How many times have you handed over your credit card at a fast-food joint and never thought twice about the security of your identity? Here’s some news that might give you pause — an employee at a Wendy’s in Washington state has been charged with using a card skimmer to steal the identities of 135 customers and racking up around $75,000 in fraudulent charges on those accounts. [More]
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Stupidest Man In Canada Cuts In Front Of Cops To Rob Starbucks
By 7.27.10
Another tip to anyone wishing to hold up a Starbucks: Not only is it a bad idea to go ahead with the robbery if there are police officers in the shop at the time, but you should probably not cut in front of the cops in order to start your hold up. [More]
Panty-Faced McDonald's Burglar Arrested
By 7.26.10
Remember last week, when we reported on the McDonald’s drive-thru that had been robbed by what appeared to be a female wearing what appeared to be a pair of pantied stretched across her face. Apparently we were only right about one of those assumptions — Yes, in spite of many readers’ doubts, that was a woman in the photos; but it wasn’t a pair of panties; it was a girdle. [More]
Woman Wears Panty Mask To Rob A McDonald's Drive-Thru
By 7.22.10
Perhaps in an effort to hearken back to her bandanna-sporting bank robber forebears, a woman in Oklahoma decided to fashion a mask out of a pair of undies for her late-night burglary of a McDonald’s drive-thru. Thank God it was caught on camera. [More]
Industrious Homeless Man Breaks Into Shuttered Bar To Start Selling Booze
By 7.22.10
It’s like something out of a whacky comedy movie — Homeless man breaks into bar that recently shut down, decides to pretend he’s the new owner and starts selling drinks. But this wasn’t some laugher starring the hilarious Steve Guttenberg; it’s exactly what authorities in a small Northern California town have arrested a man for doing. [More]
Kentucky Man Caught With $64,000 In Stolen KFC Gift Checks
By 7.2.10
Yesterday, we wrote about the 10 Commandments Of Good Coupon Users, and among them was “Don’t raid multiple coupons from the coupon dispenser.” Well, a man in Kentucky ignored — to the extreme! — this commandment, treating a document-storage facility like a coupon dispenser and making off with $64,000 worth of KFC gift checks. [More]
Burger King Employee Busted For Drugging Sandwiches
By 6.30.10
Anyone who has ever eaten too much Burger King has probably felt a bit sleepy afterward. But for at least two BK customers in Jacksonville, FL, that sensation might have come from the fact that their fast food had been spiked with prescription painkillers. [More]
If You're Unhappy With Bus Service Cuts, Do Not Punch Bus Driver In Face
By 6.29.10
There are many ways for citizens to protest mass-transit service cuts — with these posters or this tee shirt, for example — but we’re pretty sure that high up on the list of “least effective ways to effect change” is “repeatedly punch some poor bus driver in the face while he’s driving.” [More]
Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Shoplifting
By 6.27.10
A man in Mississippi is heading up the river for the rest of his life after he was caught heisting some stuff from a Kohl’s store and then led police on a car chase. Oh, and also because he’d been convicted 10 previous times. [More]
Convicts Don't Like People Who Try To Sell Babies At Walmart
By 6.27.10
It looks like the man who attempted to sell his baby daughter outside a California Walmart for $25 last week hasn’t exactly found a forgiving audience behind bars. [More]
Reporter Caught Shoplifting Says She Was On The Job
By 6.25.10
A TV traffic reporter in Connecticut was snagged walking out of a Sears carrying several items she allegedly didn’t pay for. But, says the journalist, everything should be cool, because it was all part of a story she was working on. [More]
If You're Going To Sell Stolen Stuff On Craigslist, Don't Post Your Real Phone Number
By 6.23.10
You would think that, given the amount of heisted property that gets listed for sale on Craigslist ever day, the criminal masterminds out there would know to not post any information that could immediately identify them to the authorities. And yet, a man from Indiana is behind bars right now, all because he didn’t follow this simple rule. [More]
Burger King Employee Clocks Out, Then Clocks Customer
By 6.22.10
Here’s a lesson for all food service workers who intend on punching out a customer — be sure to clock out before you unleash your fists of fury in the parking lot. [More]
Man Calls Police Because He's Unhappy With Craigslist Stripper
By 6.18.10
A man in Orange County, CA, was so displeased with the sexy dancer he’d contacted through Craigslist that he felt compelled to contact the local police when she refused to provide a refund. [More]
Guilt-Stricken Taco Bell Robber Returns Stolen Money
By 6.14.10
It’s not often that a story about a Taco Bell heist ends happily, but a would-be thief in Indiana was apparently so stricken with guilt (or afraid of getting caught) that he returned the cash he’d ripped off only days earlier. [More]
Illinois Couple Convicted Of Bilking Best Buy For $41 Million
By 6.7.10
We’ve written a lot over the years of consumers’ displeasure with Best Buy and Geek Squad. But here’s a story about a couple from Illinois who actually screwed over the chain of retail stores… by overcharging for $41 million worth of computer parts. [More]
This Is Why No One Trusts The Postal Service
By 5.7.10
A postal worker from Brooklyn is in hot water after he was found with three full sacks of undelivered mail in the trunk of his car. [More]
Police In Oakland Issue Warning About Craigslist Robberies
By 4.26.10
Just buying something from an anonymous seller on Craigslist — or any number of other sites — can be a risky proposition in its own right. But police in Oakland say there’s been a rash of recent incidents where victims purchased items off Craigslist only to be robbed at gunpoint when they show up to take receipt of their purchases. [More]
