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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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,…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Tampa Bay sneaker spot puts $20,000 reward for thieves who robbed them

The Tampa Police department is on the lookout for four men who robbed Valut 813, a sneaker boutique in the International Park Mall. Surveillance footage shows four males walking down a back hallway , subsequently making their way into the back room and filling several garbage bags full of sneakers, and exiting back down the hall way. According to Tampa Police, the thieves gained access to the store by cutting a hole through a back wall. The thieves made off with approximately $200,000 in sneakers including some rare and valuable…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Investigation to resume after nearly three years in theft of ultra-rare Nikes

I November morning back in 2018 six individuals walked into Johannesburg sneaker shop Court Order with criminality on their minds. Armed with a gun they tied up the shop owner and proceeded to fill bags full of sneakers. Amongst the ill-gotten sneakers was one of the rarest shoes in existence – The “Freddy Krueger” Nike Dunk SB Lows. Basilus Consilium Professional Service investigator Abel Roman provides some expositional background on the Krugers: The sneakers, produced in 2007, featured the same red and green stripes as the sweater worn by the…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Thief steals sneakers from parked car

Police in Niagara Falls investigated a larceny that occurred Wednesday night. According to a police report, a Nike book rented a rented Volkswagen parked in a Prospect Park paring lot was broken into and a Nike book bag that contained a pair of Nike sneakers as well as personal papers were stolen. No arrest have been made as of the time of this article.

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: Teen stabbed, doused in flour and butter, sneakers taken in attack

Police say a 17-year-old delicatessen customer was beaten up, stabbed, covered in flour and butter and had his sneakers stolen during a wild assault caught on camera. According to police, the assault occurred at approximately 3 p.m on Sunday, June 13 at store located at Decatur Avenue and E. 195th St. in Fordham Manor. As the victim stood inside three establishment, two males approached him and began to assault him. Surveillance footage showed the victim lying on the red-tiled floor as the two males , one decked out in all-black…

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South African officials confiscate fake sneakers in raid

Several people were arrested in a raid on foreign-owned shops that were selling counterfeit sneakers. On May 21 a multi-agency operation between the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation ( or as they are colloquially known, the “Hawks” ), Polokwane Tatical Response Team (TRT), Musina Police and custom officials from the Beit Bridge border post raided four shops that were selling the illegal goods. Hawks Spokesperson Captain Matimba Maluleke said members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation received a tip about four foreign-owned shops that were selling counterfeit goods. Captain…

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Stupid Things People Do For Sneakers: South African man caught with more than $50k in counterfeit sneakers

Police in KwaZulu-Natal, a coastal South African province, said they apprehended a man who was transporting thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit sneakers. Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbeke said an intelligence operation was conducted June 9 that observed a suspicious bakkie (truck) travelling on the R69 Vryheid/Hlobane Road near the Shona Settlement. Police intercepted the vehicle and in the course of the search, found several bales of counterfeit sneakers , worth 700,000 South African Rand ( $50,963.45 USD) in the rear of the truck. Colonel Mbele said the 30-year-old suspect…

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