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Christopher Castillo used a dating app to choose an unwitting woman as his getaway driver on their first date.

A Chinese woman successfully repelled a thief and alleged rapist by pretending to cough and telling the man that she was from Wuhan.

A Chicago man is accused of using a dating app to lure his victims near some of the city’s nicest hotels before attacking them with a stun gun and robbing them.

A woman was reportedly robbed at gunpoint outside her apartment door in Oakland, California, on Monday night. 

A man was reportedly beaten, dragged from his car and robbed by four suspects outside a gas station in Modesto, California, Thursday.

A 60-year-old man from New York who was violently beaten and robbed by a band of alleged muggers for just $1 has died, the New York Police Department announced Saturday.

A FedEx driver in Philadelphia, PA, fatally shot an alleged robbery suspect during a package delivery on Tuesday night.

A clerk at a Hinesville, Georgia, Kwik Way Food Mart shot and killed an alleged robber Monday night in the store.

An armed robbery suspect was shot twice on Tuesday and hospitalized in critical condition after allegedly attempting to rob a T-Mobile store in Detroit, Michigan.

Thieves have stolen a billion euros worth of jewels from the Green Vault of the Residenzschloss in Dresden, in one of the biggest heists in German post-war history.The theft began at around 5 o’clock in the morning with an electrical box

A beauty store clerk at Royal Beauty Supply in Akron, Ohio, shot a masked robbery suspect in the head, killing him.

Six suspects were taken into custody over the weekend after an American teacher was found dead inside her home in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, last week.

An American teacher was found strangled to death inside her apartment in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Tuesday. 

An 18-year-old young man had his ear partially or totally cut off by a youth gang who are said to have robbed him of everything except his underwear.

An Arkansas man has been accused of murdering a mother’s two young children while she watched before he then killed her.

Authorities are searching for three suspected thieves who were caught on camera pepper spraying and assaulting a beauty store owner at a Maryland mall, according to a video of the incident.

A gang of Moroccan migrants face trial in Rennes after being accused of robbing and sexually assaulting prostitutes in several cities across France.

A 16-strong gang armed with knives targetted a group of young athletes in London’s Finsbury Park, robbing and threatening to kill three white people in the group but telling the black people with them “You’re good.”  

A Bronx man has been charged with murder after he allegedly chased down an attempted burglary suspect and beat him to death with a metal pipe.

An elderly widow was robbed when a suspect followed her home and allegedly stole thousands of dollars from inside her East Village apartment in Manhattan on Saturday.

A speedy thief seemed to be trying to beat his own record of six robberies in a half hour, cutting his time this week by 5 minutes.

A woman fought off an attacker brandishing a knife on Saturday while she was working alone in her family’s tax business in California, according to a video of the incident.

A MetroPCS store clerk shot and killed an alleged armed robber Monday afternoon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A cashier at a Family Dollar store in Bradenton, Florida, was not about to let an alleged robber get what she wanted on Sunday night. 

A robbery suspect allegedly pulled a gun on a Saginaw, Texas, homeowner Sunday night and died after the homeowner drew his own gun and fired.

A concealed carry permit holder in Charlotte, North Carolina, shot and killed a robbery suspect at a 7-Eleven early Thursday morning.

Ashley Beth Rolland, 23, told officers she was not sure where the meth they found stashed in her genitals came from.

A pregnant woman in Atlanta, Georgia, was dragged across a gas station parking lot on Monday when a thief allegedly stole her Chevrolet Camaro while the engine was running.

One of the biggest heists in Brazil’s history occurred on Thursday afternoon when armed criminals disguised as police officers stole a huge trove of gold and other precious metals from São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport. As Bloomberg News put it, the thieves stole $30 million in gold in less than three minutes.

Being up 46-0 at halftime has to be quite a thrill, but coming back into the locker room and realizing you’ve been robbed of $3,000 and a ring, is probably a bit deflating.