Woman traps thief in Germany in back seat of car
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A 54-year-old woman in Germany shocked a would-be thief into submission when she ran screaming and trapped the man in her car after seeing him rummaging around the dashboard in search of plunder, police said on Sunday.
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Police said Wednesday a woman who lives at the home found the intruder Sept. 27 and called police. A police dog tried to track the intruder but the person got away.
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TALLINN, Estonia - A woman pulled over by police on suspicion of driving while drunk tried to get out of the ticket by performing an impromptu striptease that was captured on police video.    Tallinn police spokeswoman Jana Zdanovits told the AP on Tuesday that the woman, who was not identified, was pulled over Monday night in the capital's Mustamae area...
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TALLINN, Estonia - A woman pulled over by police on suspicion of driving while drunk tried to get out of the ticket by performing an impromptu striptease that was captured on police video.
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German police Thursday arrested five suspects and are seeking another in a phishing scam that took Postbank customers to the tune of 30,000 ($40,184).
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A German woman held hostage in Iraq since February has been freed, but her son was still being held, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Wednesday.
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_ A Polish woman abducted from her apartment in Baghdad reappeared Saturday in Poland after being suddenly released. While she said she was treated well, she refused to give details of how she was freed.
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A bungling German thief stole a pair of shoes in two different sizes and was caught when he went back to the shop to fix his mistake -- decked out in the very clothes he had stolen, authorities said on Friday.
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A 19-year-old German woman has escaped from prison by hiding in a friend's suitcase.
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A swindler posing as the owner of a jewelery store outside Paris managed to steal a set of luxury pens and watches with the unwitting help of local police and a locksmith, police said on Saturday.
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German shoppers sprang to the help of a shoplifter who was being detained after trying to steal clothes at a department store, wrongly assuming she was being attacked by strangers, police said on Tuesday.
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A German thief got nabbed after he tore off his finger during a bungled break-in then went back to retrieve it, police said on Wednesday.
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Thieves have stolen a device which allows a woman to switch off an implant in her brain so she can sleep.
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A car which paramedics use to quickly reach patients having heart attacks has its sat-nav system stolen.
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A German woman thought she had been robbed by sedative-toting thieves when she returned to her car to find 380 euros (&#36;470) missing and her dog vomiting, only to discover the pet had eaten the cash, police said on Thursday.
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WARSAW, Poland -- A Polish woman abducted from her apartment in Baghdad reappeared Saturday in Poland after being suddenly released.
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A would-be German thief went from predator to victim when he tried to mug a taxi driver but ended up having his own wallet snatched instead.