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• Kids Try to Rob Mini-Mart with BB Gun

  It's an all too familiar scenario: You're eight years old, jonesing for a Push Pop and some gum. Only problem is, you don't have any money. What do you do? Dig in the couch cushions to find some change? Steal a dollar from your mom's wallet when she's not looking? Or head to the local mini-mart with a BB gun and your 10-year-old cousin for back-up? For two Oakland boys, the answer is C. Read More... Posted Apr 20 2009, 03:28 PM by KeriF with | with no comments Filed under: robbery, Keri Fisher, BB gun

• Your Kids' Good Manners Could be a Crimebuster

  I can't emphasize it enough: kids need to learn "please" and "thank you."  Get corny - tell them you want the "magic word." Withold toys, tv, anything (even food for a few minutes - really, they won't starve). But make them learn it.  It could save their lives one day. Don't believe me? A masked man tried to hold up a Canadian convenience store this week only to be thwarted by the most common of all courtesies: Read More... Posted Feb 05 2009, 10:29 AM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: crime, manners, robbery, Jeanne Sager, good manners, thank you, please, bizarre news

• The Power of the Mom Bag: It Can Stop a Bullet

  Sick of lugging a purse that can fit extra binkies, six diapers, a hard case of hiney wipes, a soft case of hand-sanitizing wipes, tissues, snack bags, spit rags and maybe even your wallet? Stop complaining. That bag of crap could be your life. Read More... Posted Nov 13 2008, 11:32 AM by JeanneSager with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: robbery, Jeanne Sager, pocketbook, purse, mom bag, wallet, diaper bag, carrying our kids' crap

• Are You Sure This Could Never Happen To You?

  Where do you find your babysitters?  Do you put up notices at colleges?  Ads on Craig's List? Maybe you think that's too risky.  You never know who could answer an ad like that.  Maybe you're like Britney Paines, who hired the daughter of a woman she knew from her Florida church to watch her 6-year-old son.  I mean, who's more trustworthy than someone you know from church? You get where this is going, right?   Read More... Posted Sep 27 2008, 09:30 AM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: babysitters, craig's list, robbery, Britney Paines, Janette Martinez, classified ads, Fernando Gaston

• Man Gets Six Years for Robbing Toddler's Piggy Bank

  Yes, times are indeed tough. But robbing a toddler’s piggy bank to make ends meet? Now that’s a new low. A Wisconsin man was convicted on Friday for stealing twenty dollars from a two-year-old’s piggy bank and was sentenced to...   Read More... Posted Sep 20 2008, 12:04 PM by SunnyChanel with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: toddler, theft, odd news, piggy banks, robbery, prision

• The Great Lemonade Stand Robbery

  So, like, taking candy from a baby. That's generally considered a bad thing, right? How about stealing from a lemonade stand? Steven Tryon from Terre Haute, Indiana, did just that. Read More... Posted Jun 22 2008, 01:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: kids, news, parents, felony, crime, jail, police, cash, wtf, indiana, lemonade, theft, robbery, cops, Brett Singer, Steven Tryon, terre haute, Fred Erskine, Farrington Grove, ind, Dominique Morefield

• Girl Scout Robbed, Gets Crime Victim Badge

  I love those stories about heists and capers gone wrong because the thief tried to rob the 7-11 where everyone knew him or attempted to deposit a check with his home address while pointing a gun at the bank teller and demanding the contents of the safe. And this story--of a Girl Scout getting robbed--has elements of that. Now, who would rob a girl scout and take her cookie money? Isn't that right up there with punching a nun or something? I'll tell you who...  Read More... Posted Jan 17 2008, 06:39 PM by Kelly Mills with | with no comments Filed under: crime, child labor, money, cookies, Girl Scouts, kids activities, jobs, sales, robbery, kid clubs, kid entrepreneurs