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If You Steal Somebody’s iPhone and Don’t Know How to Use It, You’ll Go to Jail
7:35AM Matt Buchanan | Shoe designer Sayaka Fukuda was mugged by two men who made off with her purse and iPhone. After reporting it to police, she noticed a strange email in her outbox. Guess what happened next? More »
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Criminal Uses Craigslist to Escape From Armoured Truck Robbery
11:30PM Jesus Diaz | A bank robber got away with a bag full of mucho money from an armoured truck after successfully pulling out a perfect escape plan, straight out the final scene of the Thomas Crown Affair. The criminal–who was wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask and a blue shirt–used Craigslist to hire a dozen of decoys to confuse the police and the public around the scene. Mike, one of the hired decoys, gave the full details: More »
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Guy Robs Store, Claims Only PS3 Can Save His Family
4:30AM Jason Chen | The criminal of the week award goes to a man who held up an EB Games at gunpoint and demanded a PS3. Why only a PS3 and not, you know, money? Because according to him, his family was being held hostage and the only way he could save them was with a PS3. He then followed it up by running out of the store, but not before he half-heartedly told the clerk to call 911 because his family needed help. [KSDK via PS3 Fanboy via Kotaku] More »
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Bluetooth Headset Foils Crime, Makes Someone Else Look Like a D-Bag For a Change
6:30AM Jason Chen | We seldom find a use for wearing a Bluetooth headset on our ear when we’re not making calls, but this Wendy’s employee has found one of the only three valid exceptions. It all started when a potential robber went up and asked the two employees at local Wendy’s to open up a safe when one of the employee’s phones went off. The robber shouted at the employee not to answer the phone, not knowing that the Bluetooth headset was voice-activated and turned on when shouted at. The person on the other end of the line was able to hear the shouting and call the police, who eventually got the guy to release his hostage (but not before ramming his gun own into his forehead until he bled). Long story short, Bluetooth headsets saved the day. [Dispatch]
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