Results tagged “theft”

Did you happen to hear about this art theft down in Pebble Beach in which 13 paintings, totaling somewhere between $27 million and $80 million in value depending on who you ask, were stolen in potentially one of the biggest art heists on record? Well, the well-to-do victims of the theft, Benjamin Amadio and Ralph Kennaugh, are now being considered suspects by the Monterey County Sheriffs Dept., who are investigating whether the entire thing is a hoax. Amadio and Kennaugh, who both hail from Boston, are so far refusing to take a lie detector test, and they "compromised the integrity" of the investigation by leaking a ransom note to the media.

Ack! Who would do this?

The benevolent souls over at Mission Mission came across this jarring, albeit all too common, story. It tells the tale of Jen, who, understanding that Mission Mission is the Dateline NBC of San Francisco, asked them for help. It seems that Jen and her boyfriend had this bike that "they both loved more than anything in the world," but it got stolen outside Safeway in March. Yesterday, however, it showed up for sale on Craigslist. (The ad has since been deleted.) Anyway, the comments section is fill with tips on how to check the DNA of your bike if you ever come find yourself in a similar situation. Jen, by the way, plans on getting her bike back.

Have you seen Tears of Joy Theatre's stolen puppets? According to an alert reposted at the the SF Bay Area Puppeteers' Guild, someone made off with the Japanese-style bunraku characters sometime over the last few weeks. It's a pretty devastating loss for the artists.

Major - like, major! - alert from the SF Bike Coalition according to one SFist reader. It seems someone or some people are stealing bike steals "all over downtown." Check it:

While doing a story on ">smash-and-grab robberies in the Western Addition, NBC 11 reporter Cheryl Hurd herself became a victim of a smash-and-grab theft. (Cue Morissette.) While waiting in her NBC 11 van, with a laptop on her lap, three dicks opened the door to the van and snatched the computer right off of Hurd's lap. Mean! We like us some Cheryl Hurd!

Paul Dhaliwal--Christmastime tiger attack victim, and currently in the process of trying to sue the city of San Francisco over said attack--might be looking at some time in the clink. After Dhaliwal went on a shoplifting spree last month, which included the brazen act of stuffing of two Wii controllers down his pants, San Leandro cops are recommend seven felony charges be handed down to him. According to the San Leandro police spokesman Lt. Tom Overton (via the San Jose Mercury News):