Articles Tagged with robbery

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Two gas station clerks in Georgia are facing legal troubles after allegedly orchestrating and executing a fake robbery at work, where one of them played the role of the assailant and the other acted as the victim.

Around 12:10 AM on January 21, someone notified the authorities about an alleged attempted armed robbery at a Shell gas station that happened moments before they called. Officers from the Duluth Police Department headed to the address to investigate.

When they went inside, they reported that one of the employees was shaking and visibly distressed. They asked him what had happened, and the man reportedly said someone holding a knife came into the store and assaulted him. He said he was hit in the face and knocked out, and when he came to, he saw people stealing money out of the register. It was estimated that they left with $5,000.

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Two Texas teens are facing multiple charges after allegedly breaking into a home and holding the family who lives there at gunpoint before fleeing and escaping from pursuing police officers.

Late in the evening on September 5, a family, including five adults and three children, were at their home in Beverly Hills, Texas, when two men reportedly forcefully entered without permission.

The alleged intruders reportedly had handguns, and it was reported that they pointed the weapons at the people and threatened to harm them. After allegedly stealing cash and attempting to take a vehicle, the pair took off together in a car.

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A woman trying to make a return on a purchase for which she did not have a receipt allegedly caused destruction in the store when they would not refund the money.

On June 17, a woman went into a Family Dollar Store in Lee County intending to return an item she reportedly purchased from them.

She went to the counter and let the clerk know what she wanted, and she was asked to present a receipt from the initial purchase. The woman said she did not have a receipt, so the employee denied her request for the return.

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A naked Florida man wearing only a cowboy hat on his head allegedly attacked a woman when she was unable to provide him with a crack pipe. 

Early last week, a 45-year-old man from Southern Florida was in Medley, a town approximately 10 miles from Miami. 

It was reported that he was completely naked except for a cowboy hat he had on his head. He was also holding a machete. 

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A man was swiftly caught and arrested after he reportedly held a finger under his shirt to give the impression that he was armed when he allegedly robbed a bank in Seminole. 

On September 10, at a Chase bank branch in Seminole, Florida, it appeared to be business as usual. 

Everything changed just before 1:30 PM when, according to reports, a man entered the building and walked up to one of the tellers. 

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Rap artist Mystikal has been accused of physically and sexually assaulting a woman during a fight about $100 that he claimed she stole from him.   

51-year-old hip hop star Mystikal, whose birth name is Michael Tyler, is a Grammy nominee from New Orleans. He has been involved in several prior criminal cases, such as domestic abuse battery, first-degree rape, and second-degree kidnapping. He is also a lifetime registered sex offender. 

On July 30, Tyler was at his home in Ascension Parish with a female. 

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One of two alleged thieves at a California Home Depot in Stanislaus County reportedly sprayed a loss prevention officer with scorpion killer spray when confronted about the purported pilfering. 

Early in the afternoon on June 17, two women were at a Home Depot store located in Turlock. 

A loss prevention officer spotted the duo and believed they might have been pocketing items that they did not plan on purchasing. 

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A woman in Florida has been accused of approaching men that she does not know and hugging them for the alleged purpose of stealing their wallets to use their credit cards. 

65-year-old Kathy Stevens lives in Clearwater, Florida. 

According to the local authorities, Stevens is known as the “hugging bandit” for allegedly bestowing costly embraces upon men she has never met before. It is purported by the police that she does so because it affords her the opportunity to take their wallets without it being immediately detected by the alleged victims. 

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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of stealing merchandise and trying to harm an employee at an adult shop where he previously applied for a job. 

It was reported that on the evening of December 27, a man in a hooded coat entered the Adult World store in North Wales. 

The man reportedly walked around the store and picked up two sex toys before he exited the establishment. The employee on duty at the time said that the person made no attempt to pay for the merchandise before leaving the building. 

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A Delaware man was arrested after he allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo and then put the money into the ATM directly outside the bank. 

In the morning on December 11, a teller at a Wells Fargo in Wilmington reportedly had an encounter with a man assumed to be robbing money from the bank. 

The woman reported that she was slipped a piece of paper from the suspect informing her that he was robbing the bank and wanted $150. 

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