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A Detroit man is being hailed as a hero after he gave his own life in a robbery so that his wife could be spared.
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Tommie Caldwell, 63, was fatally shot when robbers entered the northwest Detroit home he shared with his wife.
Caldwell was forced back into his home by a gunman Wednesday morning as he exited to head to work.
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A Georgia man is feeling rather idiotic after being caught in the act attempting to rob a Quick Trip station in Snellville, Ga.
Stephen Daniel, 21, can be seen in surveillance footage walking up to the clerk and demanding all the cash. What the video does not capture is a police officer standing behind him watching the whole thing unfold.
Read More“The manager was laughing at the time he was putting the money in
SYRACUSE, NY — Anthony Stewart, a 15-year-old boy from Onondaga County was sentenced to two years in a juvenile facility for robbing a 73-year-old man for 7 cents with a bb-gun.
The judge refused to try Stewart as a youthful offender because Stewart denied the robbery.
The Huffington Post reports:
Read MoreUnlike Stewart, his accomplice, Skyler Ninham, 16, pleaded guilty and was sentenced as a youthful offender, according to Syracuse.com. He’ll serve a minimum of
Talk about a lot for a little.
A South Carolina woman has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for armed robbery and possession of a violent weapon during a convenience store holdup.
Connie Murray Dumas, 40, stole a total of $94 in cash from the store.
In the robbery, no one was hurt — though security footage does show her pointing a gun at the store clerk.
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NEW YORK, New York — Wings Academy high-school basketball star Deonte Houston was charged with first-degree robbery after he and three others allegedly stole an iPod from a 15-year-old boy.
Read MoreThe 17-year-old point guard and his cohorts rode their bikes into Pugsley Creek Park in Clason Point at 6 p.m. Sunday and allegedly circled the teen while one pointed a gun, police
Texas — “If you move, no one will have a Merry Christmas.”
Those are the cold words of a gunman who robbed a Texas business Tuesday night.
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LAS VEGAS – Authorities will be looking out for anyone trying to cash high-denomination chips at the posh Bellagio resort after an armed bandit stole at least $1.5 million in casino chips and fled on a motorcycle.
The thief took chips ranging in value from $100 to $25,000 early Tuesday, police said. However, he might find it hard to redeem the chips at any other casino except the Bellagio,
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The men convicted of killing a former city councilman Ken Harris during the robbery of a Northeast Baltimore jazz club were sentenced Tuesday.
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James Brienzo, a man who is suspected of robbing a Wal-Mart in Alliance, Ohio who hid in a dumpster was compacted, the Huffington Post is reporting.
Read MoreA suspected Walmart shoplifter who hid from police in a dumpster may have chosen too good of a hiding spot.
The suspect, identified as James Brienzo, saw the police and jumped into a dumpster to hide. When a garbage truck picked up the dumpster with Brienzo inside, he
The head of the NAACP urged Mississippi’s governor on Tuesday to pardon two black women who are serving life in prison for their role in an $11 armed robbery.
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