your money and you won’t get hurt.” Brzezinski gave... More »

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crime • MSNBC • Mika Brzezinski • Pat Buchanan • mugging

Student's Hefty Handbag Takes Bullet for Her 

Stuffed tote saves
life during struggle
with mugger

Nov 12, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A 22-year-old Tennessee college student has her overstuffed, oversize handbag to thank for escaping unscathed from a struggle with an armed mugger, she tells NBC’s Today Show. After stealing her cell phone, the attacker fired at Elizabeth Pittenger from 4 feet away. The junk in her handbag—including an... More »

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crime • Tennessee • college student • handbag • mugging • bullet

 Oh Bother: Pooh Bear Arrested

Held for robbery, assault

Aug 12, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese police arrested a man today for attacking and robbing two people who looked askance at his Winnie the Pooh costume. It was after midnight when the 20-year-old, accompanied by friends dressed as a mouse and panther, approached two unlucky onlookers in Tokyo. “What are you staring at?” the... More »

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crime • children's books • mugging • Winnie the Pooh

Game Over for Teens
'Acting Out' 
Grand Theft Auto 

Six bored pals launched crime spree: cops

Jun 27, 08 2:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six bored Long Island teenagers have been busted for acting out the violent themes of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV with a real life spree of break-ins, a mugging, a beating and a carjacking, police charge. "These teens have difficulty separating fact from fiction, fantasy from... More »

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crime • Long Island • carjacking • video violence • Grand Theft Auto IV • mugging • juvenile crime • Nassau County Police

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