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Security camera footage has revealed the shocking moment a mother and her young child were attacked by a masked London moped gang, who demanded her jewellery before a group of workmen grabbed scaffolding poles and chased the fleeing suspects. 

Police in Jacksonville, Florida say 36-year-old Christopher Raymond Hill tried to carjack two vehicles and was stopped both times when the drivers of the vehicles pulled a gun on him.

Twenty-six-year-old Ronald Williams allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and hit her then got shot in his leg and buttocks.

23-year-old Anthony J. Clark of Oregon says he thought he was playing Grand Theft Auto while he was allegedly committing the game’s namesake crime.

A California man pleaded guilty Friday to swiping a $550,000 gold bar dating back to the 1600s from a museum in Key West, Florida.

A French historian specializing in World War II history was sentenced to nearly a year in prison for stealing dog tags belonging to U.S. servicemen who perished in a plane crash during WWII, officials announced Tuesday.

Shoplifting and reports of theft in shops have almost doubled in just twelve months, new figures show, with police blamed for ignoring physical crimes as they focus on “hate crime” and online comments.

Police allege that a school custodian took the opportunity to rummage through students’ unattended bags Wednesday during an anti-gun walkout at a South Carolina high school, stealing as much as $180.

A New Mexico woman who allegedly faked a prescription to hoodwink her probation officer after failing a drug test said she failed it because of “medical meth.”

Classical musician Ophélie Gaillard was attacked in the Paris suburb of Pantin and was held at knife-point by a man who stole her antique cello worth 1.3 million euros ($1.5 million/£1.1 million).

A shop owner gave an alleged thief two options after he was reportedly caught stealing: apologize for the crime on Facebook Live, or go to jail. Tyler Stanley allegedly stole an item from shop owner Bo Larsen’s smoke shop in Cocoa

A Minnesota man is in custody after he stole a woman’s car out of a Walmart parking lot and then contacted the owner to help start the vehicle, police say.

An East Bay Area car burglary gang that is believed to have stolen thousands of electronic devices was caught with 900 laptops headed for the Port of Oakland for shipment to Vietnam. The Bay Area has suffered a 35 percent

Police in Arizona have arrested and accused an 80-year-old man of robbing a bank, a report says.

Police in Copenhagen, Denmark, are investigating after what is thought to be the world’s most expensive bottle of vodka was stolen from a bar.

LONDON (AP) — A homeless man characterized as a hero after the Manchester Arena bombing has admitted stealing from victims of last year’s extremist attack. Closed-circuit TV footage played in court showed 33-year-old Chris Parker stealing a purse and mobile

A Democratic congressional candidate in Virginia has been indicted on charges of fraud, embezzlement, and theft for allegedly stealing government funds from a school nutrition program in 2012.

Authorities charged the former vice president of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at a Texas school and her husband with stealing thousands of dollars from the group’s credit union account.

Two women in San Francisco attacked a man with pepper spray and stole a bag containing laxatives after getting into an argument with him, police said.

A Chinese man allegedly imprisoned 500 cats with the intention of selling them to restaurants so they can be served as food.

Waiting to check in for my flight at Caracas airport on Wednesday, security services stopped me, demanding a full search of my belongings.

A Wisconsin man who falsely claimed to be a Navy SEAL who served in Vietnam and was wounded four times has been sentenced to four years behind bars.

A veteran’s daughter from Georgia has vowed to display American flags outside her home even after they were stolen nine times.

BERLIN (AP) — The German Defense Ministry says two assault rifles and a pistol have been stolen from inside an armored vehicle at a military facility in northern Germany, in another embarrassment for the armed forces.

Chicago gangs have targeted gun shipments in Norfolk Southern rail yard on three different occasions in as many years.

Two administrators at Harvard University have been accused of embezzling $110,000 of funding earmarked for disabled students, allegedly spending the money on cell phones, computers, and even sex toys.

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a Humboldt penguin has been stolen out of its cage from a zoo in the southwestern city of Mannheim, and zookeepers say the bird could easily die if it’s not returned soon.

Hundreds of bee hives worth over a half million dollars shipped to California’s Central Valley for the annual almond tree pollination were stolen on January 17, the Los Angeles Times reports.

HOUSTON, Texas — Two thieves used a truck to plow into the side of a gun range in Houston, Texas, early Thursday morning. They took off with all the pistols and rifles they could grab.

A police car with an officer inside accidentally got hooked to a stolen flatbed truck and was dragged down a highway Monday morning.

The head of the Israel Defense Force’s Manpower Directorate announced he would step down from his post Wednesday, a day after a laptop containing classified information was stolen from his home in southern Israel, the army said.

Saudi Arabia has been in turmoil after an economist published a research paper showing that 1.1 trillion riyals (more than US$250 billion) have disappeared from the state budget without a trace.

Jordanian citizens have asked Islamic clerics whether, following the national power company’s multi-million gas deal with Israel, taking electricity off the central grid would not be considered stealing, the local media reported.

Toledo, OH police are seeking more information on the thieves they say live streamed their crime on social media. In the video one of the suspects says, “We stealing y’all, we stealing.” Toledo Police Department posted the video to their Facebook, along with

Franco Rodriguez rode his bicycle from his native Cordoba, Argentina, thirty-five hundred kilometers to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics. He will need a new mode of transportation home as his bike was stolen from Le Hostel inn where he was staying.

Norway on Monday said it is holding an internal investigation into claims that an East Jerusalem driver for its envoy to the Palestinian Authority was arrested last week by Israel for allegedly attempting to smuggle antiquities into the West Bank from Jordan.