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Men Caught Stealing $5K in Used Cooking Oil

Two Florida men were taken into custody and charged after allegedly stealing over 7,000 pounds (about the weight of an elephant) of used cooking oil from a restaurant. According to the authorities, there has been a recent influx of thefts of used cooking oil around the United States. Cooking oil…

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Wallet Thief Swam into Tampa Bay to Escape from Police 

A Florida man reportedly used the land and the bay to try to get away from the authorities chasing him after he allegedly robbed a woman.  Around 8:00 AM on October 1, a woman was in the parking lot of a hotel in Westshore when she was reportedly approached by a…

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Manager Stole Bank Card Left Behind by Customer 

A fast-food restaurant manager and his girlfriend allegedly stole a debit card that a customer accidentally left in the establishment and spent over $700 within two hours.  On June 29, a customer at a Burger King in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, left the restaurant without taking their Wells Fargo debit card. …

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Bookkeeper Embezzled over $100K from Former Job 

A woman who resides in Red Bluff was arrested after she was accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from an employer by using a company credit card without authorization.  In May 2022, the Major Crimes Unit at the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office started an investigation into a possible embezzlement crime. …

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Teenage Drunk Driver Stole and Crashed Truck 

Last weekend, a teenage girl was accused of driving drunk in a stolen truck after she crashed the vehicle and fled from the scene.  Early in the morning on September 17, the Petaluma police were informed about a single-vehicle accident in the local area involving a Chevrolet truck.  When officers…

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Therapist Paid for Psychic Readings with Clients’ Credit Cards 

A therapist in New Jersey was charged for fraudulently using her clients’ credit cards to pay for approximately $40,000 in psychic readings from a downloadable app.  According to reports, the woman was a provider and the owner of the Counseling by the Sea therapy center in Ocean City, New Jersey,…

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Ex-Firefighter Sold CPR Cards Without Providing Training

A man who was a Hialeah firefighter for two decades was accused of selling thousands of life support certification cards for over $870,000 without giving the necessary instructional classes to the applicants.  For the past two years, a 60-year-old man who was a firefighter for 20 years with the Hialeah…

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Man on “Hot Rails of Meth” Threatened Many with Murder 

A Florida man is facing many charges after he allegedly threatened the lives of the residents of a home he entered, in addition to police, and workers at a local hospital.  On September 4, a married couple was in their home in R Section, a community of Palm Coast, Florida.   While…

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Suspect Arrested for Unauthorized Discount at Self-Checkout 

A shopper in a Texas Walmart is facing several charges after the authorities accused her of trying to steal items by using the barcode scanner incorrectly while checking out of the store.  It was reported that on September 3, the Walmart Supercenter in Brownsville, Texas, had a patron who tried…

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Store Manager used Teenage Son to Steal $5k in Staged Robbery 

An assistant manager at a Florida Dollar Tree store allegedly took her 15-year-old son to the store to assist her in stealing over $5,000 during a staged robbery.  According to reports, one of the duties of the assistant manager at Dollar Tree is to handle the after-hours cash bank deposits when the…

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