Read more theft stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1809/theft.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:40:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74494/pubs-bad-service-leads-to-arrest-of-irate-patrons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurns out that mandatory 18% gratuity for large parties at restaurants is mandatory enough that skipping it can get you arrested. A Philadelphia-area couple who found service at a pub was so scarce they essentially waited on themselves and their six friends ended up in cuffs when they refused to...http://www.newser.com/story/74494/pubs-bad-service-leads-to-arrest-of-irate-patrons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:14:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72357/clerk-runs-off-with-million-dollar-lotto-ticket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former Texas convenience store clerk is on the lam and living large, police say, after making off with an unwitting customer’s million dollar lotto ticket. Willis Willis of Grand Prairie, Texas bought tickets at the Lucky Food Store every week, trusting the clerks to check if he’d won. When...http://www.newser.com/story/72357/clerk-runs-off-with-million-dollar-lotto-ticket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 6:59:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71557/madoff-in-prison-yard-tussle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScam king Bernie Madoff got into a shove match with another con during an argument about the stock market, according to jailbird witnesses. Another oldster con at the North Carolina fed pen where Bernie's serving 150 years shoved Madoff as the argument escalated. Madoff pushed back, causing the other inmate...http://www.newser.com/story/71557/madoff-in-prison-yard-tussle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 5:21:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70606/us-cops-nab-international-chameleon-conman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Colombian fraudster wanted in seven countries has been arrested after entering the US from Canada on a phony passport. Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt, known to have at least 10 aliases, made his living scamming luxury hotels, often pretending to be a guest who had forgotten the combination to his safe...http://www.newser.com/story/70606/us-cops-nab-international-chameleon-conman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 6:14:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70026/mass-mailman-steals-30k-dvds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former Massachusetts postal worker has pleaded guilty to stealing 30,000 Netflix DVDs that passed through the Springfield post office, the Republican reports. Investigators got wise to the crime—which spanned all of 2007—when the company noticed it was losing up to a 100 DVDs a week in...http://www.newser.com/story/70026/mass-mailman-steals-30k-dvds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 13:33:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69228/warhol-collection-stolen-from-la-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA multi-million dollar collection of portraits by Andy Warhol has been stolen from a prominent collector's home, the Los Angeles Times reports. Former investment banker Richard Weisman's housekeeper discovered that The Athletes series of 11 portraits—worth as much as a million a pop—had vanished when she entered the...http://www.newser.com/story/69228/warhol-collection-stolen-from-la-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 5:58:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69180/alleged-beer-thief-wont-go-to-jail-before-finishing-drink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Florida man who wanted to go to jail for "three hots and a cot" walked into a store, grabbed a beer, and told the clerk to "call the law" because he had no money. All went according to plan until the deputy who responded tried to put him in...http://www.newser.com/story/69180/alleged-beer-thief-wont-go-to-jail-before-finishing-drink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 12:19:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69136/uc-settles-suits-in-embryo-thefts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe University of California Board of Regents has quietly paid $4.2 million to settle a dozen lawsuits linked to doctors who stole embryos in an Irvine fertility clinic, reports the Los Angeles Times . The physicians fled the US after it was discovered 14 years ago that they moved eggs...http://www.newser.com/story/69136/uc-settles-suits-in-embryo-thefts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 2:55:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67799/bike-theft-victims-turn-to-web-posses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBike owners are turning to newer technology to help nail crooks stealing their rides by posting online pleas to lookout posses, reports the Wall Street Journal . Victims use Twitter, Facebook and other sites geared toward bikers to hook into a nation of eyes watching streets and classified ads for stolen...http://www.newser.com/story/67799/bike-theft-victims-turn-to-web-posses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 7:18:38 CDT