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Violent Hair Weave Crime Wave Sweeping Nation

11:00AM May 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Texas, Michigan, California—states throughout the union are being hit by thieves with a particular target: human hair. Beauty salons and supply shops are being robbed bald. Weaves are getting snatched over flatscreen TVs. More »


Mobile

Apple Refuses To Send Stolen iPhone To Rightful Owner After Repair

11:00AM January 1, 2010 | Sean Fallon

When your stuff gets stolen, FILL OUT A POLICE REPORT. Consumerist reader Alisa is figuring this out the hard way after Apple received her stolen phone for repair. Even though it’s clearly hers, they refuse to return it. More »


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This Laptop Thief Has Balls Of Steel

1:20AM July 11, 2009 | Sean Fallon

According to a police report, 19-year old Jesse Phoutthaphaphone…pppppthft was sitting by a cracked window in his home, typing on MySpace when a thief suddenly popped in the window and stole the laptop right out of his hands. More »


Gaming

Stolen PS3 Tracked Through PlayStation Network

11:45PM August 11, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Dustin Waller was a happy guy with a loving fiancee who was kind enough to buy him a PlayStation 3. But one day police knocked on his door and informed Waller that they’d tracked his stolen PS3 through the internet. That bitch! (OK, she actually didn’t steal the console).

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