A serving officer of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), John Ijudigal, has foiled a ‘one-chance’ robbery and kidnap attempt in Wuse, Abuja. The officer ensured the arrest of the three suspected robbers and the rescue of the two female victims. A statement by the NAF spokesperson, Edward Gabkwet, on Saturday in Abuja, said the incident … Read more
The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is a crime so absurd that it effectively spawned its own genre of heist films — but you probably didn’t know that this iconic crime actually has direct ties to the big-money racing series, Formula 1. This is just one of the many crimes and scandals you’ll find in … Read more
Photo: Commerce City Police Department Police in Colorado arrested two out of a trio of masked robbers this weekend who allegedly held up a business at gunpoint after the thieves themselves became victims of a crime—getaway car theft. Guess the ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie Plots By Their Covers: Part 2 While three armed robbers were … Read more
They sure love a bargain. Two Colorado men convicted of felony theft for stealing over $2,000 worth of goods from a Kohl’s department store tried to get a deal on a lesser charge — because some of the stuff they stole was on sale. Michael Green, 50, and Byron Bolden, 37, were formally sentenced this … Read more
Image: Getty Images Rapid change in temperature is just plain bad for glass. Particularly for a large sheet of glass — like a car windshield — pouring warm water on frosty glass is likely to crack or shatter it, as the warm parts expand at different rates from the cold parts. The glass will crack … Read more
Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York — There’s been much handwringing over the scourge of shoplifting in America since 2020. To hear some retailers and politicians tell it, retail crime is out of control across the country. The trouble with that story is, it’s not accurate. To be clear, theft is happening, as it always has, … Read more
