The Tennessee Board of Parole unanimously determined that the country star should be pardoned, but the decision is in the hands of the governor.
Category: Robberies and Thefts
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Lego Black Market Fetches Big Prices for Little Plastic Bricks
Some Lego sets have skyrocketed in value but behind the eye-popping price tags is a dark side: an underground market that fuels brazen thefts.
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Bees Are Under Threat from Climate Change, the Trade War and Doge
For beekeepers, the problem isn’t just climate change and extreme weather: It’s also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown.
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Investigating a Sprawling Money Laundering Network
Two New York Times reporters spent several months learning the intricacies of a wide-reaching web of scammers.
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Sean Kingston and His Mother Are Convicted in $1 Million Fraud Scheme
Mr. Kingston, who is best known for his 2007 hit single “Beautiful Girls,” and his mother were charged with defrauding sellers of high-end vehicles, jewelry and other goods, prosecutors said.
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80,000 Pounds of Beef Stolen From a Tennessee Slaughterhouse, Sheriff Says
The sheriff’s office in Grainger County, Tenn., is investigating the theft after shipments from a meat processing facility were loaded onto trucks and never reached their destinations.
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Sound Engineer for Eminem Stole and Sold His Songs for Bitcoin, U.S. Says
About 25 unreleased songs by the rapper were discovered online, and investigators traced sales of the music to a former employee, according to federal prosecutors.
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Hackers Stole $635,000 in Taylor Swift Ticket Scheme, Queens D.A. Says
Two people stand accused of taking hundreds of tickets from StubHub to redirect them to others who resold them, prosecutors said.
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Help! Our Paris Rental Apartment Was Robbed and Airbnb Won’t Compensate Us.
A family’s belongings disappeared when a thief used a key left under their Airbnb’s doormat. The French police confirmed the story, but Airbnb’s insurance adjuster took the side of the host.
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100,000 Eggs Are Stolen in Pennsylvania Amid Shortage
The theft of the eggs, which the authorities said were worth $40,000, comes as grocery shoppers across the country are facing empty shelves and higher prices for eggs.
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Postal Worker Stole Sports Memorabilia Worth $100,000, U.S. Says
A former sorting clerk at a post office in New Jersey later sold the items, including valuable Michael Jordan and Mickey Mantle trading cards, prosecutors said.