Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

A Massachusetts man who was accused of allegedly assaulting and robbing a 14-year-old girl of her sneakers in downtown Attleboro turned himself in to authorities Thursday morning. On June 23, Nelson Daluz, 25, was accused of aggressively approaching the young victim and forcibly relieving her of her Air Force Ones when she refused to talk to him. According to the police, the two were not known to one another. Daluz turned himself in after seeing photos in police social media post regarding the event and following a conversation with his…

A recent raid by the Los Angeles Police Department recovered a massive stockpile of ill-gotten footwear. The June 21 raid on a warehouse recovered $7 million in stolen sneakers. Commerical crime detectives fromt he LAPD received a report that several cargo containers were stolen from trucks near the Port of Los Angeles. After investigators tracked the pilfered kicks to nearby Torrence , they were able to obtain a search warrant for the warehouse Wednesday evening. Los Angeles CBA affiliate KCAL was told by LAPD the sneakers were the only items…

Animal services in Beaufort County (SC) have been on the lookout for dog with a penchant for pilfering footwear porches in Burton’s Pine Grove Road area. Surveillance videos reveal that the dog has been helping himself to residents’ footwear since at least November 2022. As of the publishing of this article, none of the stolen kicks have been recovered, nonetheless the Beaufort County Animal Services is determined to close this case. Individuals with information pertninent to this matters are asked to reach out to the Beaufort County Animal Services at…

A teen was the victim of a robbery that cost him his sneakers and his phone, police say. The victim, a 16 -year-old boy, was walking in front of 1476 Sheridan Blvd at 5:15pm on November 7 when he was approached by four unidentified individuals who demanded the teenager’s property. Police say the group robbed the teen victim of his wallet, cellular phone and Nike sneakers and then fled on foot southbound toward Westchester Avenue. In order to help identify the four individuals who allegedly perpetrated the robbery, police released…

A pair of Balenciaga sneakers cost a Minnesota teenager his life. According to a criminal complaint, police responded to a shooting that occurred at a Plymouth apartment complex at 5:56 pm on November 14. WHen officers arrived, they discovered 17-year old Yaseen Thomas Johnson slumped over in the passenger seat of a Buick Enclave that was parked near the complex’s dumpsters- there were bullet holes in the windshield. Tragically, Johnson was declared dead at the scene; the medical examiner said that he had been shot three times- two shots in…

When Keith Cannon opened Valid Kixx back in March he said he did so because in his own words, “just wanted to bring something culturally to this area with the sneakers.” Unfortunately for Mr.Cannon a group of thieves seem dead set on ruining that vision. Last Sunday the store was the victim of a smash-and-grab robbery. “Well got an alert to my phone. I instantly knew that somebody was breaking into the store. I watched some 25 people come through that window right there.” The robbers came in one after…

According to police in Mannheim Township, PA say a man was help at gunpoint by a 19-year-old male as the youngster helped himself to four pairs of the man’s Air Jordans/ police say that Hayden M. Thomas of York, used a took a shotgun from the side of the victim’s home and pointed the weapon at the vicim as the theft transpired. Law enforcement adds that Thoman admitted to planning out the robbery with another male, as the pair was en route to the victim’s home. Thomas was charged with…