Tag: Stupid Things People Do for Sneakers

Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Cash and Jordans stolen from Wisconsin apartment

Brandon King

Madison, Wisconsin is the latest setting for the next entry in the annals of footwear-fueled lunacy. A resident of the capital city of the state learned that your sneakers aren’t safe even in your own home. According to Madison police, cash and five pairs of sneakers valued at more than $800 were stolen from a west side apartment. Police were called to South Gammon Road at approximately 11 p.m. after a 24 year-old woman returned home from work and discovered the front door to her apartment had been kicked in.…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Unidentified Man steals sneakers from NY Kohl’s

Brandon King

Our never-ending accounts of incidents of low IQ revolving around sneakers makes a stop in Shirley, New York, where police are on the hunt for a man who thought paying for sneakers did not apply to him. According to police, the man stole a pair of black sneakers, valued at $55, from a Kohl’s located at 999 Montauk Highway. After pilfering the kicks, he then fled with his ill-gotten footwear on a bicycle. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk Seventh Precinct Crime Section are seeking the public’s assistance to help…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Update – Woman Identified who stole shoes from CT DSW

Brandon King

Back in September we brought you the story of a Connecticut woman who stole over $1,000 worth of shoes from a DSW.  At the time of the story her identity was unknown but that soon changed with an assist from social media. New Haven police released a surveillance picture on social media on August 31 in the hope of identitfying the DSW thief. Multiple anonymous tips led police to be able to identify 39-year-old Atavia Wilson of New Haven.   Police stated Wilson hid 14 pairs of shoes in a…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Little Rock Duo arrested for gunpoint sneaker robbery

Brandon King

When lunkheads collide with sneakers, we have another edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. Our latest entry takes us to Little Rock, Arkansas, where two teens have turned their freedom into a memory in the rear view mirror of their lives. According to a police report, the 17-year-old victim told police that Taylor Rhodes, 18, and Eduardo Paniagua, 17, came to his home after he had spoken to Rhodes about selling him some Air Jordan sneakers. The report states that Rhodes tried one pair of the Jordans and…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Duo steals sneakers from seller at meet up

Brandon King

In our latest and unfortunate addition to the annals of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers a pair of Brooklyn thieves take advantage of a seller’s negligence.   According to police, 20-year-old Subhan Shah agreed to meet another man, 28, to buy a pair of sneakers that were advertised on social media. The seller arrive at the predetermined location at 12:55 p.m. , exited his vehicle and handed to shoes to Shah so he could look them over. Police said as this was happening, Sain Sajjad Khawaja ,24, approached, his…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Knoxville man arrested for sneaker robbery

Brandon King

Maryville, Tennessee is the backdrop for our latest edition of how the lust for sneakers fuels deleterious decision making, or as we call it, Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers. In this small town of under 30,000 in the Southeastern corner of Tennessee, a man posed as a buyer to rob someone selling sneakers. The alleged victim, called police at 4:41p.m.Thursday, October 11th. According to the police report, she said she was selling two pairs of Air Jordans , valued at $460, on the “Offer Up” application and made arrangements…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: VA Man pleads guilty to sneaker robbery

Brandon King

Winchester, Virginia is the scene for the latest edition of how sneaker lust can lead one down a deleterious path , or as we like to call it, Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers.  On September 20 Tavious Jonte Lane, of Berryville, VA pleaded guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court to a September 8, 2017 robbery. At gunpoint, Lane robbed a man of sneakers who had been advertising them on Instagram. According to Daniel H. Cohan, an assistant Frederick County commonwealth’s attorney, the victim of the robbery Eric Truong, knew…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: FL man caught with 60 pairs of sneakers

Brandon King

Glen Carbon, Illinois is the stage for this edition of Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers, where a Florida man’s sticky fingers has him staring at a burglary charge. An off-duty manager at a local Ross Dress For Less was in the store shopping when she spotted a man, who was later identified as Carlos y. Albelo-Parnau,32, of Miami, stuffing a pair of shoes into a backpack and then exit the store without paying for them. According to a court document, a witness saw Albelo-Parnau get into a car and…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: CT woman steals 14 pairs of sneakers from North Haven store

Brandon King

North Haven, Connecticut is the setting for our latest edition of what reprobates do when they want sneakers. Local police have released surveillance photograph on social media of a woman who stole 14 pairs of shoes valued at $1,095 from a DSW. According to police, a woman with long black hair wearing a black tank top and black leggings and slides stole the shoes from the DSW located at 410 Universal Drive North. She removed the shoes from their boxes and hid them in a large, black DSW shopping bag.…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Duo steals thousands of dollars in kicks from FL mall

Brandon King

Our never-ending accounting of sneakers fast tracking people down the path of mental ineptitude finds its way to Clearwater, Florida. It is here a pair of thieves engaged in a sneaker heist in a local mall. According to police in a Facebook post, the two thieves lifted several thousand dollars worth of sneakers from a Champs Sports at Clearwater’s Westfield Countryside mall. The crime took place in the early morning hours of Sunday August 5. The crooks entered the store by knocking out a section of drywall that was connected…

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