Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers- Update: Trial begins in murder of D.C. teen over Air Jordans

Brandon King

Back in December for our “Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers” series, we reported on the tragic story of one James Smith, who was gunned down for his “Win Like 96” Air Jordan 11s. Smith, only 17, was shot on a basketball court at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Washington D.C.. Another teem dressed in a hoodie approached the youth, pointed a gun at him and said, “Give me those shoes.” After a brief struggle, James took off running later. Two of James’ friends told law enforcement that seconds…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: UCONN student steal sneakers and headphones from schoolmate’s apartment

Brandon King

Storrs, Connecticut serves as the backdrop for the latest edition of sneaker-fueled epic fails. There, a University of Connecticut student was charged with breaking into the apartment of another student on campus and stealing pricey sneakers and headphones worth a total of $1,400. According to an affidavit, on March 30, a bit after 1 a.m., UCONN police received a call about a burglary of an apartment in Hoisington Hall in the Charter Oak Apartment Complex, located on the Storrs campus. The student who resided in the burgled apartment, told police…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: $1,000 worth of sneakers and a comforter stole from Wisconsin home

Brandon King

Brown Deer, Wisconsin is the backdrop for our latest reporting of sneakers serving as the impetus for yet another instance of individuals engaging in bad behavior. A 34-year-old resident of the town of approximately 12,000 called Brown Deer Police and told them someone entered her home sometime between 9:00 p.m. on Sunday July 1 and 12:35 a.m. Monday July 2. The woman indicated that multiple pair of name brand sneakers valued at more than $1,000 were pilfered from her bedroom, along with a comforter. The victim allegedly told police she…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: PA Teen accused of stealing $1,000 worth of sneakers

Brandon King

Our latest entry into the pantheon of footwear-inspired foolishness, takes us to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where a local teen may learn the tough yet valuable lesson of when you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. Local authorities charged 18-year-old Angel L. Carrasquillo with felony counts of burglary and criminal trespassing and misdemeanor counts of theft and receiving stolen property. Bethlehem police responded to call for a burglary at a home on 13th street. The homeowners told law enforcement they had left the residence at approximately 11:30 a.m. earlier that day…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: GA teen going to prison over sneakers

Brandon King

Our latest edition of casting a uncompromising light on the soft underbelly of the sneaker landscape takes us to Columbus, Georgia where sneaker fueled stupidity ( and perhaps even judicial inequality) will cost a young man five years of his life. Dayonn Davis was 15 when he pilfered a pair of sneakers from the owner that was trying to sell them on Facebook. Those shoes will cost Davis, now 18, five years in prison and 10 years on probation. According to the prosecutor in the case, Sadhana Dailey, Davis made…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: CT Man Robbed at Gunpoint While Selling Sneakers

Brandon King

The latest addition to our unfortunate collection of stories of sneaker-driven non-quality decision takes us to New Haven, Connecticut where an attempt to sell a pair of kicks nearly cost a man his life. A Hamden, Connecticut man who made arrangements to sell a pair of Air Jordans instead found himself the victim of a robbery. According to New Haven Police Spokeman Officer David Hartman the 29-year-old victim told police he was robbed of a “couple of hundred bucks” at gunpoint after being cornered by three men. Hartman said, “(The…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Three knuckleheads use stun gun, pellet gun to steal sneakers

Brandon King

Tonawanda, New York is where we’ve landed for the latest saga of sneakers fueling doltish behavior. In this upstate New York town just north of Buffalo, three teens decided to use a pellet gun and a stun gun to relive another teen of his footwear. According to Town of Tonawanda Police, the three approached an 18-year-old male and demanded his Air Jordan 11’s. The three, Aaamire Taylor, An’Tone Chinn, and Isaiah Kocol, were located and arrested at a nearby residence. The teens were charged with robbery, menacing and a weapons…

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Stupid Things People Do Over Sneakers: Va Man sentenced to 23 years in fatal shooting

Brandon King

Our never-ending journey chronicling sneaker fueled depravity takes us to Norfolk, Virginia where a man’s stupid decision cost another man his life and him 23 years of his own. A 21-year old Virginia man will now have over 23 years to contemplate his actions. Lloyd”Buddy”Whitley-Cuffee was sentenced on May 25,2018 for killing 23-year-old Keith “Byrd” Moore in 2017. If the fact this young man had his life snuffed out weren’t bad enough, even more tragic was the reason behind the killing- jokes over a pair of sneakers. According to a…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Police involved in investigating robbery of Yeezys

Brandon King

The latest entry in the seemingly never-ending chronicling the soft underbelly of the sneaker world takes us to Methuen, Massachusetts, a town of approximately 50,000 people in Essex County. Police in the Massachusetts community are seeking two suspects in connection with a robbery of two people, 18 and 16,  engaging in a transaction regarding two pairs of Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2. According to the police, one of the victims was selling the sneakers to the other victim in a car when they were robbed at knife point. Methuen Police…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thieves attempt to sell fake sneakers they took off teen

Brandon King

Our ever continuing chronicling of when the intoxication of new sneakers overloads their capacity for common sense takes us to Queens, where the NYPD is seeking three men who snatched the shoes off a teenager during a robbery. The crime happened Saturday, April 28 at approximately 12:30 p.m. in Flushing. The robbery was caught on surveillance video and shows the three miscreants pull up in a white, four door sedan whilst the victim is standing using his phone. The robbers jump out of their car and approach the teenage victim.…

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