Archive for 'Crime Stories'
Office Creepers Still at Work
January 29th, 2012
Have you herd of the term “Office Creeper?” If not, the definition can be found on this Word Spy web page. Essentially, an Office Creeper is someone who sneaks into an office building during regular work hours to steal personal property from offices in that building. In case you are wondering if this really happens, [...]
Thieves Dig Tunnel to Reach Cash
January 24th, 2012
Today’s post comes from an article posted recently online by The Telegraph about a heist in Manchester, England. I think this article shows the incredible steps that thieves will take to steal. In the article, the police detail how the thieves spent months to dig a 100 foot tunnel that extended from a railway embankment, [...]
Wait, It’s Not Halloween! Tweety Bird and Elmo Rob Convenience Store
December 21st, 2011
From our friends at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) comes this latest tale of a cowardly caper. Last Friday, two teenagers, one dressed as Tweety Bird and one dressed as Elmo, robbed a convenience store in south Georgia. They were apprehended shortly after. This is the link to the article: http://www.ajc.com/news/cops-teens-in-elmo-1264616.html If you own a retail [...]
Thieves Drag ATM Out of Macon Target Store with Pickup Truck
December 7th, 2011
From television station WMAZ Channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (just south of Atlanta) comes this latest story of thievery. As you will see in the video clip on their website, several thugs drove a white pickup truck through the front doors of Target and then loaded up the ATM that was located near the front of [...]
Holiday Decorations Swiped in Macon
November 16th, 2011
The Grinch is back! In the latest caper, thieves broke into a storage area for holiday decorations in the city of Macon and stripped all of the copper from the decorations. Here is the link to the article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2011/11/copper-thieves-destroy-macons-holiday.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article Would you think you would have to secure the holiday decorations with [...]

