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Handbag swinging granny foils robbery
A senior citizen in Northampton, England came out swinging when petty thieves tried a smash and grab at a local jewelry store. While employees cowered under their desks, this woman single handedly thwarted the robbery.
[Ed Note: The underdog theme is now stuck in my head]
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Imagine being so addicted to a computer game that even the real life equivalent isn’t sufficient. Michael Ray Ekes of Polk County, Florida was recently nabbed for grand theft auto when police found a stolen SUV in front of his house. Upon entering the domicile, police found the suspect playing… you guess it… Grand Theft Auto.
tomsguide.com: Grand Theft Auto car thief
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Last summer, during a demonstration of an iPhone’s GPS capabilities in San Francisco, the young intern that was sent out to wander the neighborhood while potential clients watched her movements via GPS was mugged and the phone stolen.
“We kind of noticed while that was happening, boy, she was really starting to move pretty fast and she wasn’t heading back toward the place,” said David Kahn, CEO of Covia Labs. “Moments later she comes bursting into the office and said she’d just been mugged.”
Police said they recovered the phone and arrested Horatio Toure on suspicion of grand theft and possession of stolen property about 9 minutes after the incident.
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Next we’ll see license plates: IRCROOK
Tampa Bay – The man wanted in Sunday night’s shooting death of a man on North Florida Avenue apparently didn’t notice the multiple signs surrounding Greg Bailey Automotive, warning that surveillance cameras are in use. Four newly installed video cameras caught the murder suspect in the act.
On the video, a white Honda Accord, with its customized brake lights, is seen pulling into the auto shop’s parking lot. For about 20 minutes, nothing happens. Then, you can see a man get out of the car and flag down a white van.
Police say that seconds later, the suspect shot the man in the van, 39-year-old Michael Ayuso Smith. The man was left to die as the suspect ran back across the street to the getaway car.
Plain clothed officers nabbed the suspect less than 24 hours later, driving the same car, with the same unique custom brake lights, driving down North Florida Avenue. Police made the traffic stop one block away from the crime scene.
Full Story: Tampa Bay 10 News
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According to the police report, Hersha Howard was arrested and charged with Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon after she allegedly attacked her roommate over a box of Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies.
Her roommate, Jasmine Wanke, told deputies she was asleep when Howard burst into her bedroom and accused her of eating the cookies.
Wanke said she gave them to Howard’s kids because they were awake and hungry at 1 a.m. They began to argue, then Howard reportedly jumped on top of Wanke and struck her in the face. The two continued to fight until Wanke’s husband separated them.
When Wanke walked out of the bedroom, Howard grabbed a pair of scissors and began chasing and threatening Wanke, the report said. They then ran down the stairs and Howard reportedly dropped the scissors, picked up a board, and struck Wanke, and then continued to the kitchen, where Howard again attacked Wanke. During the fight, Howard bit Wanke in the breast and continued to hit her until the two were separated again, the report said. The women ran out of the house, then Howard reportedly picked up a sign and struck Wanke with it several times.
Wanke’s husband tackled Howard before deputies arrived and arrested her.
She was taken to the Naples Jail Center for booking.
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An angry woman went on a bottle-breaking rampage through a West Nyack liquor store. She didn’t steal anything. She just wrecked the place.
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“Oh this is quite unusual. I think that she had been drinking. That’s the information we have,” Clarkstown Police Sgt. Harry Baumann said.
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If you know her you’re asked to call the police and its suggested you probably don’t want to make her angry. [Ed: Ya think?]
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When having a bad day it can take just the tiniest incident to tip you over the edge – but this woman’s fit of rage really takes the cake.
A mother trashed a cake shop after being told they had run out of her favourite flavour of cupcake.
With her children beside her, she smashed glass display units and threw cupcakes at customers after being told there were no more ‘sweet tooth fairy cakes’.
She even attacked members of staff in her fit of rage.
Her reaction was so swift and dramatic, she did not even give staff time to tell her they could simply bake a fresh batch.
Police are appealing for help to trace the woman who fled with her two young sons at Sugarswirlz cake shop in Cardiff city centre.
The shop’s owner, Sally Dodd, 43, said: ‘The woman went absolutely ballistic when she was told we didn’t have the cupcake flavour she wanted – it is called the sweet tooth fairy cake and is very popular.
‘She didn’t even wait for us to tell her that if she waited we could bake some fresh cupcakes for her.
‘She threw herself on the floor ranting and raving while her children screamed and shouted.
‘Then she came round to my side of the counter and grabbed me by the hair before I could get out of her way.
‘I managed to tear myself free before the woman started smashing glass display units and spilling cakes all over the floor. I’ve never seen anything like it.
‘You expect a certain amount of risk running a bar or a pub but not in a cupcake shop.’
The woman inflicted around £400 worth of damage on the shop, which opened just two months ago.
The £2.20 sweet tooth fairy cake, which has become a firm favourite among customers, is made out of an assortment of flavours and topped with candy floss.
‘You expect a certain amount of risk running a bar or a pub but not in a cupcake shop’- shop owner Sally Dodd
Police were yesterday trying to trace the woman, aged between 35 and 45, with shoulder-length strawberry blonde hair.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A 34-year-old man is in custody after authorities say he gave a teller his account number and showed her his picture ID before robbing an Anchorage bank.
The FBI says Jarell Paul Arnold of Anchorage is being held on federal bank robbery charges.
The FBI alleges Arnold walked into an Alaska USA Federal Credit Union branch Friday and inquired about the balance on his account. The teller asked for his name, account number and ID.
Authorities say he complied, and then handed over a receipt with a note on the back that said he had a gun and demanded money.
The FBI says he got away with about $600. Authorities arrested Arnold on Monday. A message left after business hours Wednesday with Arnold’s public defender, Michael Dieni, was not immediately returned.
Court records say Arnold was sentenced to 57 months in prison for bank robbery in 2004.
— Information from: Anchorage Daily News, http://www.adn.com
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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) – Police arrested a suspected car thief they found asleep in the 2001 Oldsmobile he’s accused of stealing. Officers said a 26-year-old man and a woman were found asleep in the car Thursday about six miles from where it was stolen.
Both were taken into custody and the man was arrested on suspicion of grand larceny. It’s not clear if the woman faces charges.
An arrest warrant affidavit said he told officers the car had been sitting outside a liquor store, unlocked with the keys in the ignition.
— Information from: Casper Star-Tribune – Casper, http://www.trib.com
