Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Duo steals thousands of dollars in kicks from FL mall

Brandon King

Our never-ending accounting of sneakers fast tracking people down the path of mental ineptitude finds its way to Clearwater, Florida. It is here a pair of thieves engaged in a sneaker heist in a local mall. According to police in a Facebook post, the two thieves lifted several thousand dollars worth of sneakers from a Champs Sports at Clearwater’s Westfield Countryside mall. The crime took place in the early morning hours of Sunday August 5. The crooks entered the store by knocking out a section of drywall that was connected…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Memphis man confesses to stealing thousands of dollars worth of shoes

Brandon King

Memphis, Tennessee is the location for this latest edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. Memphis police arrested a man that allegedly stole $8,000 worth of sneakers. A woman walking down the street said she saw a man carrying a bags of shoes that she indicated she recognized from her neighbor’s storage shed. She approached the individual and took the bags of Nikes from the man, who the took off running. Law enforcement was called and the suspect, whom the police would later identify as Cameron Tate, was located…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: thieves take child with them to steal sneakers

Brandon King

The latest edition of sneaker-related depravity takes us to Shirley, New York. It is here in the hamlet of approximately 28,000 in Suffolk County where two thieves brought a child with them to steal sneakers. Surveillance photographs show the two suspects, a man and a woman, whom police said stole three pair of shoes from a Famous Footwear in Shirley. The young child that one of the thieves was carrying appeared to be around eight years old. After swiping the shoes, the child-toting bandits fled in a Ford minivan with…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: VA teen arrested under suspicion of stealing sneakers

Brandon King

Fredericksburg, Virginia serves as the backdrop for case of fervor to obtain sneakers was responsible for dereliction of common sense. It is here that a youth was arrested while trying to make his escape. According to Sheriff’s spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo, Deputy Dylan Aubrecht responded to a reported auto accident and possible robbery. When he arrived to the area of Jefferson Davis Highway and Merryview Drive, he found a man outside of a grey Jeep Wrangler with a substantial laceration on his knee. The injured party told authorities the man sitting…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Four arrested in burglary of sneakers, guns, and ammo from Ocala, FL home

Brandon King

Our ceaseless endeavor of documenting the madness that sneakers can be the driving force behind brings us to Ocala, Florida. It is here a residential burglary has cost four individuals their freedom. Ocala police have arrested four people in connection to a residential burglary in which two guns, sneakers and ammunition were taken. The victim told police she left her home in the morning and came back hours later and discovered an open bedroom window. Law enforcement indicated that from the state of the scene, it appeared the burglars kicked…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: A pair of thieves steal thousands of dollars worth of sneakers from FL mall

Brandon King

Our never-ending accounting of sneakers fast tracking people down the path of mental ineptitude finds its way to Clearwater, Florida. It is here a pair of thieves engaged in a sneaker heist in a local mall. According to police in a Facebook post, the two thieves lifted several thousand dollars worth of sneakers from a Champs Sports at Clearwater’s Westfield Countryside mall. The crime took place in the early morning hours of Sunday August 5. The crooks entered the store by knocking out a section of drywall that was connected…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Decatur police investigating sneaker robbery Pt.1

Brandon King

Our unfortunate but necessary task of journaling the disgusting acts some commit to obtain kicks, takes us to Decatur, Illinois where a pair of sneaker robberies has caused local police to caution the citizenry to be careful when arranging deals online. Decatur police are investigating two sneaker related robberies that occurred within 24 hours of one another. In the first incident that occurred Saturday, July 28, when a Decatur man was robbed at gunpoint while trying to sell two pairs of sneakers. According to Sgt. Brian Earles of the Decatur…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Update- Fat Joe’s former business partner sentenced to 35 months in prison

Brandon King

In a previous edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, we covered the story of Fat Joe’s former business partner Scott Spina, a.k.a. Scotty Kickz. Back in April, Spina pled guilty to one count of wire fraud. He got in hot water when, according to court documents, he used credit card information of customers not for their intended purposes of purchasing clients’ shoes but instead made personal purchases. Spina also falsely reported legitimate purchases made on his personal credit card as fraudulent. On July 23, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: TX duo robs sellers of sneakers

Brandon King

Fort Worth, Texas serves as the location of our latest reporting of sneaker-driven absurdity. Here we have two teens who used Facebook to find sneaker sellers and then rob them. Ironically in addition to being their hunting grounds, social media also proved to be their undoing, as that is from where the tips that led to their capture originated. Dubbed the “sneaker robbers” by police, Brittaney Nicole Harrison,19, and Deangelo Antuan Curley,18, both of Forth Worth were the duo accused of robbing two people on two separate occasions. At approximately…

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Stupid Things People Do Over Sneakers: Kingston shipowner busted for counterfeit sneakers

Brandon King

The island of Jamaica is a vacation spot known for its beaches, food, rum and happy grass. It also the setting for our latest edition of footwear fueled folly. In Kingston, Jamaica, police seized over $950,000 of counterfeit goods and arrested a man in connection to the seizure. Owen Jackson, 44, of Kingston was charged with unlawful use of trademarks. According to reports, a search of Jackson’s business was carried out on July 16 around 1:30 pm and 192 pairs of counterfeit sneakers were found. Police said upon closer inspection…

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