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Folks, it finally happened in Bridgeville!!!! I’ve heard folktales about it, seen Memes about it, I’ve heard it was on an episode of Cops or live PD. Honestly I was beginning to think it was an urban legend, until December 26, 2019... The backstory: We have, quite possibly, the worlds best loss prevention officer at our local Pharmacy. The past few years we literally have made hundreds of shoplifting arrests and a “zero tolerance” mentality when dealing with thieves. The incident: On the aforementioned date, officers were dispatched to the Pharmacy for shoplifting in progress. The perpetrator was quickly taken...

Georgia authorities arrested two armed robbery suspects who apparently failed to gas up their getaway car before allegedly committing the crime. Najee Logan, 18, and Justin Larry, 21, are accused of taking the victim’s wallet at gunpoint outside of an Atlanta-area supermarket.

A Colorado Springs man was arrested Tuesday on a felony warrant after police drew him out of his apartment southeast of Airport Road and South Academy Boulevard. Nicholas Rogers, 34, was wanted on a felony menacing warrant. Police looked for him at his apartment in a complex in the 700 block of Chapman Drive. No one answered the apartment door, but police found an extension cord running from his residence to an outlet in the laundry room, an illegal utilities connection. Police disconnected the cord and hid in the laundry room to wait. After about half an hour, Rogers left...

Local law enforcement agents arrested a suspect early Friday morning at an Odessa hotel, several hours after a Midland bank was robbed. Mark David Willmann, 42,was charged with bank robbery, a federal offense. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Counts granted a temporary motion by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to hold Willmann without the possibility of bond. -snip- Law enforcement agencies received tips identifying Willmann from a photo of the bank surveillance video released to local media outlets shortly after the robbery .... Two people positively identified Willmann about an hour after the photo and story were posted on the Reporter-Telegram’s social...

Farmington, Conn. (WTNH) - A Farmington man is under arrest after he called 911 and asked the dispatcher how much trouble he could get into for growing marijuana. Police say Robert J. Michelson called 911 Thursday evening around 8pm. Dispatcher: 911, what's your emergency? Michelson: Uh, let's not get into that yet. Dispatcher: If it's not an emergency you don't call 911 sir.Michelson: Well, I have a legal question. Dispatcher: Is it life threatening or an active crime in progress? Michelson: Crime in progress possibly. Dispatcher: What's going on? Michelson: I was just growing some marijuana and I was just...

Police outside Detroit say a suspect on the run called 9-1-1 and asked the dispatcher for a cab.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - A botched purse snatching started a bizarre chain of events in Clarksville on Wednesday evening. Police said the would-be victim fought off her attacker, then ran into him just hours later at the hospital. Police arrested 27-year-old Coyama Locklear on Thursday morning and charged him with criminal attempt to commit robbery. What Amanda Pyle and her purse went through on Wednesday evening proved that both are pretty strong. "All it has are a few minor tears. I'd recommend this purse to anyone," laughed Pyle. The attempted purse snatching happened at a Clarksville Kroger. "As I was walking...

Police in Ferndale, Michigan say they've arrested "one of the world's dumbest criminals". The man put on a Darth Vader mask and held up a convenience store with a knife. He forgot to put on the mask before security cameras captured his face.

A man was arrested after the stolen car he was driving ran out of gas in front of the Criminal Courts building and just down the road from the Cook County Jail, officials say. Eugene Edgeworth, 35, was arrested as he returned to the black 2010 Chevrolet Impala with a milk container full of gasoline, according to the Cook County sheriff's office. Around 10 a.m. Tuesday, sheriff's deputies noticed the car abandoned in front of the courthouse with its hazard lights on. Deputies checked the license plate and discovered it had been stolen July 13 from an Alamo Rent-A-Car in...

A Brooklyn personal trainer with a long record of armed robberies may be heading back to prison after getting busted allegedly selling cocaine on Craiglist. Kinrod Priester, 37, was busted after an undercover investigator for the city’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor answered his alleged ad, met him Wednesday night at a crowded Starbucks on 23rd St. and Fifth Avenue, and purchased four grams of coke. The muscle-bound alleged dealer shook loose as two investigators tried to cuff him outside the store — only to be apprehended after quickly tripping on some wire tree fencing en route to his nearby Mercedes,...

Kennewick Police find a burglary suspect with help from the suspect himself. They say a 17 year old boy broke into Bella's Office Furniture on the 7400 block of West Clearwater on Saturday. He allegedly spent about five hours on the internet while inside the store cruising porn websites. Kennewick Police say it wasn't hard to figure out who the suspect was. Officer Shirrell Veitenheimer with the Kennewick Police Department said, "He was inside the office building actually logged on to the computer and went on to his own Myspace page. So he was fooling around on his Myspace for...

A bumbling burglary suspect shocked himself with a stun gun and locked himself in handcuffs stolen from a police cruiser, Lake County, Fla. authorities allege. Shane Williams-Allen, 19, of Orlando was charged this week with multiple counts of burglary and theft, The Orlando Sentinel reported Saturday. Williams-Allen is a suspect in nine car burglaries, including an unmarked Ocoee Police cruiser in which a Taser, handcuffs, a camera and a Glock handgun magazine were stolen, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said. Williams-Allen was arrested in Clermont and everything but the handcuffs were recovered, authorities said. After his arrest, Williams-Allen allegedly told...

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a man suspected in a string of Decatur County robberies tried to report his accomplices, thinking he could snag a piece of the reward. A group of business owners on Tuesday offered nearly $7,000 for tips on the recent armed robberies in the area.

Man Accused In Doughnut Store Robbery SALINAS, Calif. -- A man accused of trying to rob the same Salinas gas station store three times in 10 days was arrested early Thursday. Police said Issac Rodriguez, 26, tried to rob the Quik Stop at 339 Williams Road for the third time at about 1:10 a.m. on Thursday. Rodriguez is accused of claiming he had a gun while trying to take beer, snacks and cigarettes during two separate robberies -- one on Oct. 5 and another on Tuesday, police said. During the second robbery, Rodriguez went into the store with another person...

It wasn't hard for Tammy Brown to identify a likely suspect in the burglary of her home. One of her neighbors, Kathleen Lawson, 36, allegedly walked right up to Brown while wearing Brown's own clothes. Brown was planning to move from her home, so much of her belongings were packed. She left her home briefly Monday and returned to find it had been burglarized, reported CBS13 in Sacramento, Calif. "I was shocked," Brown told the local CBS affiliate. "She walked right up the gate and said, 'What are you going to do with the dryer?' I said, 'How do you...

A naked, gun-toting man shot and killed by officers outside a police station in northeast Houston yesterday apparently had been seen holding a gun to is own head moments before the fatal shooting. Officials identified the man as Tony Wayne Johnson, 29. He died outside the Houston Police Department's Northeast Patrol Station in the 8300 block of Ley Road about 2:40 a.m., police spokesman John Cannon said. Around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said, they received reports, including one from an Aldine ISD police officer, of a shirtless man — later identified as Johnson— in a white Mitsubishi Mirage driving erratically...

UPDATE: Police arrest man for robbing 2 Little Rock fireworks stands Last Update: 9:41 am Police have arrested a man in connection with two LIttle Rock firework stand robberies. Authorities say Courtland Dwayne Ray was arrested after bragging to his friends about the robberies. Pulaski County deputies say Ray and another suspect walked into the tent at 24 hour Fireworks World on Kanis Road at 3am Saturday morning but they didn't buy anything. Then deputies say the suspects came back a few hours later with at least five other people, pulled guns on the guardsmen and workers and demanded cash....

Little Rock Police think they've solved a string of burglaries across the city. All of them, detectives say committed by the same man, who as he was arrested, tried to poke out the eyes of a police dog. Limping his way out of the Little Rock Police Department, detectives say Russell Brewer, 39, of Greenbrier is responsible for over 40 business burglaries, including ten Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. Lieutenant Terry Hastings says it ended inside Cruse Uniforms at 1201 South Barrow where he fought with officers and police canine Xanthro. "Mr. Brewer decided he was going to try...

A Duluth man is behind bars after allegedly stealing a car and repeatedly calling 911 to brag to police that they would not catch him. Police say the 23-year-old man stole gas from a gas station late Friday, then fled in a car he allegedly stole earlier in the night. A police officer spotted the stolen car about 2 a.m. Friday and chased the man, who crashed into a guardrail but then turned off his lights and sped away. Police soon found the car abandoned. Shortly after that, the man allegedly began calling 911 from a cell phone and telling...

A 19-year-old man accidentally shot and killed himself Tuesday morning while he was attempting to rob a Grand Prairie home, authorities said. Cameron Sands, 19, of Fort Worth kicked in the door of the house and then shot himself in the stomach as he pulled a gun out of his pants to shoot the homeowner, Grand Prairie police said. The homeowner was not injured.