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Thieves Steal Cooking Oil from Georgia Chicken Restaurant

Authorities in Villa Rica, Ga., say can’t recall a theft quite like the heist of several gallons of cooking oil from a fried chicken restaurant. Police tell WXIA-TV that two people early Saturday morning backed a truck up to the …

Georgia Residents Say Thieves Aided by Jet Noise

Residents in a Georgia subdivision said thieves are using noise from jets flying over the neighborhood as cover to break into their homes. Police tell WSB-TV they are investigating a string of home break-ins at the Pine Crest subdivision in …

UK Robbers Make Off with Rare Champagne Worth $31K

It’s time to pop open a bottle of bubbly for the holiday season – and it seems some people are willing to risk going to jail to get their hands on some. British police say that thieves have broken into …

Bus Vandalism Closes Indiana School District

Authorities say thieves stole the batteries from more than two dozen buses belonging to a suburban Indianapolis school district, leading it to cancel classes for the day. The damage to the Warren Township district buses was discovered about 5:30 a.m. …

Thieves Break into Cars Parked at Rams Game in Missouri

Police in St. Louis are searching for thieves who broke into several vehicles parked at a downtown garage during Sunday’s St. Louis Rams game. KMOV-TV reports that several cars parked at the Mansion House parking garage were broken into while …

Ohio Thieves Leave with Valuable Mausoleum Doors

Thieves in northern Ohio absconded with an unusual item from a cemetery – the doors to several mausoleums. The Morning Journal of Lorain reports that the large double doors on three of the crypts had been stolen on Friday after …

Police Recover 2 Stolen Paintings by Dutch Masters

Police recovered two stolen paintings by Dutch masters and handed them back Thursday to the provincial museum they were stolen from five months ago. Three suspects are in custody, police said. The 17th-century paintings, a depiction of two laughing boys …

Shell Uses Internet to Show Nigeria Oil Spill Data

Royal Dutch Shell PLC long has argued that thieves are to blame for most of the oil spills coming from pipelines in Nigeria’s crude-producing southern delta. Now the company is trying to prove that claim in real time on the …

ATVs a Hot Items for Thieves

Bill Hawks is a guy who works extremely hard for the things he has. So, the Blanchard resident was less than enamored one recent Sunday morning when he discovered thieves, too lazy to work for their toys, had relieved him …

Thieves Steal Woman’s Cremated Remains in California

Los Angeles, Calif., police say thieves who broke into a sport utility vehicle got away with more than personal property — they also took a beloved family member’s cremated remains. Police say the GMC Yukon was parked at the Westfield …