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Man Robs Former Employer To Convince Wife He's Still Working, Police Say

Man Robs Former Employer To Convince Wife He's Still Working, Police Say

In the movie "Tokyo Sonata," a midlevel manager loses his job, but too ashamed to tell his family, hides the fact by waking up every morning, putting on a suit and going to job interviews instead. In the real life story of Martyn Goddard, a discount store worker loses his job, but too ashamed to tell his ...

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D.C. Bartender Stabbed While Walking Patron Home Faces Staggering Medical Bill

D.C. Bartender Stabbed While Walking Patron Home Faces Staggering Medical Bill

It began as a gallant gesture. An off-the-clock bartender offered to walk a female patron home. But the night would lead to a punctured lung, two surgeries and medical bills that could go as high as $100,000. Mike Boone of Trusty's Bar in Washington, D.C.'s East Hill neighborhood was walking a customer home ...

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Fla. Sex Shop Clerk Reportedly Talks Teen Out Of Armed Robbery

Fla. Sex Shop Clerk Reportedly Talks Teen Out Of Armed Robbery

A sex-shop clerk in central Florida is being credited for keeping a cool head during an alleged robbery attempt by a 17-year-old boy that resulted in no one being harmed. The teen allegedly attempted to rob the Cupid's Corner erotic novelty store in DeBary on Wednesday evening, because he was trying to help ...

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Convenience Store Clerk Fired For Letting A Robber Steal Too Much

Convenience Store Clerk Fired For Letting A Robber Steal Too Much

Getting robbed at gunpoint can be a pretty traumatic experience. But even worse? Getting robbed at gunpoint and then fired the next day. This misfortune befell one Massachusetts convenience store clerk, who was let go the day after a holdup because he had left too much cash in the register. ...

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Prison Psychologist Allegedly Faked A Crime

Prison Psychologist Allegedly Faked A Crime

Employees of the California prison system are usually on the right side of the law. But a senior psychologist at California State Prison was recently arrested -- for the crime of pretending to be a victim of a crime. Her final day on the job was Dec. 22. ...

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Convenience Store Clerk Steps Outside; Foils Robbers' Plan

Convenience Store Clerk Steps Outside; Foils Robbers' Plan

A trio of would-be robbers in Louisiana have been arrested after an unsuspecting convenience store clerk stepped outside just as the heist was to go down, foiling the plan, authorities said. According to local police, the three suspects, which include a 20-year-old man and his 16-year-old wife, were about to ...

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Convenience Store Clerk Fights Off Spiderman

Convenience Store Clerk Fights Off Spiderman

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - A note to would-be crooks channeling their favorite superheroes: Just because you're wearing the mask, it doesn't mean you have super powers. ...

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Pizza Hut Employees Arrested In Robberies At The Chain

Pizza Hut Employees Arrested In Robberies At The Chain

Maybe they just wanted a little extra pepperoni. Pizza Hut restaurants in the South have been hit by recent robberies, with incidents occurring in both Kentucky and North Carolina. A Louisville Pizza Hut branch was raided on Sept. 11 and, according to local media outlet WDRB, the caper wasn't a hard one to ...

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Gumby Calls It A Robbery, Clerk Thinks It's A Joke

Gumby Calls It A Robbery, Clerk Thinks It's A Joke

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A person dressed as Gumby walked into a Southern California convenience store, claiming to have a gun and demanding money, but costume trouble and a skeptical clerk thwarted the would-be robber. ...

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Walmart Employees Steal $45K For A Car And A Sex Change [Video]

Walmart Employees Steal $45K For A Car And A Sex Change [Video]

There are a lot of things you could buy with $45,000 of stolen cash: a year at a prestigious private university, a pretty nice sailing vessel, a night at the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. But when Spencer Cullen, 23, and Adriano Altiveros, 19, robbed the Arizona Walmart where ...

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