An Illinois man allegedly robbed a bank last month wearing fake dreadlocks, but he apparently didn’t think about his disguise all the way through, because police quickly identified him based on similar clothing he wore in a previous visit. Around 1:45 p.m. on August 15, the man entered PNC Bank in the Chicago suburb of …
A California store clerk who was brutally beaten into a coma during a robbery last week has died, CBS Bay Area reports. Loved ones of Yowhannes Tewelde say he succumbed to his injuries Tuesday afternoon after multiple surgeries, having never regained consciousness. “I was at home. I get a call from my mom. My dad …
An elderly ice cream vendor was robbed on Monday for the third time in a week — and the eighth time in the past decade — leaving him unable to pay his own living expenses or send money back to Peru where his son lives with autism. KNTV reported that the latest armed robbery was …
A brazen armed robber took $100 from an Indianapolis woman last month, forced her to add him on Facebook, and then asked her out over the social media app. Maybe not the smartest way to get a date, but Indianapolis Police didn’t get Damien Boyce behind bars until June 12, after he allegedly shot two …
Chicago police have alerted residents and businesson on the city’s Southwest, West, and Northwest sides of a string of armed robberies and carjackings they believe were carried out by the same suspects. Investigators say three or four suspects carried out each of the nearly 50 incidents since April 22, all wearing black ski masks, dark …
A New York man arrested last year after police found his missing daughter in a secret room is behind bars again. According to CNY Central, Kirk D. Shultis is facing charges connected to numerous burglaries in Saugerties, New York. He’s accused of burglarizing a garage and a residence during a “string of burglaries” in the …
Eleven Temple University students were robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning at an off-campus apartment in Philadelphia. Police said they were called to the building at about 7 a.m., where they learned that the six women residents of the apartment were joined by three of their boyfriends and two more women were were sleeping over. …
Virginia police are searching for two suspects who robbed an elderly couple in their Portsmouth area home on Wednesday. Fox 5 reports that the incident happened at a residence off of 2600 block of Turnpike Road at around 1:50 p.m. A Ring camera captured the moment two men dressed in dark clothing forced the couple …
A North Carolina man has been arrested in connection with last month’s robbery that left a store employee dead. Charles Haywood, 22, was accused of killing Margaret Bracey, 42, during a robbery at the Exotic Hemp Company in Surf City. Surveillance footage showed Haywood inquiring about products at the store before brandishing a knife, taking …
A robber stealing lingerie from an adult video store in Brooklyn on Sunday whacked the store owner on the head with a baseball bat and fought with police who tried to arrest him. The suspect ultimately got away, The New York Post said. The incident took place at about 9:30 a.m. on Sunday at Video …
New York police are looking for a man seen on video robbing a 64-year-old man in a wheelchair. The robbery took place on a Staten Island MTA bus, and the suspect took $250 cash from the man’s pocket, WCBS reports. The incident took place on August 13 at Clinton Avenue and Richmond Terrace. Anyone with …
An 80-year-old California liquor store owner saw three masked gunmen jump out of an SUV that backed up alongside his Norco store early Sunday, so he was ready when one of them burst in and yelled for him to freeze. Surveillance footage from inside Craig Cope’s store shows that he fired his own shotgun seconds …
