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Sep 19, 2007 12:44 PM CDT

Bail for Simpson Set at $125K

Ex-football star set to leave Vegas after kidnap-robbery charges

(Newser) - A Las Vegas judge set bail at $125,000 for OJ Simpson today on 11 counts issuing from his hotel altercation with sports collectors. The former football star entered no plea at today's hearing and was ordered to surrender his passport, the Los Angeles Times reports. His lawyer said Simpson...

OJ Hit With Robbery, Kidnapping Charges

Sep 18, 2007 7:19 PM CDT

OJ Hit With Robbery, Kidnapping Charges

One heist victim is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack

(Newser) - Nevada prosecutors have filed 11 felony counts against OJ and his alleged cohorts for stealing memorabilia in Las Vegas last week, CNN reports. Charges include robbery with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon and first-degree kidnapping. Simpson, who is being held without bail, will face his first court...

Friend Says Simpson
Was Set Up

Sep 18, 2007 11:45 AM CDT

Friend Says Simpson Was Set Up

OJ really believed he was retrieving stolen property: co-defendant

(Newser) - The audiotape that surfaced yesterday of OJ Simpson’s alleged burglary was recorded by the same man who tipped Simpson off about his stolen property’s whereabouts, which has one Simpson friend and co-defendant crying foul. “It seemed like a setup to me,” Walter Alexander told "Good...

TV Was Burglary 101 for Robber

Sep 17, 2007 8:08 PM CDT

TV Was Burglary 101 for Robber

(Newser) - Everything he knew, he learned from TV. That's what a slick burglar told police in Richmond, Ky., when he was finally caught for a string of robberies, the AP reports. News of the man's sentencing and guilty plea last week might make Discovery Channel execs think twice before renewing It ...

OJ Robbery Caught on Tape

Sep 17, 2007 9:30 AM CDT

OJ Robbery Caught on Tape

(Newser) - TMZ has obtained a tape apparently documenting OJ Simpson's attempt to rob a sports memorabilia dealer with several gun-toting confederates. in the six-minute recording OJ spews profanity and repeatedly impugns the rights of the owners to sell memorabilia with his autograph. "You think you can steal my s*** and...

O.J. 'Sorry'
—Dealer Ready to Forget Heist

Sep 16, 2007 8:12 AM CDT

O.J. 'Sorry' —Dealer Ready to Forget Heist

'As far as I'm concerned, it's over,' says Simpson

(Newser) - A sports memorabilia dealer who accused O.J. Simpson of armed robbery appears to be willing to forgive and foget, reports the New York Daily News. Simpson allegedly barged into the collector's Las Vegas hotel room and stole memorabilia at gunpoint, the dealer told police. But now, "as far...

OJ Admits He Did It (Took Sports Collectibles, That Is)

Sep 14, 2007 2:54 PM CDT

OJ Admits He Did It (Took Sports Collectibles, That Is)

Ex-football star says he was reclaiming items stolen from him

(Newser) - OJ Simpson says he was just conducting a “sting operation” to retrieve items he says were stolen from him, but now Las Vegas authorities have named him a suspect in a hotel break-in. The ex-football star told the AP an auctioneer tipped him off to a secret sale of...

'Barbie Bandit' Fesses Up
in Court

Aug 22, 2007 5:25 PM CDT

'Barbie Bandit' Fesses Up in Court

Teen bank robber enters weepy guilty plea

(Newser) - Saying she wants to take responsibility for her actions, one of the so-called Barbie Bandits entered a tearful guilty plea today despite not having worked out a deal with prosecutors. In February, 19-year-old Heather Johnston and a fellow stripper robbed a Georgia bank of $11,000, using only sunglasses as...

Police Nab Suspects In NBA Robberies

Aug 11, 2007 11:00 AM CDT

Police Nab Suspects In NBA Robberies

Four charged in Curry, Walker home invasions

(Newser) - Police have arrested four men who are charged in connection with the armed robberies of NBA players Antoine Walker and Eddy Curry. Last month's crimes were similar in execution—armed men broke into the athletes' Chicago-area homes, tied them up, and held them at gunpoint while stealing jewelry, cash, and...

Stolen Picassos Recovered

Aug 9, 2007 5:18 AM CDT

Stolen Picassos Recovered

Trio busted in theft of $66M paintings lifted from Paris home of artist's granddaughter

(Newser) - Two stolen Picassos worth more than $66 million have been recovered by French police who swooped in as the thieves were about to sell the rolled-up canvases. Tipped off by a suspicious art dealer, investigators set up round-the-clock surveillance of the suspects for more than a month. Three men have...

Art Heist at French Museum

Aug 6, 2007 8:29 AM CDT

Art Heist at French Museum

Sisley, Monet lost when gunmen storm French museum in brazen daylight heist

(Newser) - Hooded gunmen stormed a French museum in Nice yesterday afternoon and stole two Brueghel masterpieces, a Sisley, and a Monet. The thieves ordered employees to lie on the floor before stuffing the paintings in bags and fleeing. Police believe the heist was a "special order" for a private buyer...

Stylish Bandit Fleeces Banks, Escapes FBI

Jun 19, 2007 9:30 PM CDT

Stylish Bandit Fleeces Banks, Escapes FBI

Sporting ponytail, and possibly gun, blonde pulls 3 jobs in a month

(Newser) - A bank robber who's pulled off three heists this month has all the conventional moves but none of the usual look. The FBI is looking for a 20-something blonde who, with her ponytail poking through a baseball cap, knocked off a Washington bank late last month, capping a spree with...

Police Nab
'Ninja' in Italy

Jun 13, 2007 5:42 AM CDT

Police Nab 'Ninja' in Italy

Black-cloaked, bow-wielding bandit preyed on farmers 14th-century-style

(Newser) - A weeks-long manhunt in northern Italy for an elusive "ninja"-styled thief ended yesterday after cops pursued the robber as he fled through cornfields on a bicycle, the BBC reports. The culprit, his head wrapped in a black bandanna, had stolen onto several isolated farms at night and robbed...

Dognappers Target Toy Breeds

May 8, 2007 10:01 AM CDT

Dognappers Target Toy Breeds

Small dog craze prompts nationwide surge in canine theft

(Newser) - Forget cat burglars: a surge in the popularity of pricy diminutive dogs has generated a wave of dognapping. Dog thieves across the nation have assaulted store clerks, broken into cars, and even held a family at gunpoint to get their hands on the pups, which can be fenced for thousands...