Pal Enger, a talented Norwegian football player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo, has died. Tina Wulf, press officer at Valerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club for which Enger played as a teenager, told The Associated […]
HELSINKI (AP) — Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo, has died. He was 57. Tina Wulf, press officer at Vålerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club for which Enger played […]
Two members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to review how vulnerable the Bureau of Reclamation is to water theft following a Los Angeles Times report on an audacious and long-running heist from a federal canal in the Central Valley. The facts related in the story “raise serious concerns about how widespread water […]
Sunnyvale Police have arrested five suspects involved in a disturbing smash-and-grab robbery at a California jewelry store that was caught on video. Just before 1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, June 12, officers with the Sunnyvale Police Department responded to PNG Jewelers USA for a report of burglary in process. Police said approximately 20 suspects used hammers […]
A music store in the Canadian city of Guelph is the latest victim of a brazenly low-effort guitar robbery. According to reports by the Guelph Police Service, two men entered the store – whose name has not been disclosed – and noticed that staff members were busy dealing with other customers. Lo and behold, they […]
May 30—Police in Westover say it took about three minutes for three individuals to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the Zales jewelry store in the Morgantown Mall on Saturday, May 25. Westover Police Chief Joe Adams said investigators believe the three suspects, described as dark-skinned males, were hiding somewhere in the mall […]
Johnny Wactor, known for his role on “General Hospital,” was killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday, according to a law enforcement source. (Willy Sanjuan / Invision/Associated Press) “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot early Saturday when he came upon three men trying to steal the catalytic converter from his car, according to […]
The owner of a well-fortified San Gabriel Valley jewelry store is reeling after thieves managed to break in and get away with some $800,000 worth of diamonds, gold and cash. The May 15 incident occurred late at night when a crew of four to five burglars broke into Desiré Jewelry in Glendora, disabled the shop’s […]
Armed robbers who used a motorbike as a battering ram made off with “several million euros” worth of valuables in a heist of the luxury Paris boutique of self-declared “Jeweller to the Stars” Harry Winston, the French prosecutor’s office overseeing the police probe said. Having refused on Saturday to confirm that Harry Winston was the […]
Three men have been arrested for the alleged theft of 306 cattle worth some $165,195.00 USD. Western Australia Police said the alleged operation took place in October 2022 and involved the unauthorized muster of cattle from an isolated station in the northern part of the state. “It is alleged the charged persons were responsible for […]
One person is in custody after a botched bank robbery turned into a hostage situation in Orange County Wednesday. The attempted heist unfolded at a BMO Bank branch in the 4500 block of East La Palma Avenue at around 4:40 p.m. in Anaheim, according to the Anaheim Police Department. Details are limited and it’s unclear […]
A man accused of aiding in the spectacular theft of royal jewels from the historic Green Vault in the eastern German city of Dresden was acquitted on Wednesday following a trial. The burglary on November 25, 2019 is considered one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany. The perpetrators stole 21 pieces of diamond […]