Armed robber freed against advice
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A man almost killed a shop manager after being released from a jail term for murder against probation advice, the BBC finds.
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A man armed with a knife seizes a shotgun after breaking into a house in County Tyrone.
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O.J. Simpson was released from jail Wednesday after posting bail in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors at a Las Vegas hotel.
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Former Oakland Raiders center Barret Robbins has been released from jail after his arrest for being drunk and hitting a night club security guard.
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One of two men who escaped from a county jail in New Jersey last month was back in custody Tuesday, authorities said.
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A restaurant employee avoided being shot during a struggle with an escaped Utah prison inmate accused of earlier killing a corrections officer, because the inmate's gun malfunctioned, authorities said Tuesday.
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A law student who used taxis to escape with loot from dozens of house break-ins has been jailed after police in Australia caught him red-handed in the back of a cab fleeing his latest heist.
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Police release CCTV images of a man trying to escape an armed attacker, who shot him in the neck moments later.
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A MAN arrested over the shooting of have-a-go hero Adam Mapleson has been released on bail.   The IT consultant, 24, was shot in the chest as he tried to stop an armed robbery at Rayleigh train station in Essex on Friday morning.
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O.J. Simpson has been released from jail after being granted bail on armed robbery charges
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AIKEN, S.C. - A robber who used a rusty pitchfork to stick up a bank got away - and so far, finding him has been like looking for a needle in a haystack...
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Not a very bright idea, as it turns out A Colombian armed robber evidently not au fait with martial arts is recovering in hospital after ill-advisedly targetting a karate school, Reuters reports.â¦
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Police had a mug shot of a robbery suspect before he was arrested. Thanks to a camera phone, they even had a picture of his getaway vehicle.
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A man who robbed 26 stores and betting offices over a nine-month period was tracked down by police because he was nice to his victims.
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One person is believed to have been killed and another injured in a suspected armed robbery at a bank.
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NEW YORK - Margaret Johnson might have looked like an easy target. But when a mugger tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the wheelchair-bound 56-year-old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him, police said.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A prisoner who escaped last June was recaptured this week and accused of robbery after surviving for months by hiding out in a vacant electronics store and eating stolen baby food, police said.