NEW YORK — A Long Island man facing drunken driving arrest managed to escape police custody after handcuffing himself and stealing a patrol car, according to the New York Police Department. He…
Tag: Theft
Bike-riding teens ransacking 7-Elevens swipe everything — but money
The police are looking for a group of thieves who are apparently running amok across town. They have the flavor of children and teenagers – who flee into the night with bags…
Serial subway copper thief busted near Brooklyn scrapyard
A series subway copper thief with a lengthy arrest record was busted Wednesday for trying to sell transit cables he allegedly took from the Brooklyn subway system. Prince Hayes, 63, was caught…
Drone helps Campbell police capture two store theft suspects
CAMPBELL — Using drone footage, Campbell police arrested a man and a woman last week for stealing from a local department store, adding to the dozens of other times the pair had…
Mail theft victim mailed herself an Apple AirTag as bait. It worked
Two suspected mail thieves were thwarted by a tracking device and a Santa Barbara County woman who was fed up with her mail being stolen. On Monday, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies…
New York City man charged with stealing sword, bullhorn from Coach Rick Pitino’s St. John’s office
NEW YORK — A 25-year-old man has been arrested for theft a ceremonial sword and bullhorn from Coach Rick Pitino’ s office at St. John’s University, New York City police said Saturday….
Kansas man sentenced to prison for stealing bronze Jackie Robinson statue
WICHITA, Kan. — The man who stole a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was severed at the ankles and was found days later smoldering in a trash can in a Kansas city…
Interpol operation leads to 206 arrests, seizure of $1.6b of illegal drugs, chemicals
Interpol says more than 200 people have been arrested and about $1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against drug trafficking in Europe,…