Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

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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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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