Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: ‘Sneaker Bandit’ steals 16 pairs of shoes from Sears

Brandon King

The latest edition of when imbecilic behavior collides with sneakers takes place in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, where the Bensalem Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who reportedly relieved a Sears of some sneakers.   CASE: VIDEO: RETAIL THEFT AT SEARS – DO YOU KNOW THIS SNEAKER BANDIT? https://t.co/lvKmy0t3P1 — Bensalem Police (@BensalemPolice) October 9, 2018 According to police a gentleman entered the Sears in Neshaminy Mall on October 3 at approximately 10:15 a.m. Law enforcement states he removed 16 pairs of shoes from their boxes…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Knoxville man arrested for sneaker robbery

Brandon King

Maryville, Tennessee is the backdrop for our latest edition of how the lust for sneakers fuels deleterious decision making, or as we call it, Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. In this small town of under 30,000 in the Southeastern corner of Tennessee, a man posed as a buyer to rob someone selling sneakers. The alleged victim, called police at 4:41p.m.Thursday, October 11th. According to the police report, she said she was selling two pairs of Air Jordans , valued at $460, on the “Offer Up” application and made arrangements…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Youths rob teen for money and sneakers

Brandon King

Our nationwide digest of sneaker lust leading to destructive behavior takes us to Sheepshead Bay in New York. Here in this bay that separates the Brooklyn mainland from the eastern part of Coney Island two youngsters  decided to rob a 15-year-old boy. The robbery took place at approximately 9:40 on the morning of Thursday, September 27. The two robbers approached the victim from behind and allegedly said. “Give us your money or we’ll beat you up!” The 15-year old went along with the robbers’ request, but after handing over his…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: VA Man pleads guilty to sneaker robbery

Brandon King

Winchester, Virginia is the scene for the latest edition of how sneaker lust can lead one down a deleterious path , or as we like to call it, Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers.  On September 20 Tavious Jonte Lane, of Berryville, VA pleaded guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court to a September 8, 2017 robbery. At gunpoint, Lane robbed a man of sneakers who had been advertising them on Instagram. According to Daniel H. Cohan, an assistant Frederick County commonwealth’s attorney, the victim of the robbery Eric Truong, knew…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Burglar steals only right shoes

Brandon King

The train of sneaker-powered stupidity pulls into Roanoke, Virginia, where a thief got his sneaker robbery only half right, or wrong.   On August 25 at around 4:20 a.m. , a theif broke into Clean Soles, a sneaker shop specializing in buying, trading and selling sneakers as well as offers sneaker cleansing services. Video surveillance shows the thief filling his arms with several sneakers on display before exiting the business. The head-scratching aspect of this event is the burglar only took right shoes-the mates for the shoes were stored away.…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: FL man caught with 60 pairs of sneakers

Brandon King

Glen Carbon, Illinois is the stage for this edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, where a Florida man’s sticky fingers has him staring at a burglary charge. An off-duty manager at a local Ross Dress For Less was in the store shopping when she spotted a man, who was later identified as Carlos y. Albelo-Parnau,32, of Miami, stuffing a pair of shoes into a backpack and then exit the store without paying for them. According to a court document, a witness saw Albelo-Parnau get into a car and…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: CT woman steals 14 pairs of sneakers from North Haven store

Brandon King

North Haven, Connecticut is the setting for our latest edition of what reprobates do when they want sneakers. Local police have released surveillance photograph on social media of a woman who stole 14 pairs of shoes valued at $1,095 from a DSW. According to police, a woman with long black hair wearing a black tank top and black leggings and slides stole the shoes from the DSW located at 410 Universal Drive North. She removed the shoes from their boxes and hid them in a large, black DSW shopping bag.…

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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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