Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Tampa Bay sneaker spot puts $20,000 reward for thieves who robbed them

Brandon King

The Tampa Police department is on the lookout for four men who robbed Valut 813, a sneaker boutique in the International Park Mall. Surveillance footage shows four males walking down a back hallway , subsequently making their way into the back room and filling several garbage bags full of sneakers, and exiting back down the hall way. According to Tampa Police, the thieves gained access to the store by cutting a hole through a back wall. The thieves made off with approximately $200,000 in sneakers including some rare and valuable…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Investigation to resume after nearly three years in theft of ultra-rare Nikes

Brandon King

I November morning back in 2018 six individuals walked into Johannesburg sneaker shop Court Order with criminality on their minds. Armed with a gun they tied up the shop owner and proceeded to fill bags full of sneakers. Amongst the ill-gotten sneakers was one of the rarest shoes in existence – The “Freddy Krueger” Nike Dunk SB Lows. Basilus Consilium Professional Service investigator Abel Roman provides some expositional background on the Krugers: The sneakers, produced in 2007, featured the same red and green stripes as the sweater worn by the…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thief steals sneakers from parked car

Brandon King

Police in Niagara Falls investigated a larceny that occurred Wednesday night. According to a police report, a Nike book rented a rented Volkswagen parked in a Prospect Park paring lot was broken into and a Nike book bag that contained a pair of Nike sneakers as well as personal papers were stolen. No arrest have been made as of the time of this article.

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Teen stabbed, doused in flour and butter, sneakers taken in attack

Brandon King

Police say a 17-year-old delicatessen customer was beaten up, stabbed, covered in flour and butter and had his sneakers stolen during a wild assault caught on camera. According to police, the assault occurred at approximately 3 p.m on Sunday, June 13 at store located at Decatur Avenue and E. 195th St. in Fordham Manor. As the victim stood inside three establishment, two males approached him and began to assault him. Surveillance footage showed the victim lying on the red-tiled floor as the two males , one decked out in all-black…

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South African officials confiscate fake sneakers in raid

Brandon King

Several people were arrested in a raid on foreign-owned shops that were selling counterfeit sneakers. On May 21 a multi-agency operation between the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation ( or as they are colloquially known, the “Hawks” ), Polokwane Tatical Response Team (TRT), Musina Police and custom officials from the Beit Bridge border post raided four shops that were selling the illegal goods. Hawks Spokesperson Captain Matimba Maluleke said members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation received a tip about four foreign-owned shops that were selling counterfeit goods. Captain…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: South African man caught with more than $50k in counterfeit sneakers

Brandon King

Police in KwaZulu-Natal, a coastal South African province, said they apprehended a man who was transporting thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit sneakers. Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbeke said an intelligence operation was conducted June 9 that observed a suspicious bakkie (truck) travelling on the R69 Vryheid/Hlobane Road near the Shona Settlement. Police intercepted the vehicle and in the course of the search, found several bales of counterfeit sneakers , worth 700,000 South African Rand ( $50,963.45 USD) in the rear of the truck. Colonel Mbele said the 30-year-old suspect…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: sneaker burglars found with guns and kicks

Brandon King

Two Lawrence, Massachusetts teens are in police custody after they broke into a Springfield Street apartment to take high-end,collectible sneakers. According to police Hermon Jackson, 19, and a 16-year-old juvenile accomplice were arrested early Tuesday morning after officers were altered by neighbours about a commotion coming from a third floor apartment located at 130 Springfield Street. A police report states that when officers arrived at the apartment building they observed both the door and door frame of the third-floor apartment had been damaged. Police knocks on the door went unanswered…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Long Island man commits knifepoint sneaker robbery

Brandon King

Nassau County police arrested a Long Island man for allegedly stealing a pair of sneakers he had arranged to buy. According to detectives, the 20-year-old male victim made arrangements through Facebook marketplace to sell sneakers to Alexander Almonte. The two agreed to meet at a 7-Eleven located at 4420 Hempstead Turnpike. Once the meeting got going, as the seller/victim was showing Almonte, 20, the shoes, he grabbed them and ran southbound on Serita Drive, according ot police. The victim pursued and subsequently confronted Almonte. The confrontation escalated, prompting Almonte to…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Man robbed while trying to sell sneakers

Brandon King

According to police in Dothan, Alabama a man who was looking to sell a pair of Air Jordan found himself the victim of a robbery. Lieutenant Scott Owens of the DPD said the victim met with 19-year-old Kevin Devontay Smith and juvenile teenager in the south side Wal-Mart parking lot to conduct the transaction for the sneakers. “Instead, the victim was met by a firearm and robbed of his money, which was $320,” Owens said. “Both suspects were identified through surveillance video and witnesses on the scene.” Smith and the…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: FL man sought in Nikes and Apple Watch robbery

Brandon King

Police in Pensacola, Florida are looking for a male suspect in a robbery that took place last month. According to a release from the Pensacola Police Department, the suspect approached a man at approximately 11:30 pm on April 7 near Jefferson and Government streets and told him in a “threatening manner” to remove his Air Force Ones and his Apple Watch. The suspected perpetrator is described as a black male estimated at 6 feet tall who was wearing glasses, black jacket, black pants and a black New York baseball cap.…

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