Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things Peiple Do For Sneakers: Thieves use truck to break into Detroit sneaker store

Brandon King

According to police a group of thieves used a stoen truck as a battering ram to break into a Detroit sneaker store. The brazen smash-and-grab took place at Culture DET just before 3 am on January 31. Video showed the truck backing into the front of the building. “They took a pickup truck and backed into the front of the building. Tore down the whole facade of the building,” said Juanzel Smith, the co-owner of the business. “And we later found out that the truck was stolen too.” Detroit police…

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Alabama State’s Damon Stewart named SWAC Newcomer of the Week

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Title image via David Campbell Courtesy of Alabama State Athletics The Southwestern Athletic Conference named Alabama State University’s Damon Stewart as the football Newcomer of the Week on Monday for the week ending Nov. 18, 2023. Stewart had the best day of his Hornet career, completing 27-of-38 passes for 372 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions.  He has completed 117-of-183 passes for 1,465 yards with eight touchdowns. The Hattiesburg, Miss., native ranks first in the SWAC in pass efficiency (141.6), and four in yards per completion (12.77). Alabama State wraps up the season against Tuskegee…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Three arrested in sneaker robbery

Brandon King

In Encinitas, California, two teens and an adult were arrested after robbing a man during an attempted sneaker sale. According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Sgt. Heather Bruton in a news release, the incident took place in the afternoon in the 2100 block of Carol View Drive on September 14. The victim, who was selling multiple pairs of sneakers, made arrangements to meet with a man and a woman in a parking lot when a third individual, another man, showed up and pointed a gun at the victim.. “Fearing…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Maryland sneaker spot hit in robbery

Brandon King

A Largo, Maryland sneaker store was one of approximately 100 businesses hit in a pair of smash-and-grabs in late September. Hot Heat Sneakers was one of several businesses in Largo Plaza that was victimized by two or three crooks in the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 27. Video surveillance shows the one thief taking a tumble as he was exiting through the window with their ill-gotten merchandise. “I had no words. Honestly, I just stood … couldn’t even come in the store for a half hour … Just in…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneaker: Teens steals youngsters’ sneakers in mall restroom

Brandon King

Police are on the hunt for a pair of thieves who robbed four minors in late June. According to surveillaince footage posted to the Irvine Police Department’s Twitter account, the incident occured on Monday June 26 at 9:22 pm. Footage shows two males expeditiously exiting one of the men’s restroom at the Irvine Spectrum Center carrying a combined three pairs of shoes ( which appears to be two pairs of Air Jordan 4s and a pair of Air Jordan 1s) , and what appers to be a cap. The footage…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Two Florida men arrested for violent sneaker robbery

Brandon King

Recently we reported on Anthony Zangrilli, a 19-year-old Southest Florida man that was arrested for his part in a robbery of an attempted sneaker seller. The victim listed a pair of “UNC” Air Jordan 3 for $200 and a pair of “Moonrock” Adidas Yeezy 350 Boost for 450 on Instagram. Zangrilli and Ochoa’s agrreement to meet with the seller was merely a ruse to set him up to forcibly releive him of his goods, which they did. It was at the meeting where the accomplice, who was also being sought…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: FL teen arrested for robbery

Brandon King

A sneaker sale gone awry has resulted in the arrest of the alleged perpetrator. Anthony Zangrilli made arrangements with a seller through Instagram to meet to purchase sneakers. According to the Collier County (FL) Sheriff’s Office, the 19-year-old Zangrilli agreed to meet the victim in the parking lot of a LowBrow Pizza located at 3148 Tamiami Trial East. Zangrilli was accompanied by an as of yet, unidentified male. After the seller showed Zangrilli the sneakers, Zangrilli pulled out a gun , aiming at the victim’s head and demanding the sneakers.…

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CBP detains large shipment of fake Converse All-Stars

Brandon King

Customs and Border Patrol agents in Baltimore seized 13,660 pair of counterfeit Converse All-Stars bound for Los Angeles. “Unscrupulous manufacturers and vendors illegally profit on the sale of substandard counterfeit products, such as these fake Chucks, at the expense and safety of American consumers,” CBP Area Port of Baltimore Director Adam Rottman said. An intial inspection on June 23 arroused suspicision of potential counterfitting, prompting the detainment of the shipment. Images sent to the Apparel, Footwear, and Textile Centers of Excellence and Expertise confirmed a violation of the Converse trademark.…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Massachusetts man turns himself in for alleged sneaker robbery

Brandon King

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…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: LA Police raid recovers $7 million in sneakers

Brandon King

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…

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