Woman Asks Thief to Return $1K Wheelchair
A 72-year-old Vermont woman whose wheelchair was stolen out of her daughter’s car is pleading for the thief to return her lifeline. Lucille Riccio of Wilmington tells The Republican of Springfield, Mass., that the $1,000 chair is the only way she can leave her home. She says she bought it in April and hasn’t finished [...]
Astor’s Son Steals Millions, Gets up to Three Years
The son of Brooke Astor, eighty-five-year-old Anthony Marshall, was sentenced to up to three years in prison on Monday for stealing millions of his mother’s dollars. Marshall also is expected to continue his appeals and might be able to stay free on bail indefinitely. He tried, but failed, to get the judge to throw out [...]
Artist’s Son Steals $20M in Paintings
A Pennsylvania man used a backhoe to bust into a museum owned by his father, Frank Frazetta, in an attempt to steal roughly ninety paintings, the value of which totaled about twenty million dollars. Frank Frazetta is a well-known fantasy artist. State police have charged Alfonso Frank Frazetta, age fifty-two, with theft, burglary, and trespass [...]
Thieves Steal $100,000 in Food, Toys for Poor
Several thieves in Orange County have stolen over $100,000 worth of toys and food that were donated to the poor, forcing the agency to scramble for Christmas. James Colgrove of the Orange County Police Department says that the robbers broke into the underground storage facility where the goods were being kept, then took an estimated [...]
Rings Stolen from Ohio Shop Just Brass
An Ohio jeweler says that the thieves that stole rings from his store will be surprised when they try to sell them – the rings are made of brass. He says the rings stolen are worth barely twenty-five cents apiece, and that the real versions of the rings are safely locked away. He says that [...]
Arkansas Jury Chooses Life Sentence in TV Anchor Death
Curtis Lavelle Vance, age twenty-nine, escaped a death sentence and instead is currently facing life in prison without parole for the rape, robbery, and murder of Anne Pressly. The twenty-six-year-old anchor was attacked in her home in Little Rock on October 20th, 2008. She did not regain consciousness, and died five days later. Vance was [...]
Four-Year-Old Boy’s Wheelchair Stolen
A Rhode Island mother has asked the person that stole her four-year-old son’s wheelchair to return it, no questions asked. Latarcia Bonds, of Providence, told WPRI-TV that every day she brings the wheelchair, worth close to three thousand dollars, to the sidewalk in front of their home for her son’s ride to school. She then [...]
Suspect Arrested for Flu Vaccine Theft
A Milwaukee man has been arrested for stealing a truck carrying nine hundred doses of a swine flu vaccine. The suspect is a thirty-eight-year-old man with a previous criminal record. Authorities are currently searching for two other men who were seen in the vehicle with him. The truck was stolen on Thursday night while idling [...]
Man Kills Neighbor Over Missing TV
Authorities say a Massachusetts man fired several rounds through the window of a neighboring home, killing an eighteen-year-old woman, because he thought someone living there had stolen his television. Prosecutors say that the television was not in the victim’s home, and that there is no indication that she was involved in the theft. A Hampden [...]
Florida Man Steals Ferret by Shoving Down Pants
Police have arrested a homeless Florida man for attempting to shoplift a ferret from a pet store by putting it down his pants. Thirty-eight-year-old Rodney Bolton was charged with theft after he tried to steal the $129 pet. He made it all the way to the parking lot before being confronted by a seventeen-year-old witness. [...]