Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

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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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Robberies have sneaker store owners considering relocation

Brandon King

Friends Darris ”Gem Shoe” Kelly and Sabrian ”Boo” Sledge actualized their dream when they opened Flee Club in Chicago two years ago. However, multiple burglaries have the duo considering moving their business out of the Windy City. In a two-week stretch from mid-march to the beginning of April the store, located at 2221 W. Taylor St, has been robbed twice, with the most recent occurring April 1. According to police and the owners, at 6 am on April 1, five people broke a window to gain access to the store…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Sneaker thief gets away with only left shoes

Brandon King

Miami police are looking for a thief who burlgled an area shoe store. After unsuccessfully trying to gain entry through the front door, the thief decided to come in through the roof, Mission Impossible-style. According to the store’s surveillance footage at approximately 2:30 AM on Tuesday , March 15, showed the thief scaling the dispay wall in side the store. ”He Just goes up quick and starts grabbing every shoe here,” said store owner John Alvarez. Police say that Luxe Mia was not the only store targeted. “Whoever was committing…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: PA man shot over Air Jordan Collection

Brandon King

When Krissy Cardiff Geraci checked her Ring camera on March 8, she was greeted by the worst thing a parent could ever see- their child being harmed. The video she saw was that of her son, Dominic ’Dom” Geraci being chased around his house by three males in hoodies until one of them pulls out a gun and shot him. Why was he shot? His family believes it was over his large Air Jordan collection. His father Anthony Geraci said this to KDKA (PA): “He’s a shoe collector. He has…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Update on “internet idiots” armed robbery case

Brandon King

Back in a November 2020 segment of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, we reported on the story of a pair of sneaker robbers, who after committing an armed robbery that scored them two pairs of Air Jordan. If that were not bad enough, the duo was was actually inane enough to not only photograph themselves in their ill-gotten footwear but doubled down by being daft enough to post the picture on social media. One of the males who took part in the armed heist, Dwayne Quamir Johnson, 19, who…

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