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By Pete Kotz in homicide, robbery
Thursday, Sep. 2 2010 @ 10:54AM

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​UPDATE: Scott and Marilyn Jondle didn't approve of their son Andrew's relationship with Cindy Lou Beck, who was 26 years older than Andrew and had lost her kids to the state for mistreating them. So the couple refused to give their son $500 for rent, and that's what led to their deaths. See update after the jump...

Tags: Oregon
By Pete Kotz in Video archives, robbery
Monday, Aug. 23 2010 @ 4:30AM

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​The crowd took turns beating two brothers with sticks, then they hung them upside down along a busy street. Finally, their bodies can be seen being hauled away on a flat-bed while large crowds milled about and police did nothing to intercede. Very graphic...

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, robbery
Wednesday, Aug. 18 2010 @ 7:30PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: In April, he was caught on camera ripping of the finger off customer Bill Jordan as he stole an iPad at a shopping center. Now he's been caught trying to get Jordan killed from jail. Westword has the story.

By Pete Kotz in Heroes, robbery
Tuesday, Aug. 17 2010 @ 3:35PM
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​Robert Tillman is a combat vet who spent 21 years in the Army. In the annals of victims, he does not rank among the easiest prey. He was at a Kansas City car wash on Sunday, preparing to cleanse his motorized transportation. That's when Dominic Anderson showed up...

By Pete Kotz in robbery
Tuesday, Aug. 17 2010 @ 7:03AM
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​As you may be aware, men are attracted to breasts. Aside from their natural function of child nourishment, they are the anatomical version of a lighthouse, drawing male eyes from miles away. And they're a really good ally when you're trying to distract a robbery victim...

Tags: France
By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, robbery
Monday, Aug. 16 2010 @ 8:02AM
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​Erik J. Strom, 48, and Larry G. Horning, 64, have not exactly built their burglary career on precision. They were drinking in the wee hours of the morning when they tried to take down a home in Boone County, Missouri -- which just happened to be owned by a sheriff's deputy...

By Pete Kotz in homicide, robbery
Thursday, Aug. 12 2010 @ 8:05PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: It was just supposed to be a robbery. But when Hendrix ended up killing the Kansas City businessman, his 16-year-old brother gave him a $20 bonus for pulling the trigger. The Pitch has the story.

By Pete Kotz in robbery
Thursday, Aug. 12 2010 @ 11:46AM
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​His series of bank robberies were both calm and brazen. Without a mask and doing little to conceal his identity, he'd walk into a bank, often patiently wait in line, then hand a teller a note, collect his money, and quietly walk away...

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, robbery
Thursday, Aug. 12 2010 @ 5:43AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Pernell McCardell was looking for someone to carjack. But he didn't pick an elderly woman. Or a pregnant mom. Or even a guy leaving a jazzercize class. No, he tried to take down a cop in uniform. Houston Press has the story.

By Cory Zurowski in assault, robbery
Friday, Aug. 6 2010 @ 11:50AM
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​Maybe it's been the season's merciless heat. Perhaps it's the residual funk of a recession that won't away. Or maybe, just maybe, it's that some Americans are just that uncool toward Hispanic immigrants...