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A Florida man who is on probation for a domestic violence-related issue was arrested after allegedly running around naked before reportedly entering a thrift store and stealing a tee shirt.

On January 24, the Wings of Faith Thrift Store in Ocala was visited by a 38-year-old man. Before he went inside, the man, who was allegedly totally naked except for a pair of sunglasses, ran around in front of the establishment for a bit.

Several people noticed the reportedly bizarre behavior, and the police began receiving reports from bystanders. The witnesses also said they it looked like the man was holding a pair of shorts.

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A North Carolina man was arrested after he was allegedly involved in the shooting of a store employee who allegedly caught him trying to steal chicken.

On the evening of January 28, a man went to the Walmart Neighborhood Market in the Charlotte area to pick up dog food and chicken. When he was using the self-checkout, he allegedly did not scan the items. An employee believed he was trying to steal the food, and they approached the shopper to address the situation.

According to reports, when the worker talked to the man, he rang up the dog food. As he was walking out, the employee asserted that the customer was still trying to take the chicken without paying for it and he attempted to snatch the package from the alleged fowl thief.

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A father in Pennsylvania is facing several charges after allegedly running away and abandoning his 3-month-old daughter in a store when he was accused of shoplifting.

According to reports, late in the evening on January 18, a man with an infant and two other adults went to a Walmart store in Philadelphia. While they were there, the group allegedly picked up items and tried to leave the store without paying for them.

Store security noticed the three suspected thieves, and when they tried to confront them about the allegedly stolen goods, they fled from the premises. The 2-month-old’s father reportedly left her behind at the store.

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Two women who were intimately involved with the same man at the same time are facing charges after allegedly destroying and stealing his belongings after breaking into his home together.

According to reports, two women found out that an officer from the Detroit Police Department was having intimate relations with them both, and they reportedly became upset about the situation. They reportedly wanted to do something to retaliate, and the women, one of whom was also a Detroit police officer, began communicating with each other in text messages. They allegedly orchestrated a plan to break into the man’s home together.

On April 11, the man walked into his residence and found that it had been burglarized. He saw what looked like juice dumped on the furniture, his laptop computer was destroyed, and his television was broken, He believed several thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment had been stolen, in addition to several pieces from his wardrobe. The man, who has over 20 pairs of shoes, also reported that one from each pair had been taken.

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A Colorado man suspected of stealing several thousands of dollars worth of tools from a business allegedly tried to escape the authorities by calling an Uber to pick him up.

On December 28, the owner of Blue Sky Plumbing in Wheat Ridge arrived at his business and found a hole in the fence that surrounds the property. The man checked the surveillance video and saw footage of someone stealing goods from the store. He notified the authorities, and officers from the Wheat Ridge Police Department went to the location.

An Uber vehicle was parked nearby with the driver inside, so the police decided to stop and speak to him. He told the officers he was waiting for a passenger and said the potential rider’s name was Jose. He saw someone approaching and informed them that he believed it was him.

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A Florida man who has prior felony convictions was reportedly holding a sex toy and wearing a dress when he allegedly tried to break into a woman’s home in St. Petersburg.

Just after 1:00 AM on December 15, a 69-year-old woman was at her home on the Gulf Coast when someone approached the door on the side of the house. The surveillance camera was turned on, and it reportedly recorded an individual wearing a dress with what appeared to be an erect penis in their hand. According to the police report, the alleged intruder went to the front of the residence and attempted to “open the front door by pulling down on the door handle.” He also allegedly grinded against the door and then departed from the property.

Four days later, someone believed to be the same person went into the woman’s yard, and before the police arrived, they ran off.

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When a woman riding in an Uber became frustrated by the driver going too slowly for her liking, she allegedly stole the car and drove herself to the airport.

Early in the morning on December 10, a woman from Orange County, California, was in Austin, Texas, getting ready to get on a flight. She ordered an Uber to take her to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Shortly after, a woman with the rideshare company arrived, and they began their trip.

According to reports, the driver was not going as fast as the passenger wanted, and she became aggravated and started to complain. When she failed to speed up, the passenger allegedly got ahold of the driver’s cell phone and reportedly threw it out the window onto the busy street.

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A Florida police officer and his girlfriend were arrested after allegations that they stole items at Walmart on four separate occasions by using self-checkout and failing to scan several pieces of merchandise.

Last weekend, a man who worked as an officer for the Haines City Police Department for approximately four years went to a Walmart store in Mulberry. He was accompanied by a woman later identified as his girlfriend. When they finished their shopping, they headed to the self-checkout to ring up the items.

According to reports, an employee noticed that some of the items were bagged without first being scanned. They approached the couple and told them they could ring up the skipped merchandise, but they allegedly continued skipping some of the items they reportedly took.

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A 43-year-old man from Northern California is facing multiple charges after reportedly trying to flee from the police on a bicycle when they were pursuing him for allegedly stealing items from a store.

On the evening of November 27, employees of a store in Colma believed someone walked out of the establishment with merchandise they didn’t pay for. When they stepped out the front door, they noticed that officers in a Colma Police Department vehicle were patrolling the shopping center.

It was reported that the workers got the attention of the officers, and they told them that a man stole items from the store. They pointed to a man with a bicycle that was still in the vicinity and told the officers they believed he was the suspected thief.

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An alleged sex worker and the man who reportedly hired her were both arrested when the man allegedly fired a gun at the woman’s car after accusing her of stealing his wallet after he paid her to urinate on him in a hotel room.

On November 19, a 66-year-old man reportedly solicited the services of an alleged sex worker and asked her to meet him at a Days Inn in York. He requested that she come to his room and urinate on him while he was lying in the tub.

After the alleged encounter, the woman left the room and headed to the parking lot. She sat in her vehicle and had a snack while viewing videos on the internet. The man, who reportedly thought she stole his wallet upon exiting, approached the vehicle and confronted her. It was reported that when she started to drive away, the man shot at her car.

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