Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Teens are mugged for their sneakers

Brandon King

Police in Rome, New York are looking for two teenage boys who allegedly mugged another teen and stole his sneakers. According to police, the victim stated he was walking home from the YMCA on Thursday night at around 10:48 p.m. At the corner of West Bloomfield and North Washington streets, he was jumped by two males. Police indicated that the youths assaulted the victim and absconded with his sneakers. The victim was left with minor injuries. So far, no arrest have been made. Law enforcement said that the victim knew…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Rhode Island duo attack teen for Yeezys

Brandon King

This edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, takes place in Providence, Rhode Island, where police are looking for two males who assaulted a youth for his sneakers. The 17-year-old victim told police that two tall males followed him when got off the bus at Mount Pleasant Avenue and Hendrick Street. As he walked down Hendrick Street, one of the perpetrators knocked him to the ground , and the other male then held him down and pulled off his white, blue and black Yeezy sneakers. At this juncture there…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers : PA sneaker thief back at it

Brandon King

In our last edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, we covered the story of a seller who was fooled by counterfeit cash used at an arranged sale. It seems that was a busy day , because that was not the only person that was victimized that fateful Thursday. Shortly after allegedly committing his first theft of the day, a seller arrived at a predetermined meeting location ( set up through Offer Up), another shopping center parking lot. Upon his arrival, he was met by two males, one of…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: PA Man uses fake cash in sneaker sale

Brandon King

Police in Langhorne Boroough Hall, PA are on the hunt for a man who stole a pair of sneakers without a weapon from a seller during their meeting. According to Langhorne Police Chief John Godzieba, the robbery occurred shortly before noon on Thursday , January 16. He arrived at a local shopping center parking lot and was met by a male. There was an exchange of cash, which was determined to be counterfeit, and the sneakers, a pair of Adidas Yeezys, before leaving the scene. Police describe the suspect as…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thieves walk out with thousands from CA Nike Store

Brandon King

The thought of shoplifters typicallly invokes images of figures lurking in the corners of stores as they attempt to surreptitiously obscure goods and make their way out of the store without drawing attention to themselves. That modus operandi certainly did not apply to a group of thieves that hit up a California Nike store. Redland, California police are searching for a group of males that entered a Nike Factory Store and absconded with thousands of dollars of merchandise. Video taken by a witness named Rosie showed the thieves walking out…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Man shot while trying to steal sneakers

Brandon King

A South Carolina man had the tables turned on him when he tried to rob a would-be sneaker seller. Twenty-three year-old Je’nell Montez Burton agreed to meet a male and a female to purchase a pair of sneakers at approximately 6 p.m. on November 30, 2019, but instead of taking out his wallet, he pulled a gun on the sellers. However the sellers came prepared and the male pulled a weapon of his own and proceeded to fire at Burton, striking him and causing non-threatening injuries to his hand and…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Long deceased gangster robs man during sneaker sale

Brandon King

Though he has been deceased for 72 years, Alphonse Capone’s name is still showing up in crime reports. A Providence. Rhode Island man reported to police that he was robbed at knifepoint by someone calling themself “Alphonse Capone.” According to a police report, the victim claimed he was robbed while he was trying to sell a black, grey and white pair of Balenciaga sneakers through an arrangement set up on Facebook Marketplace. According to Commander Thomas Verdi, victim J. Penafiel Chavez told him that “Capone” told Chavez that he was…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Sneaker sale ends in robbery

Brandon King

The latest edition of our never-ending journaling of unsavory sneaker-driven activities takes us to Stafford County, Virginia where a trio relieved a seller of his sneakers. Sheriff deputies in Stafford County arrested three individuals Thursday night after they allegedly robbed a man of a pair of sneakers. Twenty-one-year-old Georell Hall, twenty-year-old John Gonzalez and a minor,17, were arrested , with Hall and Gonzalez being charged with robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery assault by mob and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. According to the Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 9:59…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Pennsylvania sneaker thief sees himself on local news and turns himself in

Brandon King

A Pennsylvania suspected serial sneaker thief turned himself in to law enforcement-after seeing himself on the news. According to Lower Chichester police, 40-year-old Ryan Weems-Johnson saw himself on a report on Philadelphia’s WPVI and opted to turn himself in. According to law enforcement, he stole from one Kohl’s three times in the past several months by merely walking out with product on his feet. Mr. Weems-Johnson is also accused of stealing valuable shoes from businesses in Brookhaven, Media, Morton, and Newtown Sqaure dating back to last August. Police also say…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers : NH Man pulls knife on store employee

Brandon King

Hooksett, New Hampshire is the stage for this latest edition Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. A shoplifter in the town of under 15,000 is accused of pulling a knife on a Kohl’s employee. Zachary Labrecque decided that the rules of exchanging currency for goods did not apply to him and helped himself to a pair of sneakers in the store. According to police, a store employee tried to stop him from stealing the shoes. At that point he pulled a knife on the employee. The worker wisely disengaged. He…

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