This edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, takes place in Providence, Rhode Island, where police are looking for two males who assaulted a youth for his sneakers. The 17-year-old victim told police that two tall males followed him when got off the bus at Mount Pleasant Avenue and Hendrick Street. As he walked down Hendrick Street, one of the perpetrators knocked him to the ground , and the other male then held him down and pulled off his white, blue and black Yeezy sneakers. At this juncture there…
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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers : PA sneaker thief back at it
In our last edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, we covered the story of a seller who was fooled by counterfeit cash used at an arranged sale. It seems that was a busy day , because that was not the only person that was victimized that fateful Thursday. Shortly after allegedly committing his first theft of the day, a seller arrived at a predetermined meeting location ( set up through Offer Up), another shopping center parking lot. Upon his arrival, he was met by two males, one of…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers: PA Man uses fake cash in sneaker sale
Police in Langhorne Boroough Hall, PA are on the hunt for a man who stole a pair of sneakers without a weapon from a seller during their meeting. According to Langhorne Police Chief John Godzieba, the robbery occurred shortly before noon on Thursday , January 16. He arrived at a local shopping center parking lot and was met by a male. There was an exchange of cash, which was determined to be counterfeit, and the sneakers, a pair of Adidas Yeezys, before leaving the scene. Police describe the suspect as…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thieves walk out with thousands from CA Nike Store
The thought of shoplifters typicallly invokes images of figures lurking in the corners of stores as they attempt to surreptitiously obscure goods and make their way out of the store without drawing attention to themselves. That modus operandi certainly did not apply to a group of thieves that hit up a California Nike store. Redland, California police are searching for a group of males that entered a Nike Factory Store and absconded with thousands of dollars of merchandise. Video taken by a witness named Rosie showed the thieves walking out…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Man shot while trying to steal sneakers
A South Carolina man had the tables turned on him when he tried to rob a would-be sneaker seller. Twenty-three year-old Je’nell Montez Burton agreed to meet a male and a female to purchase a pair of sneakers at approximately 6 p.m. on November 30, 2019, but instead of taking out his wallet, he pulled a gun on the sellers. However the sellers came prepared and the male pulled a weapon of his own and proceeded to fire at Burton, striking him and causing non-threatening injuries to his hand and…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Long deceased gangster robs man during sneaker sale
Though he has been deceased for 72 years, Alphonse Capone’s name is still showing up in crime reports. A Providence. Rhode Island man reported to police that he was robbed at knifepoint by someone calling themself “Alphonse Capone.” According to a police report, the victim claimed he was robbed while he was trying to sell a black, grey and white pair of Balenciaga sneakers through an arrangement set up on Facebook Marketplace. According to Commander Thomas Verdi, victim J. Penafiel Chavez told him that “Capone” told Chavez that he was…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Pennsylvania sneaker thief sees himself on local news and turns himself in
A Pennsylvania suspected serial sneaker thief turned himself in to law enforcement-after seeing himself on the news. According to Lower Chichester police, 40-year-old Ryan Weems-Johnson saw himself on a report on Philadelphia’s WPVI and opted to turn himself in. According to law enforcement, he stole from one Kohl’s three times in the past several months by merely walking out with product on his feet. Mr. Weems-Johnson is also accused of stealing valuable shoes from businesses in Brookhaven, Media, Morton, and Newtown Sqaure dating back to last August. Police also say…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers : NH Man pulls knife on store employee
Hooksett, New Hampshire is the stage for this latest edition Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. A shoplifter in the town of under 15,000 is accused of pulling a knife on a Kohl’s employee. Zachary Labrecque decided that the rules of exchanging currency for goods did not apply to him and helped himself to a pair of sneakers in the store. According to police, a store employee tried to stop him from stealing the shoes. At that point he pulled a knife on the employee. The worker wisely disengaged. He…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers: $30,000 in sneakers and clothes stolen from parked car
An attendee of SneakerCon learned the hard way about leaving valuables in your car. When Jason Ridenour walked out of Dacula, GA’s Wild Wing Cafe and approached his car, he immediately knew something was amiss. He noticed that his car door open and been pried open and prized items removed from the vehicle. Those now missing prized possessions were the sneakers he brought to SneakerCon Atlanta. After attending the event, he stopped by the eatery. Surveillance footage shoes a black Porsche SUV parked adjacent to Ridenour’s car for 22 minutes…
Read MoreStupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Trio robs TN teen of sneakers and phone
Police in Johnson City, Tennessee said that a man and a youth stole sneakers and a cellular phone from another youngster in the east side of town. According to police, the minor victim was assaulted and his Air Jordans and LG phone were taken. Julien Fitzgerald,19, was charged with aggravated robbery and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His underage accomplice was charged with aggravated robbery. The two were located near the scene and the items were recovered. Fitzgerald was held at the Washington County Detention Center under a…
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