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Belgian authorities said two robbers overestimated how much dynamite it would take to blow open a cash machine in Dinant. The blast caused the building behind the ATM to collapse and killed both robbers. Bank officials said they wouldn’t have gotten any money anyway, since the ATMs are designed to implode when forced open and destroy all the cash inside.... Read more

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When police went to a home in Regina, Saskatchewan, looking for David William McKay, 28, a man matching McKay’s description answered the door but said his name was “Matthew,” which, when asked, he misspelled. The Regina Leader-Post reported police also noticed he had the name “David McKay” tattooed on his back.... Read more

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Police charged Dennis Lottig, 30, with stealing four security cameras from a bank drive-through in St. Albans, W. Va. The evidence against him, the Daily Mail reported, was videotapes of him stealing the cameras, taken by the cameras.

Sheriff’s deputies charged Jonathan G. Parker, 19, with breaking into a home in Berkeley County, W. Va., after the victim noticed he used her computer to check his Facebook account but forgot to log out before leaving the home with two diamond rings.

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While responding to a domestic disturbance call in Carter County, Tenn., sheriff’s Deputy Richard Barnett drove to the wrong address. Daniel Hubert Taylor Jr., 33, met Barnett at the door, invited him inside, placed his hands behind his back and said he was ready to go to jail. The Johnson City Press reported that when Barnett asked why, Taylor said he assumed the deputy had come to arrest him for outstanding warrants. Barnett called headquarters, verified that Taylor was wanted, and took him into custody.... Read more

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Curses, Foiled Again Less than two hours after three men robbed a woman in Columbus, Ohio, the victim notified police that one of them showed up at her home and asked her for a date. “We are not exactly sure what he was thinking at the time,” police Sgt. Shaun Laird told WBNS-TV after Stephfon Bennett, 20, was arrested. “She recognized him right away when he returned and was able to have her cousin call 911.”... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again When Jarrell Paul Arnold, 34, walked into a credit union in Anchorage, Alaska, and inquired about his account balance, the teller asked for his name, account number and photo identification. After complying, he showed the teller a note that read, “I have a gun. Give me all the money in your drawer.” The Anchorage Daily News reported the robber stuffed the cash in his jacket and took off, only to be promptly arrested.... Read more

Curses, Foiled Again Max D. Hinton, 21, was interviewing for a job with the Montgomery, Ala., police when he volunteered that he possessed child pornography and had sex with an underage girl. An investigation led to a trial, a conviction and a 30-year prison sentence but no explanation why Hinton mentioned the pornography.... Read more