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Thief Makes Very Slow Getaway in Motorized Wheelchair [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:10:58 +0000

In New Martinsville, West Virginia, surveillance video captured a thief robbing a local store, then fleeing the scene on — get this — a motorized wheelchair. The alleged thief, Timothy Parker, was later arrested and charged with breaking and entering. All the stolen merchandise was recovered and the wheelchair was towed away as evidence. Lesson [...]

What Is the World's Most Stolen Food?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:00:02 +0000

According to a new report from the Center for Retail Research, the most frequently stolen food on the planet is… cheese.

The report says four percent of the protein and calcium-rich (not to mention tasty) food winds up being shoplifted worldwide every year, besting the theft-rates for other items like candy and alcohol and causing cheese to be labeled “high risk” for retailers.

Oops! Embarrassed SWAT Team Has Their Guns Stolen

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:00:02 +0000

Well, this is humiliating. Thieves using bolt cutters were able to force their way into a supposedly secure building earlier Thursday morning and steal 21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 large caliber handgun from the Los Angeles police department’s prestigious SWAT unit. While the stolen weapons had been modified to shoot blanks, a five-minute tutorial video on [...]