Tag: Theft
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90
WASHINGTON — G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at...
Looie Lookout: Police seek to recover minor league mascot
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Police are asking “Where’s Looie?” after a minor league baseball team in Tennessee reported its team mascot was stolen from its...
Alaska man gets pistol from his car to stop robbery attempt
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A Fairbanks man stopped an attempted robbery at a gas station by pointing his gun at the suspect and holding him...
Man gets 30 years in Oregon in shooting of an ex-fire chief
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A man accused of crimes spanning four states that culminated with an attempted murder in Oregon has been sentenced to 30...
FBI: NYC morgue workers stole credit cards from dead people
NEW YORK — The FBI arrested two former city employees Tuesday accused of stealing bank cards from dead bodies taken to New York City's...
Bloomington teen charged as adult in woman’s slaying
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A Bloomington teen has been charged as an adult in connection with the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman during a...
Swiss banker to Venezuelan kleptocrats becomes star witness
MIAMI — Matthias Krull pulls up his pant leg and slides a gardening shear on the ankle monitor that for two years has been...
Police car Dillinger stole in jailbreak returning to Indiana
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A police car that notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger stole after his daring escape from a northwest Indiana jail will...
Belgium shows restored masterpiece but stolen panel rankles
GHENT, Belgium — Look closely, and one panel of the brilliantly restored lower half of the Ghent Altarpiece still has old varnish, right next...
3 students cited in theft of rare tree in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Police who were stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree in November from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum said...