Tag: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

An early morning break-in at a Kansas City consignment shop netted thieves $40,000 in merchandise. Surveillance footage captured portions of the break-in at Initial KC and showed three individuals shining flashlights and grabbing merchandise ranging from high end sneakers to name brand t-shirts. Initial KC’s co-wonder Ivan Qi thought the store was targeted, saying “I’m pretty sure they came to our shop before. They knew where to find all the stuff, and they could just grab it.”  Initial KC , was just days away from its one-year anniversary, but instead…

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Police in Columbia, South Carolina got a call from a young woman who said that someone broke into her home and stole five pairs of her Air Jordans. No arrests have been made yet and there was no description as to the specific models that were taken.

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The Hayes Valley neighborhood in San Francisco’s Western Addition district is the latest addition to the unfortumate and continuing growing list of locales that is now part of this segment. It was here that a local youth trying to sell some shoes found himself the victim of a robbery. At around 5:30 p.m. on June 23 a 14-year-old had arranged to meet a girl to sell her a pair of sneakers. Upon his arrival, he was greeted by the girl and two other boys, who threatened him, stole his phone…

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Our latest incident of sneaker-related lunacy takes place in Stockton, California. According to the Stockton Police Department a woman and her wife met with two alleged buyers at a 7-Eleven parking lot Monday night to sell a pair of shoes. Police said the arrangements for the sale were made through social media. The two women were met by two boys, aged 16 and 18 to purchase the shoes. Ironically, the location was chosen by the women due to proximity, as it was across the street from the Stockton Police Department.…

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After an unplanned hiatus ( due to people actually behaving themselves) , Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers has returned. This edition takes us all the way to South Yarra , an upscale suburb of Melboune, Austalia where a pair of females decided that paying for shoes did not apply to them. Prahran police have released images of two women in connection with a theft that occurred at a South Yarra store last month. The women entered the store shortly before 6 p.m. on June 7. One of the women…

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Shirley, New York is the setting once again for Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. Apparently there are people there that believe they are exempt from paying for shoes. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Seventh Precinct Crime Section are seeking the public’s assistance in helping identify and find a man who stole a pair of Nike Varsity Compete Trainer sneakers from the Modell’s located at 1019 Montauk Highway on May 5 at 5:00 p.m. Police say that after stealing the shoes, the man escaped in an older…

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If you are selling sneakers in Bridgeton, New Jersey or using the Offer up application you may want to exercise some caution. A local resident did both and found himself the victim of a robbery. According to police, they were sent to a robbery call around Henry Street and South Avenue at approximately 8:20 on Friday, May 18. Upon arrival they met with the victim who said he had made arrangements to sell a pair of sneakers through OfferUp. The victim said that he met two men at the agreed…

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