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Pepper spray has been flying off the shelves in the central Texas towns where a series of rapes and robberies of elderly women have been occuring in the past year.

A suspect turned informant told police that a 19-year-old woman was the "driving force" in the thefts, motivated by a desire to own the designer clothes and jewelry of such celebrities as Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

South African police are baffled by a modern-day "Robin Hood" who dished out a portion of his takings to servants at a mansion he robbed.

2 feet of snow can do more than make getting around town: it can help police catch a thief. The Denver Channel reports that Greenwood Village police, responding to a convenience store robbery report, tracked the suspect down by following his footprints in the snow.

Two actresses and Brian Austin Green revealed to be victims of gang that targeted homes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan

Police had to rescue a burglar from a woman who got stabby when he broke in and tried to rob her.

Investigators in New England are looking for a woman who they say has robbed at least six banks -- often while claiming to have a bomb.

A painting by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte was stolen from a small Brussels museum this morning by two armed men who rang the doorbell before putting a gun to the concierge's head.

Based on the $85 million robbery in England in 2006.

A 22-year-old man is arrested after stabbing a nurse during a bungled robbery and returning to profess his love, Taiwanese police say.