Shaking his head, the thief continued his search, throwing Rolexes and pearl earrings into his backpack;. Police have arrested a man charged for a series of raids in which he allegedly disguised himself as large parcels and had himself posted to businesses across the country. Police said that he would then slip out of the package, make his rounds stealing whatever he could, and then seal himself and the stolen goods back into another box, pre-labelled with his home address.
The police were alerted to a potential break-in as soon as the women returned home, after finding that her window, her jewellery boxes and, strangely enough, an unknown Facebook account were all left open for her to see. On closer inspection, the person that had signed in was a mutual friend of the victim and one of her colleagues, whom it turned out was also involved in the burglary; working in cahoots with the thief to plan the best approach to take.
Two blondes decide to change their lives and rob a bank together. The first blonde, called Chelsea, thinks over and plans the entire robbery, going over every aspect with her associate, the second blonde; Ruby.
Footnote I once fell into conversation with an auctioneer. After a few beers, the auctioneer confessed that sometimes he took phantom bids 'against the wall' in order to hype up the price. A noisy parrot that enjoys imitating sounds has helped save a man and his son from a house fire by sounding like a smoke alarm, the bird's owner reports. Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9 year-old son fell asleep on the sofa while watching a film. They awoke at about 3 o'clock in the morning to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm.
The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention. The fire destroyed the home's dining room, kitchen and bedroom, Muncie, Indiana, USA, fire officials said. Aside from Peanut, Conwell said the fact that he and his son fell asleep on the couch helped save them. They may not have heard the alarm or the bird if they were asleep in their bedrooms.
In a dark corner, he spotted a birdcage and in the cage was a parrot. One simple but surprisingly effective way to throw off a potential thief is to put a sticker in your rear window that suggests you have an alarm or tracking system set up in your car. When it was just a fledgling company with no advertising budget, inventor Joe McVicker talked his way in to visit Bob Keeshan, a. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Retrieved 10 March
The judge ordered Pepo the parrot to be held in custody until he told police who was his real owner, reports UOL. Two neighbours, Jorge Machado and R Vega, were disputing ownership of the bird.
Judge Osvaldo Carlos decided the parrot should be kept in prison until he said the name of his owner. After five days, Pepo said Jorge's name, and the parrot also sung the anthem of his favourite football team San Lorenzo. This parrot story shows that sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. Police called out to investigate reports of a young child left home alone found a talking parrot instead. Police were called to the house in Koblenz, Germany, by an elderly lady who said she could hear a child next door constantly screaming, 'Mama, Mama'.
The woman felt the child must have been left home alone as nobody was answering the cries. When officers broke into the house they found the cries were coming from a year-old talking parrot. What a palaver can result when you find that your two newly bought parrots make a great deal more noise than you wanted or expected. Often we read about loud mouthed parrots irritating their neighbours because they are able to learn to talk and particularly, to swear.
However, a slightly different issue arose when Mr Jiang bought his two birds. They drove his Mynah bird quite mad with their incessant chatter. The problem befell Mr Jiang, of Nanjing, China, who purchased the birds in good faith and took them home to live in the same room as his pet Mynah bird.
It seems that ever since he robbed the home, he'd been having bad luck, including the death of his wife. So this rare bad guy decided to make amends. And just to return the courtesy, Fonterotta says she doesn't want police to charge the guy if they ever find him. He was hidden when the family arrived at their home but was caught after the couple heard someone laughing after the husband told a funny story.
That must had been a hell of a joke. Police did not have to lift a finger to identify this thief after he broke into a car specially rigged with cameras - because he had a huge tattoo revealing his name and date of birth. Aaron Evans, 21, was filmed breaking into the Peugeot in an NCP car park before making off with a stolen sat-nav device.
Not only had he failed to spot the covert camera filming his every move but he had the vital information 'Evans Evans was jailed for seven months. A would-be bank robber threatened to file an official complaint after finding a bank in Springettsbury Township, Pa. A bank customer who had been using the site's drive-thru services allegedly noticed the would-be robber fleeing the scene and followed Goetz as he left in his car. The unidentified customer called police, who stopped Goetz's vehicle and arrested him on suspicion of attempting to commit a robbery.
Police in Nigeria held a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. Vigilantes seized the black and white goat, saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into an animal to escape after trying to steal a Mazda The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. However, according to the police, one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat. Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Residents came to the police station to see the goat, photographed in one national newspaper on its knees next to a pile of straw.
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