Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: D.C. Police Cadet involved in sneaker robbery

Brandon King

A Washington D.C was on the path to enforcing the law, now finds himself on the other side of the judicial system following his role in a sneaker robbery in Montgomery County, Maryland back in March. According to charging documents, police cadet, 19-year-old Christian Santos and another male responded to a Facebook advertisement for a pair of Air Jordan XIIs. However, at the agreed upon meeting location ,on Montrose Road, rather than taking out money, a gun was allegedly pulled on the seller and the two then departed with their…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Salt Lake City sneaker shop in need after burglary

Brandon King

A Salt Lake City, Utah area sneaker store is turning to the community to for help after a recent robbery to help keep its doors open. According to Eastside Hype’s owner Austin Tate on May 1 at approximately 11:30 pm, surveillance footage captured two burglars breaking their glass front door and entering the shop. “Not only did they take the clothes, but they took money we had for our consigners that was put away — which we only take 10%, so do the math — and then a cashier’s check…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers” One of the Internet Idiots gets sentenced to prison

Brandon King

Way back in November 2020 we reported on the arrest of then 17-year-old Dwayne Quamir Johnson, who along with an accomplice, robbed the owner of Upper Echelon on October 20, 2020, as indicated in court records. The victim told law enforcement he made arrangements to meet with the two males to purchase two pairs of Air Jordans. At the meeting, rather than pull out a medium of exchange, one of the males pulled out a gun and demanded the kicks. The victim told police he was struck in head with…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thieves steal hundreds of kicks from business owner’s storage locker

Brandon King

A Cincinnati business owner now finds himself out of thousands of dollars worth of sneakers were stolen from his storage unit. Michael Giddens is the owner of Heart and Sole Cincy, an online store that specializes in the sale of spught after sneakers such as Air Jordans, Dunks and Yeezys. Giddens spent two years building up a valuable collection that would underpin Heart and Sole, only to have it literally stolen away in a matter of moments. Mr. Giddens said he left to go on vacation March 27 and when…

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Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers: Memphis males charged in pistol-whipping sneaker theft

Brandon King

Two males are looking at multiple charges for their role in the pistol-whipping and robbery of a man. Sunday evening Memphis police were called to the 3500 block of Pearson Road; the victim told officers that he was struck in the face by a man later ,identified as Emmanuel Meniru, with a gun and then took his “Oreo” Air Jordan 4s. Further investigation led to the home of Marvin Hillard ; eight individuals inside the home were subsequently detained. Police documents indicated one of those detainees was Meniru, who was…

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Stupid Things People Do In Sneakers: Air Prestos helped convict robbery suspect

Brandon King

Donovan Bell is a south Florida man who finds himself potentially staring at a life sentence for an armed robbery. Three years ago attorney Robert Roemer was robbed outside of his law office by a machine-gun wielding, Presto-wearing Bell ( remember those shoes, as they are key to this story). “I felt like the rifle poke me, and I turn around and the guy’s got — like it looked like some type of Soviet assault rifle. “All of a sudden, the guy wasn’t saying anything. He just had this assault…

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Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers: $250K worth of Yeezys recovered from moving truck

Brandon King

Back in March, police in Portland, Oregon recovered 1,100 stolen pairs of Adidas Yeezys. The sneakers valued at an estimated $250,000, were found in the back of a stolen U-Haul truck and subsequently arrested 26-year-old Rupert Cabrial Crosse in connection with the stolen truck and sneakers. As it currently stands, Portland Police have yet to divulge from where the sneakers were stolen, nor the models that were recovered. An inquiry made by sneakershoptalk.com to police has yet to be answered. Crosse was charged with a aggravated theft, and possession of…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Armed sneaker robbery stopped by police

Brandon King

Police in Newark, NJ arrived at Hobson Street and Bragaw Avenue on Tuesday evening, they encountered a troubling scene- a male on the ground at gunpoint. Twenty-two-year-old males Shaquan M. Burr and Tajir Branch had firearms drawn on a third male who lying on the ground. According to Newark Public Safety Director Brain O’Hara, one of the suspects was assaulting the victim with a gun while the other was removing his shoes. Upon detecting the presence of law enforcement, both suspects took off running. Police said that Burr tossed a…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Black-owned Chicago Sneaker store Flee Club closes after latest robbery

Brandon King

We recently covered the issues that have befallen Chicago-area sneaker shop, Flee Club. The store, started by longtime compadres Darris Kelly and Sabrian Sledge has been the target of numoerous robberies over the course of its brief two-year existence. Shorty after the publishing of our initial article, it was discovered that Flee Club was victim to another robbery and the owners have decided to shutter the store. In a subsequent sit-down Scott Simon of NPR, Kelly had this to say about the robbery:  It was usually around, like, 3 in…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thousands of Nikes stolen from parked vehicle

Brandon King

Back in February , approximately 4,000 pairs of Nikes were stolen from a parked transport vehicle at the Abington Service Interchange located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. According to Police Scotland said the sneaker-containing lorry ( truck) , as well as two other nearby parked vehicles were damaged in the theft. Law enforcement is scouring CCTV feeds in an effort to identify the offenders. Detective Constable Heather Anderson implored anyone who observed anything suspicious to contact police. No matter how insignificant it may have seemed at the time, it could be…

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