Man Robs Hotel, Gets Drunk, Gets Caught
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A 32 year-old man robbed a hotel in the western Finnish town of Turku, got drunk, passed out in a taxi and was picked up by police, tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reported on Saturday.
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Authorities said a man stole a pickup, a sedan and a Volkswagen Beetle &#151; along with perhaps 300 other cars. Not to mention boats and recreational vehicles.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. - Another reason not to drink on the job. A suspect in at least two dozen Columbus-area armed robberies was arrested after police linked him to a can of beer.  A witness to one home invasion told investigators that the robber was seen carrying an Icehouse beer in a paper bag.
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A man charged with two homicides who was mistakenly released from jail was captured Friday night in Pennsylvania, authorities said.
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Two men are accused of a wild crime spree in which authorities say they fled from a police stop, robbed a house, stole several vehicles, critically wounded a sheriff's deputy, and one took hostages at a bank.
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ZAGREB, Croatia - 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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CAMP HILL, Pa. - A man was shot in the hand by his own grandfather when he broke into the older man's home to steal beer and liquor, police said.  Darin D'Marcus Thompson, 18, of Camp Hill, was charged Wednesday with breaking into the home early Tuesday morning.
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"I acted purely on impulse. On hindsight it could have been a lot worse, I could have been like George Harrison. I could have been badly injured, or anything, or shot or anything. I'm unhappy but happy in one respect. It could have got really ugly and I just thank God that no one got injured, really." &#151; Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, via AP Television News. Osbourne tackled a burglar at his English country mansion as the thief was stealing valuable jewelry.
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ATHENS, Tenn. - An armed robbery suspect used the arrest of his partner as a diversion to steal a new patrol car, crash into a ditch, break into a woman's home and then fall asleep on her couch, authorities said.
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Logged in to check e-mail or the news on one of those hotel business center computers? A Colombian man has been convicted of an identity-theft scheme in which he planted keylogging software on machines around the country, lifting personal information from hundreds of American travelers.
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A man with camouflage paint on his face and a fake gun tried to break into to billionaire Warren Buffett's house but fled after a scuffle with a security guard, police said Thursday.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  The looters and would-be thieves seemed to rise up out of the dark as in Night of the Living Dead. That&#39;s how Holiday Inn owner John Zaccari remembers the first harrowing ...
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MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. - A man who called police when clerks refused to refund his money when he decided to not stay at their motel ended up with free accommodations anyway - at the county jail.  Phillip Ruch, 26, had checked into the Ramada Inn about 1 a.m.
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A man has petrol poured over him during a robbery at his home in County Londonderry, police say.
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A Colombian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a 16-county indictment involving an identity theft scheme in which he installed keylogging software on hotel business center computers and Internet lounges in order to steal passwords, account data, and other personal information, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.The computer fraud scheme had more than 600 victims worldwide, including U.S. Department of Defense employees, the DOJ said. Mario Simbaqueba Bonilla, 40, used money obtained in the scheme to buy expensive electronic devices, including a home theater system, and to fund luxury travel to Hong Kong, France, Jamaica, the U.S., and other locations, according to a DOJ news release and the indictment in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.Simbaqueba Bonilla, sometimes working with a co-conspirator, used a series of complex computer intrusions to steal money from payroll, bank, and other accounts, the DOJ said. Much of the identity theft activity targeted U.S. residents, including employees of the Department of Defense.Simbaqueba Bonilla used the data he intercepted from his victims, who were typically guests at hotels throughout the U.S., to steal or divert money from their accounts into other accounts he had created in the names of other people he had victimized in the same way, the DOJ said. Through a complex series of electronic transactions designed to cover his trail, Simbaqueba Bonilla would transfer the stolen money to credit, cash, or debit cards and have the cards mailed to himself and others at Pak Mail and other commercial mailing addresses.Federal agents arrested Simbaqueba Bonilla when he flew into the U.S. in August.Simbaqueba Bonilla was flying on an airline ticket purchased with stolen funds, and had in his possession a laptop also purchased with stolen funds, the DOJ said. That laptop contained the names, passwords and other personal and financial information of more than 600 people.R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, warned travelers to think twice before entering personal information on a public computer.&quot;Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case,&quot; Acosta said in a statement. &quot;The Internet is an outstanding tool, but it is vulnerable. Criminals like Bonilla use the Internet to steal our banking and personal data, and then our money.&quot;The DOJ was assisted in the investigation by the Department of Defense, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
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WICHITA, Kan. - A Wichita man called 911 to report he was the victim of an armed robbery. The theft? A pound of marijuana worth about $1,100 that he had been trying to sell at his home. The victim told police Thursday that a buyer had pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and stole the drugs.
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ERIE, Pa. - A man on probation for stealing $361,000 from a business he co-owned has stolen from his new employer, police said. Patrick J. Leighton, 59, of Erie, stole $2,621 from a veterinary clinic while he was working as a manager in November, according to state police.