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  • Fake mourner stole 1200 pairs of shoes

    02/18/2010 2:20:58 AM PST · by myknowledge · 5 replies · 379+ views
    Nine News ^ | February 18, 2010
    A South Korean who stole 1200 pairs of expensive shoes from funeral homes while posing as a mourner has been arrested, police in Seoul said Thursday. The man identified only as Park, 59, took off his own shoes before entering mourning rooms and donned more expensive footwear when he left. He intended to sell them through his own second-hand shoe business, police in southern Seoul's Suseo district told AFP. Koreans normally remove outdoor footwear when indoors, especially at funeral homes. Police said they caught Park stealing three pairs of shoes, worth a total of two million won (A$1950) when new,...
  • Shoe-thief suspect 'liked to smell them,' cop says

    05/29/2007 12:18:16 PM PDT · by TornadoAlley3 · 18 replies · 482+ views
    southflorida.com ^ | 05/29/07 | AP
    WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Police seized more than 1,500 pairs of girls' shoes from the home and storage unit of a man arrested for breaking into a high school, police said Tuesday. ``He liked to smell them,'' said Lt. William H. Graham. Police said the recovered shoes may be related to the burglaries of three Waukesha public high schools and a middle school over the past two years. The 27-year-old Kenosha man, who was not identified because had yet to be formally charged, worked for a cable company and collected keys to the schools as he responded to calls, Graham said....