Police in Alabama are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who they say was caught stealing a child’s wheelchair and custom-made walker that he later sold for scrap. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday they were looking for Tony Whitehead for stealing the child’s items from his front porch. At the …
Authorities in California are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they say was recently caught on surveillance camera committing theft at a retailer in Keyes. Police believe he is responsible for a series of similar crimes throughout Stanislaus County. According to the Modesto Bee, the man walked into a Dollar General with …
Authorities in Canada say a theft at an Ontario tattoo parlor resulted in the loss of an urn that contained a baby’s ashes. The deceased baby was reportedly a family member of the shop’s owners. According to CTV News, police received a report of the property crime at the Midland, Ontario, establishment. They believe the …
A pair of sisters who worked as lunch ladies in Connecticut schools were arrested over the weekend after officials say they embezzled nearly half a million dollars. The funds were taken over a five-year span, though detectives say the actual number could be much higher, NBC Connecticut reports. Authorities arrested 61-year-old Joanne Pascarelli, of Wilton, …
A Texas woman who was hours away from being sentenced to prison for stealing $1.2 million reportedly ended her own life in a Walmart parking lot. According to The Houston Chronicle, Paige Moody Bisher, 43, had shot herself in the chest earlier this week in the parking lot of a Walmart in Humble, Texas. Bisher admitted …
On three occasions, a Michigan man called in fake emergencies to 911—including a school shooting—to divert police while he robbed banks at gunpoint, the FBI alleged. William Francis Minore, 70, is facing federal charges for bank robberies that occurred at Huntington Bank on September 7, 2016, and Honor State Bank on April 22, 2015, and December …
A 72-year-old grandmother, waiting to pick up her grandchildren next to a school playground in Chicago on Thursday, was one of the latest victims in a string of car thefts in the city. CBS Chicago reports that the incident occurred off of the 4900 block of West Montrose, close to the playground at St. John’s …
An alleged Ohio “porch pirate” is behind bars after reportedly stealing a package full of children’s toys from a family’s front porch. WKBN reports that Daniel Stolz, 31, of Cincinnati, is accused of stealing two packages from the porch of a home, which, apparently unbeknownst to the suspect, had a surveillance camera installed. According to the Hamilton …
A 25-year-old man and a 16-year-old teenager were arrested on Sunday in Florida after they beat and robbed an autistic man. The unidentified 22-year-old victim said he was just trying to make some friends on a basketball court when one of his attackers accused him of stealing their cell phone. He insisted that he didn’t have …
A Michigan Arby’s employee chased a man down Monday morning after he allegedly robbed one of her managers. Marcia Rabideau, the director of operations for the Sterling Heights Arby’s, said when one of her managers beat on the door of the building and yelled that they had been robbed, she “didn’t think, [she] just reacted,” MLive …
A Houston man had his SUV stolen in front of his restaurant after he left it unattended and running outside the building. The restaurant owner, Daniel Yang, said he left his vehicle running for barely two minutes to go inside his Midtown business. When he came back out, the SUV was gone. He told ABC13 that …
Authorities arrested two California women on Saturday and charged them with fraud after they allegedly panhandled for money for a deceased infant that didn’t belong to them. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that San Bernardino County officers arrested Michele Love, 41, and Chasity Marie Doll, 21, on suspicion of panhandling after they gathered evidence that the two women made up …
