Robberies

Talk about being caught in the act. Steven Lynn from Bay, Arkansas was on a private plane — his first plane ride ever — and asked the pilot to fly over his house so he could take some aerial photographs. But instead of generic shots of his home, he snapped something far more alarming: two men taking items out of the house and loading them onto a trailer.

The scene was straight out of a classic Saturday-morning cartoon: After a robber took an undisclosed amount of money from a local CVS, he made a mad dash to a nearby laundromat. As he ran, the pile of cash in his arms left a trail behind him, making it an easy catch for police officers...

In an attempt to garner the title “World’s Meanest Robbers,” a couple in Houston held up a charity lemonade stand run by 13-year-old Chelsea Edwards and her two friends. Gage Turner, 20, and Amber Umbarger, 21, allegedly approached the lemonade booth, inquired about the cost and then grabbed the money jar and ran...

Ok America, is it that difficult to have simple common sense? If you plan to rob a bank leave all forms of ID at home!