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Self-Checkout is Turned Us All Into Thieves

Jackie — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:52:02 +0000

This isn’t a promising look at the modern state of ethics. According to a study from AOL Money of almost 5,000 people, almost one-third admit they’ve stolen something at a grocery store self-checkout. The most common technique is picking a cheaper fruit or vegetable when they’re weighing their produce. Other people pick “small” when they’re [...]

What Would You Do If You Found $17,000?

95.7 KEZJ — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:26:51 +0000

Have you ever found a lost wallet or a BIG bag of money? For the most part everyone knows that if you find some one's wallet you return it so they don't lose their mind looking for it, right? But, what if you found $17,000.00...would you return it?

Chicago Tribune printed a story that on June 6th, 54-year-old Robert Adams of Arlington Heights, Illinois, found a Chase Bank bag of cash near an ATM in a Walgreens. The bag contained almost $17,000.

Man Hides in Suitcase in Order to Steal From Luggage

Jackie — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:12:29 +0000

Getting a conviction is in the bag.

That may be what prosecutors in Spain are thinking after a man was arrested for theft by worming his body into a suitcase that was loaded onto an airport bus just so he could squeeze back out and steal from other luggage.

Man Steals Beer to Pick Up Women

95.7 KEZJ — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:23:07 +0000

A man in Jensen Beach, Florida got picked up by police before he picked up any chicks.

Twenty-year-old Anthony Hernandez admitted to police he stole an 18-pack of Bud Light from a 7-Eleven on Monday in the hopes he could use the beer to "score some women."

Technology is Taking Away Your Ability To Steal Towels and Sheets From Hotels

Jackie — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:24:12 +0000

Yeah, this is poetic justice . . . but I still don't like it. Modern technology is quickly stealing your ability to steal hotel towels . . . which is supposed to be a given right.

The days of being able to walk into a hotel room and treat it as your personal buffet of take-home towels, sheets, and bathrobes is coming to an end, and it's all because of new technological advances.

A Politician Is Caught Stealing 200 Rolls of Toliet Paper

Jackie — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:09:31 +0000

Cue up every single one of your “politicians need toilet paper because they’re so full of crap” puns, ’cause you’re gonna need them. In Stralsund, Germany, toilet paper started disappearing from the town hall. Like, 200 rolls of toilet paper. The janitors were suspicious that a 24-year-old, far-left politician named Frank-Michael John was STEALING the [...]

A Thief Manages To Steal $238,000 From An Airplane

95.7 KEZJ — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:59:32 +0000

This is actually kind of a GENIUS crime. And gross. Don't forget gross. A man stole almost a quarter of a million dollars from a plane's cargo hold . . . by climbing through the toilet and sewage system. Here's how it went down.

The thief was on an Air Antilles plane headed from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe to the island of St. Martin.

People Admit They Steal Their Neighbor's Wi-Fi

95.7 KEZJ — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:11:11 +0000

Do you have a password on your Internet connection at home? I'm guessing a few of you are saying "yes" . . . more of you are saying "um, maybe?" . . . and plenty of you are saying "thank goodness my neighbors don't use a password on theirs."

According to a new nationwide survey, 32% of Americans . . . or ONE out of THREE . . . admit they're stealing their neighbor's Wi-Fi Internet connection.

In other words . . . if you don't have a password on your wireless Internet router, there's a pretty decent chance someone in the area is leeching off you.

In 2008, only 18% of people said they were hopping on a neighbor's Wi-Fi connection. Then again, a lot more people have high-speed Internet today than back in '08.

Woman Steals Girl Scout's Cookie 'Dough'

Brad Weiser — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:06:58 +0000

Seven-year-old Girl Scout Vanessa Bergeron learned a hard lesson about life on Sunday night, when a woman stole $92 of her cookie sales money outside a Florida shopping center.

When Vanessa's mother Misty approach the perpetrator's car, the thief grabbed the cookie cash and floored it.

There is No Such Thing as Free wifi

Brad Weiser — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:29:48 +0000

You know me. I’m a geek… and a big fan of Leo Laporte, “The Tech Guy”. This is my all-time favorite video from his show. Moral dilemma: Have YOU ever “borrowed” wifi from one of your neighbors? Note: You can listen to Leo Laporte, Saturdays & Sundays from 5p-7p on NewsRadio 131o KLIX