Robbery

U.S. 01/13/20, 06:13

An innocent bystander was shot and killed on Sunday morning, Jan. 12, after an altercation at a southwest Houston convenience store, police said. A man with a gun entered a gas station convenience store around 4:10 a.m., police said. The gunman then approached the store clerk and forced him to open ...

U.S. 12/24/19, 20:11

A U.S. citizen was killed during a failed carjacking attempt while waiting on a bridge at an international port of entry in Reynosa, Tamaulipas into Hidalgo, Texas.  The fatal incident occurred on Monday evening, Dec. 23, on the part of the road that curves into the entrance to the bridge—Oscar Manuel ...

U.S. 10/25/19, 18:51

An armored truck security officer was killed after being shot in the face Thursday, Oct. 24, during an ambush at northwest Houston fast-food restaurant. The Houston Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying three men involved in a deadly robbery. Loomis Cash Handling Company security officer Francis Hazzard, ...

U.S. 10/23/19, 04:32

Authorities are seeking a woman who tied a 78-year-old woman to a chair and set her house on fire during an armed robbery—leaving the elderly woman seriously injured and hospitalized. On Tuesday, Oct.15, 2019, around 9:30 a.m., the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call about a residential structure fire ...

U.S. 10/18/19, 18:59

Michael Ivory Collins, 26, has been convicted of capital murder and aggravated robbery for the December 2017 slayings of a Little Rock mother and her two young children, a Pulaski County jury stated Thursday, Oct. 17. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, prosecutors had waived the death penalty so jurors could only ...

U.S. 10/18/19, 16:02

Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers increased a cash reward to $25,000 for information on the shooting death of an Australian man who protected his family during a home invasion in the Katy area earlier this week. Brenton Estorffe, 29, was shot dead by intruders at his home located in the 6900 ...

U.S. 10/17/19, 08:03

Three teenagers, ages between 15 and 16, were arrested at a Wesley Chapel Publix, in Florida, on Tuesday, Oct. 15, after a Snapchat video reportedly showed them with guns in the bathroom, deputies said Wednesday. Deputies responded to the Publix, located at 5400 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., around 5 p.m. after ...

New York 09/25/19, 15:32

A family in New York City was robbed of nearly $130,000 in cash and jewelry after a man pretending to be a FedEx delivery man showed up at their door with a package, police said. The incident happened at around 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. The victims claimed the ...

New York 09/19/19, 23:21

The NYPD is searching for a man accused of attacking and robbing an 88-year-old New York City woman in her Manhattan apartment, stealing the thousands she had saved up to buy a headstone for her late husband's grave. Just before noon Saturday, as Maximina Osorio was arriving home at her Alphabet ...

U.S. 09/12/19, 18:26

Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad said on Thursday, Sept. 12, that a 14-year-old, a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old are being held in connection with last week’s killing of Saja Aljanabi, according to The Associated Press. The 14-year-old Detroit boy was wearing a GPS tether. Aljanabi, 29, was shot on Friday, Sept. ...

U.S. 09/09/19, 18:41

Police are asking for the public's help identifying a group of suspects who carjacked a man at gunpoint in the driveway of his southwest Houston home. The crime happened Sunday, Aug. 4, at 7:15 p.m. in 11900 block of Longbrook. In the video, two males get out of a Toyota Camry on the ...

U.S. 09/03/19, 16:41

A woman fired two shots into a suspected robber when he attempted to steal her purse as she arrived at her apartment in the middle of the night. It happened around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at The Reserve at Braes Forest located in the 8000 block of Creekbend Drive in southwest Houston. Police ...

Europe 08/23/19, 05:31

A 93-year-old British woman died Wednesday, Aug. 21, from Takotsubo Syndrome—broken heart syndrome—just months after three men broke into her home and stole her valuables. According to a post of Northamptonshire Police on Facebook, Betty Munroe's home in Boothville, Northampton, was broken into on June 11 at around 11pm. Three men ...

U.S. 08/13/19, 07:56

A man may lose both of his legs after trying to stop a thief from taking his car in Houston, Texas. On Monday, Aug. 12, police said the man and his wife pulled into a gas station around 8:15 p.m. The man was inside the gas station but left his Chevrolet ...

U.S. 08/08/19, 08:42

A man "full of anger" stabbed, slashed and robbed his way across two Southern California cities in a bloody rampage that killed four people and wounded two others who were apparently targeted at random, authorities said. The 33-year-old man from the city of Garden Grove robbed more than half a dozen ...

U.S. 08/05/19, 12:56

Billy Chemirmir, a 46-year-old illegal immigrant from Kenya accused of murdering 19 elderly people, will face the death penalty proposed by the Dallas County, Texas District Attorney's Office on July 30. Chemirmir pretended to be a maintenance worker to enter elderly women's apartments in Dallas and Collin counties in North Texas, ...

U.S. 08/05/19, 08:28

A store clerk was killed Sunday, Aug. 4, after an apparent robbery in northeast Houston, Texas, according to police. The clerk, who has not been identified, was reportedly found shot in the store at a Texaco gas station in the 15000 block of Old Humble Road around 5:30 p.m. The victim was pronounced ...

U.S. 07/12/19, 09:29

A Modesto man has been arrested in the robbery and fatal shooting of an adult bookstore clerk, police said. The incident happened at approximately 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Liberty Adult Book Store on Kansas Avenue. The employee, 38-year-old Cinnamon Eades, was found suffering from a gunshot wound. She was ...

U.S. 07/10/19, 20:35

A surveillance video was released by Philadelphia police last week showing a large group of young people running into a Walgreens store, robbing and causing thousands of dollars in damage. The incident happened at around 10 p.m. on Thursday when a large group of men and women who "look like teens" ...

U.S. 06/13/19, 11:29

Maryland Police responding to a burglary at a Rockville gun shop say one person is dead and four others are at large and "armed and dangerous" after a clash with authorities.News outlets report five men used a stolen vehicle to smash into the gun shop early Thursday morning. Investigators responded ...