Tag: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers: Attempted Theft Leaves Robber Dead

Brandon King

A May 2025 private after-hours sale at a Santa Monica, CA sneaker store ended in deadly gunplay.  Santa Monica Police responded to a call at Sole & Laces after a report of shots fired and assault with a deadly weapon. The owner of the business was hosting a private after-hours sale when someone entered the establishment and attacked the business owner with what law enforcement described as a “chemical irritant.” Police said that the irritant was delivered via a spray.  A scuffle then ensued and the business owner/victim shot the…

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Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers: Group Theft Targets One Sneaker

Brandon King

No, that title is not a typo.  According to police sources, a group of teens with possible gang ties robbed a man of a single sneaker.  The group of teens, some of whom are alleged to have ties to Little Devils of 42nd Street, which is an offshoot of the violent Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua, jumped a man in lower Manhattan and forcibly relieved him of a single sneaker.  The victim was walking in the financial district near Whitehall and Pearl Streets on Thursday, May 15 at around…

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Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers: Teen Robbery Ends in Arrest

Brandon King

Police in York City, PA arrested a teen who was one-half of a larcenous duo. Eighteen-year-old Da’Nas Zytier Edwards was arrested and charged with robbery-threat of immediate serious bodily injury, conspiracy to commit robbery- threat of immediate serious bodily injury, firearms not to be carried without a license, and possession of a weapon on school property. York City officers responded to a robbery call at the 600 block of North Beaver Street. Upon arrival, a boy told officers that he and two other youngsters were leaving Williams Park, walking on…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: WA man in custody for shooting into mall and stealing sneakers

Brandon King

Police in Snohomish County, Washington arrested a man who shot his way into a mall to steal sneakers.  Last January Micah Snyder shot into the Aldenwood Mall to break into Sneak City to steal high-end sneakers. Surveillance footage depicts the suspect firing multiple rounds at the glass door of the shopping center, taking a handful of shoes, and running out the front door. The entire crime from initial shots to escaping back out the front doors taking just a few brief minutes.  Anastasia Lemley, co-owner of Sneak City had this…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Teens attacked at NY subway station, sneakers taken

Brandon King

The NYPD is on the lookout for a pair of individuals who are alleged to have engaged in a robbery and assault at a subway station.  According to police, the incident took place on February 17 at approximately 3 pm when a quartet of unidentified males approached two teenage boys, aged 16 and 15, at the Dyckman Street station in Inwood. The nefarious foursome then pounced on the two youths, reigning down punches and kicks. The incident escalated when one of the attackers brandished a scalpel and then put it…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: $2 million worth of Nikes stolen from train

Brandon King

Two million dollars worth of Nike sneakers were pilfered in a brazen train heist as the train was traveling through California and Arizona.  The stolen shipment consisted of unreleased and highly sought sneakers, many of which were reportedly the “Brick by Brick” Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 4. According to authorities, the thieves targeted the train as it slowed down on the tracks.  Aided by hidden tracking devices that were previously placed in some of the boxes, law enforcement apprehended 11 suspects for the possession and receiving of ill-gotten goods…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Teen beaten and sneakers taken

Brandon King

A trio of Port St. Lucien, Florida terns were accused of assaulting and stealing the sneakers off the feet of a youngster outside of a local movie theatre.  At approximately 10 pm on December 28, 2024, Port St. Lucie Police responded to a call of a robbery at an AMC movie theatre located at 1900 NW Courtyard Circle. According to the 13-year-old victim, he was approached by six teen boys as he and his girlfriend awaited the arrival of a parent to pick them up.  The boys asked him if…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers : Thieves use car as battering ram in sneaker store robbery

Brandon King

A car was used as a battering ram in a brazen late December robbery of a Fresno, California sneaker store. Surveillance video captured at least five thieves scurrying about after they used a vehicle to smash through the front of Drip2Drip.  “A lot of individuals got off,” owner Roman Gonzales said. “They came in with the intent to steal a lot of inventory.” Despite their numbers, It appears the damage the crooks did to the store far exceeded the value of the I’ll Gotten goods. Mr. Gonzalez estimated the damage…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Two teens arrested for sneaker store theft 

Brandon King

According to the Daly City police, a pair of teenagers was taken into custody for stealing from a Daly City sneaker store.  Police say that at 12:55 PM, Saturday, November 8, a “group of teenagers” stole several items from the JD Sports located in the city’s Serramonte Center. Upon pilfering the I’ll-gotten goods, the teens then absconded in different directions.  One of the alleged thieves, a 16-year-old Richmond resident, was apprehended. The others remain at large. 

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Fake sneakers and clothes seized at South Africa/Mozambique border

Brandon King

Earlier this week, South African police arrested a man at the Lebombo port, as he was crossing from Mozambique into South Africa. According to Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation spokesperson, Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, the vehicle, a white Volkswagen minibus, was stopped and searched. “During the search, counterfeit goods – sneakers, clothes and cosmetics with an estimated street value of R800,000 transported from Mozambique into the Republic of South Africa without valid permit, were seized,” she said. The seized items included the aforementioned goods as well the van in which…

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