Category: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Police in the Bronx are on the hunt for two thieves that allegedly stole sneakers from a local store. According to police, at approximately 6:45 on February 11 the two males entered the Sketchers store on River Avenue. Surveillance footage captured the duo entering the establishment and one of the alleged suspects quickly absconding the premises with boxes in his arms. Police also indicated that a knife was brandished at a store employee. The alleged duo fled on foot with their ill-gotten footwear, valued at $425. Thankfully no one was…

An Asheville, NC teen was arrested for multiple robberies. According to an Asheville Police Department news release, on the night of Febriary 22 the teen robbed two victims of a gun, wallets, keys cash and shoes in what was supposed to be the sale of a pair of sneakers. The teenage robber was arrested on February 23 for commission of an armed robbery at a southeast Asheville residence. Marqua Hines, 18, has been charged with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of comminicating threats and larceny…

An Ohio State student went from sneaker seller to robber victim during a recent transaction. The student made arrangements with an individual in the parking lot of a CVS located on High Street last Saturday night to sell them a pair of sneakers n the night of February 12, 2022. According to a Ohio State Department of Public Safety Notice, as the buyer was trying on the shoes, a second suspect approached and pointed a gun at the seller and demanded money. The victim had no money , so the…

The axiom that “no good deed goes unpunished” was on full and brutal display recently at a Boston MBTA station. According to a MBTA transit police statement, four youths, a male juvenile, 17, of Roslindale, a male juvenile, 15, of Chelsea, a male juvenile, 15, and a male juvenile, 16, both from Roxbury are all facing various assault charges and unarmed robbery. Police were called to Park Street around 8:19 pm Saturday on report of an assault. The release states the group of teens had fled the scene prior to…

A 31-year-old Australian man charged over a series of alleged robberies in which he attacked and stole shoes from women in the Melbourne suburbs of Springvale and Clayton. According to detectives from the Melbourne Embona Taskforce, the 31-year-old man allegedly followed and assaulted women and stole their high-end shoes. The alleged Springdale robberies took place on Melton Street in Springvale on July 19 at approximately 10pm and at Springvale Road, also in Springdale, on October 6 at around 9:42 pm. While the Clayton robberies happened in an alley off Djerring…

Over the course of us documenting sneaker-related tomfoolery, we have covered scores of unusual cases. This may be oddest incident we have ever reported on( and thats saying something). A NY woman was the victim of a strange sneaker thief. According to police the woman was standing on the platform of the Grand Army Plaza 2 and 3 subway station just after 11 a.m. EST and followed her up to the staircase that leads to the street. The thief then proceeded to pull her Nike running shoe, valued at $40,…

Sneaker lunacy has come to Idaho. Two Canyon County, Idaho men were arrested for robbing a sneaker seller of his merchandise. According to the 17-year old victim , he made arrangements to sell four pairs of sneakers at a community park near Maple Road and Desert Avenue. Upon arrival at the predetermined location, the seller placed the boxes on the ground and awaited his buyer. Shortly thereafter a car pulled up and two males, Danny Borges Santiago, 19, of Caldwell, Idaho and Ismael A. Aceves, 20, of Nampa, Idaho, emerged…