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Superthief: Joshua Paul Calhoun Likes to Take Things ... BIG Thingsnew

Calhoun was already known to law enforcement in rural counties all over East Texas for stealing trucks, horse trailers, tractors and cattle, but the local cops never could keep Calhoun behind bars for long. But now, after stealing a plane in March, he's in federal custody.
Houston Press  |  Paul Knight  |  09-29-2009  |  Crime & Justice

The Leader of a High-Profile Florida Church is Enveloped in Scandalnew

Next month, Pastor Gaston Smith of Friendship Missionary Baptist is set to stand trial for allegedly stealing from a community fund named for his hero, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Miami New Times  |  Gus Garcia-Roberts  |  08-17-2009  |  Religion

Help me, Obi Wannew

When a woman was asked to leave a store, she became angry and started throwing beer bottles on the floor. She then stood in the corner screaming that “Jesus got her pregnant and she wanted [it] out of her so she could it eat it.”
Metro Spirit  |  Alice Wynn  |  06-04-2008  |  Crime & Justice

High Metal Prices Fuel Underground Trade of Stolen Scrapnew

Scrap dealers and police say they cooperate to prevent the sale of stolen goods, and Connecticut law has recently been toughened. But the rise in metal heists begs the question: Would there be so much theft if there wasn't a network of places to "fence" the swag?
New Haven Advocate  |  Jim Motavalli  |  05-13-2008  |  Economy

Burgles and Bunglesnew

In Richmond’s Golden Age of cracksmen, the guys weren’t criminal geniuses, but they had ambition and pluck.
Style Weekly  |  Melissa Scott Sinclair  |  04-13-2006  |  Crime & Justice

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