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Stupid things People Do For Sneakers: Ohio sneaker robbers charged with robbery and kidnapping

September 17, 2021September 18, 2021 Brandon King

A Columbus, OH sneaker seller in made arrangements to meet with a potential buyer to sell a pair of Air Jordans. The victim met a 16-year-old juvenile male, 19-year-old Rasad Morrison and an unknown individual at the Amberley Square apartments located on Brandy Drive. The victim was sitting in his car when the three suspects entered his vehicle and pointed guns at him. The 16-year-old robber forced the victim to unlock his phone, open his CashApp and initiate a transfer money to his account. The robbers also compelled the victim…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Identity of dead person used to purchase sneakers

September 15, 2021September 16, 2021 Brandon King

Defectives in Miami-Dade County, Florida have arrested a fourth suspect in an intricate identity-theft scheme entered around using the identities of the victims of the Surfside condominium collapse. According to detectives, 20-year-old Nelson Ronald Garcia-Medina used the information of a person killed in that horrific event to purchase a $130 pair of sneakers. According to local10.com Garcia-Medina’s arrest comes after Betsy Alejandra Cacho-Medina, 30, Kimberly Michelle Johnson, 34, and Rodney Choute, 38, were taken into custody in the scheme Wednesday, September 9. They face 15-30 years if convicted of their various charges.…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thousands in cash, sneakers stolen from Jersey City apartment

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Brandon King

A Jersey City man was snapped out of the afterglow of a week long vacation upon returning home to discover he was $20,000 lighter in cash and $10,000 in sneakers, according police radio transmissions. The robbery was reported to police at 2 am on September 9 , once the victim arrived home and saw that his residence had been rifled through and the aforementioned items removed. The victim told police that he was last in his apartment located on McAdoo Avenue, between Spring Street and Fowler Avenue, on September 2.…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Trio robs men of cash and sneakers on Bronx street corner

September 13, 2021September 21, 2021 Brandon King

New York police are searching for a trio of robbers that robbed two men , stealing the feet right off the feet of ones of the victims. Video from the August 12 incident , shows the two victims, 40 and 36, standing on Franklin Ave by E. 169th Street at approximately 1:10 am , when they are approached by three males, one of which has an object in his right hand that looks like a gun. The two victims immediately comply with the he demands of the robbers, removing and…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Victim assaulted in sneaker sale gone sideways

August 31, 2021 Brandon King

Police in Arlington, Virginia are on the lookout for two suspects in a sneaker sale gone awry. According to police, on August 21 at approximately p.m., two persons met in the block of 22nd Street South to conduct a prearranged sneaker sale. The suspect took the victim down a residential hallway, where another suspect was lying in wait. The two alleged perpetrators then grabbed the victim assaulted him, steeling his cash before escaping into the night. The first suspect is described as a light- skinned male who stands 5’4″ and…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Two teens facing murder charges in sneaker robbery

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 Brandon King

Two Arizona youths are staring down murder charges in connection with a pair of armed robberies that claimed the life of a Tucson man. According to the Tucson Police Department, 17-year-old Aaron Jordan McComb and 16-year-old Rashie Ashburn both charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery. Allegedly, Ashburn, McComb and another male posed as sneaker buyers on Offerup. On July all three suspects met their first victim at a Safeway. They robbed the victim of his shoes , but they were not harmed. Just two hours later they met with…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: $100k worth of kicks taken in storage unit theft

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 Brandon King

A few years ago, Todd Miller quit his job to start an online business that sells and restores sneakers. “I live in a studio apartment. Ran out of space, and it forced me to store the shoes elsewhere,” said Miller. Miller rented a 5’x7’ storage unit at an Extra Space storage facility and it was quickly filled wall-to-wall with sneaker boxes. A call from the facility may put his business in peril. Someone broke the slide lock on Miller’s unit and cleaned the space of its contents, which was…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Two men stabbed, sneakers stolen in armed robbery

August 20, 2021August 20, 2021 Brandon King

Two Australian men were stabbed and sneakers stolen in an armed robbery. According to police in New South Wales, three men armed with knives broke into a home located in Blackwall,a suburb in Australia’s Central Coast region and demanded cash and goods from the occupants. One of the victims, a 22-year-old man, was stabbed several times before the second resident, a 31-year-old male attempted to intervene and was subsequently stabbed himself. The intruders made off with cash and goods including two pairs of Nike Tailwind 4- one in white/black/crimson/yellow and…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Porch pirate steals two pairs of shoes meant for special needs boy

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Brandon King

We have covered all sorts of awful acts that people unfortunately engage in in the pursuit of sneakers but this story takes it to a new low. A porch pirate in the Bronx stole two pairs of shoes that were meant for a special needs child in the hopes of using him to take his first independent steps. The Thursday afternoon robbery occurred at the home of young Amari George and his parents. A doorbell camera at the domicile captured the theft. The footage shows the thief , clad in…

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Robbers torture man with hot spoon, steal safe and 25 pair of sneakers in home invasion

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Brandon King

A Bronx couple had a nightmare experience when three robbers broke into to their home. According to police at approximately 3:30 a.m. on July 22, three robbers forced their way into the couple’s apartment, catching the residents, a 32-year-old man and 31-year old woman, off guard. The intruders wrapped the woman in a sheet and dragged her into another room and then subsequently pistol-whipped the man as they demanded him to divulge the location of his safe. When he refused , they burned his left arm with a hot spoon,…