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  • Suspect Accused of Stealing Purse from 82-Year-Old Woman After She Offered Her Money for Food

    Suspect Accused of Stealing Purse from 82-Year-Old Woman After She Offered Her Money for Food

    Riverdale police are on the lookout for a woman accused of stealing from an elderly person earlier this month, according to WSBTV. 

    The incident reportedly took place on May 2 at 7 p.m. near Valley Hill Road and Upper Riverdale Road. An 82-year-old woman reported that an unknown woman took her purse from the seat of her walker. 

    According to police, the suspect approached the victim and struck up a casual conversation, claiming that her mother had recently passed away. The 82-year-old, feeling sympathetic, gave the woman $60 in cash to help with food. 

    Riverdale authorities stated that the suspect observed the victim sitting down and waited a few minutes before grabbing the purse from the walker and fleeing the scene. 

    The stolen purse contained the victim’s ID, cash, and other personal items. “We have zero tolerance for those who victimize our residents,” said Chief Spivey. “Targeting a vulnerable member of our community is unacceptable, and we are committed to identifying and locating the individual responsible.”

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  • Man Accused of Theft After Returning Lost Wallet to Its ‘Rightful Owner,’ ‘It Felt Like Such a Slap in the Face’

    Man Accused of Theft After Returning Lost Wallet to Its ‘Rightful Owner,’ ‘It Felt Like Such a Slap in the Face’

    A man is disheartened with the reaction he got after trying to be a good Samaritan backfired. In a post on Reddit’s “Mildly Infuriating” forum, he shared that he recently discovered a lost wallet and successfully returned it to its “rightful owner.”

    Although all contents were returned, including $200 in cash, he was still met with anger. The owner yelled at him, claiming there was more money in the wallet and accusing him of theft.

    Further detailing that there “were also bank cards, a driver’s license and a business card” inside the wallet. “Which was how I was able to find him,” the man said. “It felt like such a slap in the face to be called a thief after going out of my way to return his wallet,” he continued.

    “I asked him why I would return the rest of it if I stole some of it, but he wouldn’t listen, so I walked away,” the man added of his interaction with the owner. “I wasn’t even expecting anything in return. I was just trying to do the right thing,” he wrote.

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  • Dallas Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Department-Issued Firearms and Pawning Them In Oklahoma

    Dallas Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Department-Issued Firearms and Pawning Them In Oklahoma

    A former Dallas police sergeant has been indicted on federal gun charges for allegedly selling stolen department-issued firearms, USA Today. Thomas Michael Fry, 52, was officially charged last Wednesday with three counts of possession and sale of a stolen firearm.

    “Police officers have a sacred duty to uphold the rule of law. Instead, this sergeant betrayed his department – and his community – by allegedly pawning stolen firearms,”

    said Chad Meacham, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

    “The U.S. Attorney’s Office will not hesitate to pursue charges against law enforcement officers who fail to live up to their oaths.”

    The Dallas Police Department began investigating Fry in October 2022. Investigators discovered that the sergeant had stolen at least three 9mm Sig Sauer pistols from a substation between August 2021 and July 2022 while assigned to the Southeast Patrol Division. He then pawned the stolen firearms at a pawnshop in Oklahoma, according to federal authorities. 

    Fry was first arrested in April 2024 after he turned himself into the Mesquite Police Department on three counts of firearm theft, a state jail felony. In July 2024, he was arrested again by the Royse City Police Department on a separate felony theft charge. During the internal affairs investigation, he was placed on administrative leave.

    While under investigation, Fry resigned in August, as confirmed by a police spokesperson to FOX 4. If found guilty, Fry could face up to 30 years in federal prison.

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  • Mobile Woman Sentenced For Stealing Rent Money From Low-Income Individuals

    Mobile Woman Sentenced For Stealing Rent Money From Low-Income Individuals

    A Mobile, Alabama woman found guilty of embezzling rent money from low-income individuals is scheduled to serve time in federal prison after her sentencing on Friday, as reported by the United States Department of Justice.

    Officials from the USDOJ identified her as 48-year-old Shannon Caruso, per WKRG. According to a news release from the USDOJ, court documents reveal that Caruso misappropriated rent funds while serving as a property manager for two different government housing authorities that offer affordable housing to low-income residents in the Mobile area.

    “Caruso admitted that while working for both housing authorities, she fraudulently convinced renters that they needed to make rent checks out to her or to give her their rent checks with the payee line blank,”

    the release said.

    “Rather than depositing this rent money with her employer, Caruso stole the money for her own use.”

    U.S. District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced Caruso to 14 months in federal incarceration.

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  • Maryland Restaurant Manager Charged With Fraud For Using Customer’s Credit Card To Pay Former Boyfriend’s Bills

    Maryland Restaurant Manager Charged With Fraud For Using Customer’s Credit Card To Pay Former Boyfriend’s Bills

    A restaurant manager has been charged with fraud for allegedly using a customer’s credit card, according to police per Fox 5 Washington DC.

    The individual involved, 30-year-old Brooke Chamber, worked at Silo Falls Restaurant in Brookeville. She is said to have made multiple unauthorized purchases after a customer accidentally left their credit card behind. Authorities stated that the victim dined at Silo Falls Restaurant in July 2024 and later received notifications from their bank regarding several fraudulent transactions.

    According to court documents, Chamber used the customer’s credit card to pay her now ex-boyfriend’s WSSC bills while serving as a manager at the restaurant. The victim reported two unauthorized charges on his account, totaling $751.69 and $251.69. Investigations revealed that these purchases were made by Chambers.

    She now faces charges related to theft and credit card fraud.

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  • Master P’s Son and Two Southern Utah University Basketball Players Arrested For Alleged Refrigerator Theft

    Master P’s Son and Two Southern Utah University Basketball Players Arrested For Alleged Refrigerator Theft

    Hercy Miller, the son of rapper Master P, along with two fellow Southern Utah University students, was arrested for allegedly stealing refrigerators from the campus, per TMZ Sports. 

    Miller, 24, Brock Felder, 20, and Peter Dadson Jr., 25, all members of the SUU Thunderbirds basketball team, face a theft charge. Security footage showed them loading two $1,500 refrigerators into their vehicles from the campus bookstore’s loading dock on November 11, according to reports.

    Police found the stolen refrigerators in the apartment of two of the suspects and in the garage of the third, according to court records obtained by KTVX. Dadson Jr. and Miller claimed they thought the refrigerators were being discarded since they had been on the loading dock for

    “almost a month.”

    Felder told police that he assisted in loading the refrigerators however, one of the other suspects initiated the theft. The three men were booked into Iron County Jail and released on Thursday, Nov. 28. Miller is a first-year student at SUU after transferring from Louisville last season and is averaging 8.8 points per game as a 6-foot-3 guard.

    The former three-star recruit played on Tuesday, Dec. 3, alongside Dadson and Felder, in the team’s 90-55 victory over Park University Gilbert. Head coach Rob Jeter stated to TMZ Sports that the incident was a misunderstanding and that

    “the university is working to get this thing resolved quickly.”

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  • Man Rescues 2 Babies Left In Ditch In Freezing Temperatures While Checking For Mail

    Man Rescues 2 Babies Left In Ditch In Freezing Temperatures While Checking For Mail

    An Indianapolis man went outside to check for his mail when he found two baby girls left in a ditch in freezing weather. Robert Deane saw two car seats in the ditch and heard the 4- and 5-month-old infants crying out.

    “One of them was screaming, so I immediately grabbed the car seats, brought them inside,”

    Deane told local CBS 4.

    “We got them warmed up and called 911.”

    Before Deane called for help, the Indianapolis police were already alerted about a stolen 2013 Hyundai Sonata about four miles away. The two baby girls, who are cousins, were in the back seat of that car. The police had just started looking for the car and the babies when they got Deane’s call. It’s still unknown how long the babies were left in the freezing 27-degree weather or why they were alone in the car when it was stolen.

    The Indianapolis police found the stolen car soon after. They are asking the public for help in identifying who kidnapped the babies, then left them in the cold. 

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  • Weasel Caught Stealing Shoes From Japanese Kindergarten, Parents Thought Culprit Was A Foot-Fetish Pervert

    Weasel Caught Stealing Shoes From Japanese Kindergarten, Parents Thought Culprit Was A Foot-Fetish Pervert

    Shoes kept disappearing at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan and it turned out the culprit was a furry weasel, per The Post. 

    Security cameras recorded the weasel carrying a small shoe in its mouth after police set up three cameras at the school in Fukuoka.

    “It’s great it turned out not to be a human being,”

    Deputy Police Chief Hiroaki Inada told The Associated Press Sunday. 

    Teachers and parents were worried that a disturbed person with a foot fetish might be responsible for the missing shoes. In Japan, people usually take off their shoes before entering their homes. The missing shoes were all slip-ons that the kids used indoors and kept in cubbyholes by the door. 

    Weasels are known for hiding items. The weasel scattered the shoes around and took 15 of them before police were called. The next day, it took six more. On November 11, a video showed the weasel stealing another shoe, and that footage was reviewed the following day. Authorities believe the weasel only took the lightweight white canvas shoes because they were easy to carry.

    The missing shoes were never recovered, but the other shoes are now safe at the kindergarten with nets put over the cubbyholes. The wild weasel is still on the loose.

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  • Couple Stole Nearly $1 Million In Lululemon Merchandise In Nationwide Theft Operation

    Couple Stole Nearly $1 Million In Lululemon Merchandise In Nationwide Theft Operation

    A Connecticut couple is accused of stealing nearly $1 million worth of Lululemon clothing during a two-month theft spree across the country, according to the NY Post. 

    Jadion Richards, 44, and Akwele Lawes-Richards, 45, were arrested on November 14 for stealing the expensive workout clothing from stores in Minnesota, Utah, Colorado, New York, and Connecticut since September. Their criminal activity came to an end when Lululemon investigators noticed the significant losses and the couple triggered a security alarm while leaving a store in Woodbury, Minnesota.

    Richards claimed store employees were racially profiling him. However, the company’s investigator reported that the couple stole at least 45 items worth $5,000 from various locations the day before their arrest. Officers found several credit and debit cards and a Marriott hotel key, where they discovered 12 suitcases, three filled with Lululemon products valued at around $50,000.

    The investigator estimated the couple stole up to $1 million in merchandise, though the complaint didn’t explain how that figure was reached. Lululemon items typically cost over $50, with sweatshirts priced over $130. The couple allegedly distracted store employees while one hid clothing under their clothes and jackets, the complaint said. 

    The couple, who live in Danbury, is also accused of eight thefts in Colorado in October and seven in Utah earlier this month, according to USA Today. Police have charged them both with organized retail theft. After their arrest, they were taken to Ramsey County Jail in Minnesota, but both managed to post bail.

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  • Police Searching For Man Who Stole $600 Massage Chair Off Of A Porch, Police Say

    Police Searching For Man Who Stole $600 Massage Chair Off Of A Porch, Police Say

    The Henry County Police are searching for a man who took a package worth $600 from a porch last month, per WSBTV. 

    On October 18, around 1 p.m., a man approached a house on Great Oaks Branch in Stockbridge and stole a package that had a new massage chair worth about $600. 

    The police describe the suspect as a white man, 5 feet 10 inches tall with long hair. He seemed to have arrived in a white box truck, took the package, and then drove away.

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