Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Police in Hamden, Connecticut are seeking two person of interest in the theft of approximately $400 worth of sneakers from a local Bob’s Stores location. According to law enforcement, the incident occurred July 30 at the Bob’s located on 2300 Dixwell Avenue. Authorities ascertained that two individuals entered the shoe department and stole five pairs of sneakers, valued at nearly $400. The suspects exited the store and absconded in a grey GMC van, heading in the direction of Skff street. Those with information regarding this case is asked to call…

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Police in Queens, NY are seeking a group of males that allegedly stabbed a teenager and robbed him of his sneakers. According to law enforcement, at around 10:30 pm on July 15, the 19-year-old victim arranged via Snapchat with a user named “Kenziedaghost” to meet to sell a pair of Yeezys. Police said that upon arrival at the agreed upon location, 48-06 46th Street in Woodside, the victim was surrounded by seven young men, one of which proceeded to punch and stab him in the back. The victim was forcibly…

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Pedestrians in New York City’s Brighton Beach neighbourhood bore witness to and became part of a wild scene. According to police at approximately 1:40 pm on Brighton Beach Avenue, between Brighton 3rd and 2nd streets a woman attacked another lady and stole her sneakers. After which, she proceeded to remove all of her clothes. In a video posted to Twitter, the victim is seen on the ground crying for help as her sneakers are removed from her feet. She then proceeds to hit another bystander. A man comes in and…

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This edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers takes us to Brampton, Canada. It was here in this Toronto suburb that police made 5 arrests stemming from a sneaker sale gone bad. According to reports, a meeting was arranged to purchase high end sneakers early Friday morning shortly before 3 A.M. According to law enforcement, a Mercedes SUV containing the sneakers was stolen after two armed men arrived at the meeting location and pointed guns at the involved parties of the transaction. The vehicle was later located by police…

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Over $15,000 worth of items in clouding sneakers, jewellery and a PlayStation was stolen from a According to a police report, a Texas woman called police on Saturday to report more than $15,000 in goods were stolen from her apartment. The woman exited her domicile at 6 P.M. that Friday and when she returned at 12:30 A.M. that Saturday to discover that her residence had been forcibly entered. Upon further inspection it was noticed that several items were missing – jewelry pieces valued from $1,800 to $4,000, sneakers ranging from…

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Shady figures, transactions gone awry and high-speed car chases. These prototypical pillars of nearly every gunfire-laden, explosion-filled action flick were elements in a recent California sneaker sale. Police in Redding, California responded to a robbery call in the south part of town. En route to the call, responding officers gained situational awareness of the victim chasing the alleged perpetrators. Victim , 19-year-old Anthony Larson of Redding and his family , in two separate vehicles pursued the suspect from Redding to Anderson, CA, a distance of approximately 12 miles. The police…

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There was a time when a fistfight was the culmination of a beef, but nowadays it’s merely a stepping stone on the path to things much worse. A fun evening was disturbed when two attendees of a house party in Green Pond, SC engaged in fisticuffs, of which a third man tried to break it up. The man who was attempting to break up the fight was following his cousin home when rear-ended his relative’s vehicle. While the two were were looking over the damage, one of the males from…

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A Brooklyn, N.Y. Foot Locker that had been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to be a prime target for a would-be sneaker thief. According to police, Donte West, 28, broke into a side door of the store at 8:45 a.m. As officers arrived on the scene , West was loading a Chevrolet Trailblazer with more than three dozen pairs of sneakers and almost 40 baseball caps. Soon thereafter officers caught up and arrested West. He was the subsequently charged with burglary, grand larceny, criminal mischief and criminal possession…

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When Andrea Lacayo accompanied her boyfriend, Sergio Berben to a meeting to sell some sneakers, she had no idea it would be her last day occupying the realm of the living. Berben had set up a meeting with 19-year-old George Walton to sell him three pairs of Adidas Yeezys for $935. The predetermined meeting location, for reasons that defy logic, was an abandoned house in Homestead, Florida. According to the police report, at the meeting Walton asked to try on the shoes to which Berben responded that he would need…

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