Articles Posted in Theft Crimes

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A 14-year-old in Wisconsin was arrested and charged as an adult after authorities said he arranged the kidnapping of a 7-year-old boy who was held for ransom. Two adult accomplices were also charged in the case.

Investigators reported that the group initially intended to rob the child’s mother, believing she was carrying cash and narcotics. When she did not return home as expected, they allegedly decided to target the child’s father instead.

On the evening of July 11, the father and child came home from a park. As the father pulled into the driveway, a vehicle blocked his car from behind. According to investigators, two suspects exited the vehicle, and one of them was armed. The father ran into the home, and the child attempted to run toward the yard. Surveillance footage reportedly showed one individual chasing the child and carrying him back to the vehicle while another drove.

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A Florida man is facing felony charges for allegedly causing approximately $20,000 worth of damage to a Tesla Cybertruck during an unauthorized two-day test drive.

The incident began on November 17, when a 26-year-old local man visited the Tesla store and service center in St. Petersburg, and wanted to test drive the vehicle. He was allotted 30 minutes to take the truck out, but the man reportedly kept the vehicle without permission until it was found damaged at his residence two days later.

According to reports, the assistant manager of the store was able to track down and collect the truck from the man’s residence. Extensive damage was seen on the vehicle, including a broken rearview mirror and camera, a missing GPS unit, and a missing sun visor, as well as two damaged fender flares. It was also reported that the Florida dealer tag was no longer on the truck. The authorities were notified, and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the situation.

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A man in Indiana is facing charges in several counties after allegedly stealing items from multiple Kohl’s locations and leading the authorities on a chase when they tried to pursue him.

According to reports, the situation began last August at a Kohl’s store in Greenwood. They notified the authorities and reported that they believed someone had stolen more than $500 of clothing. A few days later, the police received a second call from the location informing them that they were the victims of a second incident, and believed it was the suspect from the previous alleged theft.

While investigating the situation, the police learned that someone had stolen from a Kohl’s in Franklin on several occasions. When the alleged suspect visited the location at the beginning of November, the store manager attempted to run after him when he left the store, but the man quickly drove away. Approximately ten days later, the same individual was reportedly caught swiping more items, and the police found him driving nearby. When they tried to perform a traffic stop, he allegedly forced them to chase him until they used a PIT maneuver, and the tires were punctured.

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A southwestern Indiana woman may face multiple charges after she allegedly swiped merchandise from a Dollar Depot and reportedly tried to hit one of the employees with her vehicle when they tried to pursue her after she left the store.

On the evening of November 13, a Dollar Depot store in Evansville was visited by a woman who reportedly caused the evening to become chaotic and potentially dangerous. The situation did not begin until she was leaving the establishment, and one of the employees thought they saw her carrying a phone charger and a charging block out the door without paying for them. One of the people on duty saw the woman enter the parking lot at the Sunoco gas station across the street, and he headed over to try to address the alleged theft.

When the purported offender allegedly spotted the Dollar Depot employee standing behind her car, she reportedly backed her vehicle up. When she put it in drive so she could leave the parking lot, the woman allegedly drove in the direction of the man, in what was interpreted as an attempt to run him over. She drove off, and the authorities were notified.

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A man in Southern Florida is facing several charges for allegedly nearly running over a construction worker while fleeing after he reportedly stole the man’s vehicle.

At the end of October, a construction worker who was on the job at a home in Sanibel had his day interrupted when a man in sweatpants who appeared to have come from the nearby beach reportedly wandered onto the premises. The worker tried to tell the alleged intruder they had to leave, but instead, the man reportedly tried to go into the shed. According to reports, after he found that the door was locked, the situation took a turn for the worse.

The construction worker had parked his vehicle on the property with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition. The unknown man reportedly climbed into the SUV and started the engine. As he began driving, he allegedly steered the vehicle in the direction of the worker in what was seen as an attempt to hit the man before he drove away. The authorities were notified, and officers from the Sanibel Police Department went to investigate.

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A New York man with more than two dozen warrants for similar criminal acts was arrested in early November for allegedly stealing from stores in the same shopping center over a period of several months.

The Van Rensselaer Square Shopping Center in North Greenbush, New York, is home to a variety of national and local stores and restaurants. It offers shoppers a spot to enjoy a meal, obtain beauty services, and a variety of retailers from which to shop. According to reports, beginning in June, several establishments reported that they had been burglarized. The North Greenbush Police Department began investigating, and they reported that, during an approximate five-month period, the same suspect appeared to be involved in at least nine burglaries.

Additional law enforcement agencies, including the Capital Region Crime Analysis Center, joined the investigation. Using the collected information, they were able to identify the person they believed was responsible for the alleged burglary spree. When they looked into the history of the 40-year-old man, who was reported as being from Albany, the authorities found that he had 30 warrants for cases throughout the Capital Region.

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A college student from Missouri was arrested and banned from the school campus after being accused of violently assaulting a fellow classmate during a situation that reportedly began when they deleted him from Snapchat.

According to reports, at the end of September, an 18-year-old man from Kansas who attends the University of Missouri realized that one of his female classmates had removed him from Snapchat. The man reportedly confronted her about it, and things allegedly became violent when he reportedly grabbed her by the throat hard enough to leave marks. After the alleged assault, the woman added him back to her Snapchat. A few days later, the man reportedly sent her messages expressing that he was sorry he had choked her, but during an online chat two days later, when the woman mentioned that he had hurt her, he allegedly told her he hated her and would do it again.

On October 29, the man was invited to his classmate’s room, and while there, he reportedly initiated physical intimacy. The woman told him she wanted to go to sleep, and he allegedly put his hands around her neck, squeezing until she blacked out for a few moments. Later that day, the pair reportedly had a physical altercation in the school parking lot, and the man said it started because the woman began chasing him. When the police reviewed surveillance video, they asserted that it did not appear to have happened the way he described.

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A first date in northern Minnesota ended in potential criminal charges when a man from Illinois was taken into custody after an alleged confrontation with the woman he had met that night.

According to reports, the two had connected online and decided to meet in Virginia, Minnesota. They spent part of the evening at a local bar, but according to the police affidavit, the man appeared to become upset at some point during their time there.

After leaving the bar, he offered to drive the woman home, he reportedly drove past her residence and stopped at a nearby convenience store. It was reported that when the woman tried to get out of the car, her date pulled back into the vehicle, though it’s unclear what led up to that moment or what the man’s intent may have been.

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An employee at a Florida nail salon is facing felony charges for allegedly admitting to the authorities that she stole and used a client’s credit card after she saw an online post they made about the situation.

In early August, a woman visited the Palm Nails salon in Palm Coast. A few days later, she realized her credit card was missing, and she believed the salon was the last place she had used it. She reported that she learned someone had used the card multiple times since the day she was at the salon, and the amount used was estimated to be over $500. She notified the authorities about the alleged theft and fraud, and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the situation.

When they traced the purchases, they learned that the card had been used at merchants and restaurants, and they visited the establishments to see if the individual was visible in surveillance footage. They reported seeing the same woman in more than one video and believed she was the one who used the card, but the footage quality was insufficient to positively identify the person.

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In early May, a woman in South Carolina had recently ended a romantic relationship with a former partner. After the breakup, she alleged that he became increasingly fixated on her, and she felt he was constantly watching her. One evening, she went out with friends for dinner and drinks. While she was away, her former partner allegedly went to her home. He reportedly entered through a garage apartment and broke into the main house. He then allegedly removed his clothing and put on a pair of her underwear over his face to disguise himself. He also brought a large knife and reportedly hid inside her shower, waiting for her to get home.

When she returned, she reported that she didn’t notice any signs that someone had broken in. She changed clothes and was about to leave again to go to a nearby house owned by her parents, and her former partner allegedly came out of the bathroom with the panties on his face.

He reportedly walked towards her while holding the knife, and during a struggle between the pair, she knocked the weapon out of his hand. Afterwards, he allegedly pushed her onto the ground and began choking her. According to reports, she was able to pull the underwear off his face, revealing who he was. She ran out of the house and went to her parents’ home to call the police.

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