Footage has emerged from the Temecula, California Apple Store, that was burglarized last week, showing a 2003 BMW X-5 smashing its way through the store’s front gates. One suspect in the burglary, 22-year-old driver Equonne R. Howard, has been arrested, and police remain on the lookout for his accomplice. If only somebody told them that a MacBook Pro loses about 100 percent of its market value after it’s been run over. source
Today in things you literally cannot make up: Kenneth Kahn, better known as Kenny the Clown, unknowingly acquired Steve Jobs’ recently-burgled iPad, and after he used the iPad to buy the song — again, not making this up — “Smooth Criminal,” police showed up. ”If it wasn’t tragic, it would be comical,” Kahn — still not making this up — said. Kahn hasn’t been charged, but his longtime friend Kariem McFarlin, who gave Kahn the iPad as payback for $300 debt he was owed, has.
PITTSBURGH — An 18-year-old Pittsburgh man is accused of burglarizing a market with three teens, then posting pictures on his Facebook page showing the suspects mugging with some of the loot. Isaiah Cutler who has been jailed since Friday in the Dec. 12 burglary. Online court records don’t list an attorney for him. Police say Cutler, a 17-year-ol ..read more..
Note to criminals: Posting photographic evidence of your crimes on Facebook is not a good idea.
» A downward trend continues: When the FBI compared the first half of 2010 to the first half of 2011, they found that violent crimes were down in quite a number of categories, including murder, rape and aggrivated assault. Why has crime been in a downward trend? It could be due to “tougher laws, better policing and an aging population.” That’s right, guys: Our cultural old age is (possibly) causing a drop in crime.
That’s right; all it takes for someone to plan a robbery at your house is Google Maps. It was actually a strategy that worked incredibly well … and took months to solve. EDIT: We just did a test with this, and the results were stunning.
Gumby attempted a robbery, you guys. Put away your Etch-A-Sketches and your Stretch Armstrongs, boys and girls. Childhood is over. In the San Diego area, a man dressed in a Gumby costume tried to rob a convenience store; he left with nothing, but there’s a $1,000 reward for info related to his eventual capture. Police are taking the matter seriously, however; we know we wouldn’t be able to do so. source
Hey, suspects who held this bank hostage for hours: Guess what the army of police officers did when they finally caught you. That’s right, they Chased you out of there! Ha ha ha ha ha, we’re so clever, we’ve been saving that one up for hours. By the way, one hostage was minorly injured but the suspects were caught and every other hostage (including the one above) was safe, with some released while the incident was still taking place. source
Kinda like burglary: Are banks unjustly breaking into homes?: This lady right here, Mimi Ash, had all of her possessions in this vacation home thrown out and taken away by Bank of America. Including her dead husband’s ashes. Yeah. source
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