Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thieves breach Nike Distribution Center in the middle of the day

For a long time this column has displayed loud and clear the depths that people will sink to for a pair of shoes. Once again the spotlight is on Memphis, Tennessee for all the wrong reasons. Memphis is a shipping hub for many companies; Federal Express is headquartered in the city and NIke has their distribution center located there as well. With it masses receives and stores of sneakers and other Nike products ,the distribution center is seen to sneaker thieves the same way Fort Knox (when it had gold)…

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Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers: Teen robbed of sneakers

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…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Minnesota youth killed while attempting to buy sneakers

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…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Memphis sneaker shop hit in smash-and-grab robbery

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…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: PA man robbed of sneakers in home by armed teen

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…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Teen beaten by mob and robbed of sneakers

A NY teen was the victim of violent assault that cost him his sneakers. A now-deleted Instagram video captured the violent assault, which occurred on Amsterdam Ave. between W. 187th St. and W. 188th St. in Washington Heights, depicted the group surrounding the 15-year-old victim, beat him to the ground with punches and kicks and then run off with his sneakers. After pummeling and stealing te victim’s shoes, the group of ruffians escaped down the black before escaping in a black sedan. The driver of the sedan can be heard…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: CT duo arrested in sneaker armed robbery

Sunday, police in Cromwell, Connecticut arrested two individuals after an armed robbery in River Centre Plaza’s parking lot. According to local law enforcement, the victim made arrangements to meet the suspects , a male and a female, in the aforementioned parking lot. The female suspect allegedly relieved the victim of the sneakers, as the male suspect pointed a gun from inside his car. The theiving duo then fled the scene. With assistance from Middletown officers, Cromwell PD indicated they found the getaway vehicle in Middletown. Soon after both suspects were…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Saginaw, MI sneaker spot burglarized

Saginaw, MI sneaker shop Kingdom Kicks unfortunately found itself the victim of a recent, however just a few days later the doors of the store are back open. Police responded to an alarm from the store, located on Bay Road, early Sunday morning. The crooks used a sledgehammer to break through the front door. Kingdom of Kicks owner Don Evan, Jr. said the thieves were not able to get a lot of items, but those they did were of high value. “They did steal items off of my wall and…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Seller threatened to be turned into human torch

An 18-year-old NJ man found himself in a potentially combustable situation when he was attempting to sell some kicks and clothes. According to a statement from the Manchester police, The victim told police he was contacted by a woman on Snapchat who indicated she was interested in purchasing items he was selling. Police say that when he arrived at the agreed upon location, the Dollar General located on Route 37 in Manchester, the woman poured a water bottle filled with gasoline on him and then held a butane torch near…

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Stupid Things People Do For sneakers: Washington woman gets 23 years for pimping her daughter in exchange for Nikes

In all the cases of deplorable behavior people engaged in for the pursuit of sneakers, this latest occurrence reaches a new level of depravity. A Washington state woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison for allegedly selling her 6-year-old for daughter for sex to a man she met online in exchange for lodging, cash and Nike sneakers. According to the US Department of Justice, 31-year-old Kylie Ruby Flores arranged with a male named Trevor Harder on the dating platform Plenty of Fish to “trade trade sexual access to the…

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