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Crime
Jiu-jitsu coaches tackle man accused of stealing rare Pokemon cards in Miami
A man accused of stealing $30,000 worth of coveted Pokemon cards from a Miami game store was successfully arrested after being tackled by ji...
Bryan Ke
LA’s Giant Robot says alleged thief denies stealing, companions innocent
The three individuals accused of stealing an art piece from Giant Robot Store’s GR2 Gallery earlier this month have denied the allegation ag...
Carl Samson
Watch: Los Angeles’ Giant Robot Store falls victim to art theft
A Los Angeles retail store dedicated to Asian pop culture products has exposed three individuals who allegedly stole an art piece from its g...
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter fired amid ‘massive theft’ allegations
The interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers’ star Shohei Ohtani was fired amid accusations of “massive theft” linked to gambling. Key points: ...
Michelle De Pacina
Maryland burglary suspects that targeted Asians linked to South American theft group
Five men believed to be part of a South American theft group that typically targets Asian business owners in multiple states have been arres...
Business
Chinese engineer charged with stealing Google’s AI trade secrets
A former Google software engineer has been charged with stealing the tech giant’s trade secrets to benefit two China-based companies seeking...
Chicago
2 teen girls arrested for assaulting 61-year-old man, stealing his car in Chicago Chinatown
Two teenage girls were arrested in connection to the assault of Danxin Shi, a 62-year-old rideshare driver, in Chicago’s Chinatown. A...
China
Chinese woman arrested for having 16 jobs at the same time without ever working
A woman in China was recently arrested for running an alleged wage scam with her husband wherein she took up 16 simultaneous jobs to earn a ...
Video: Woman chews anti-theft cable at Apple store to steal iPhone 14
A woman in southeastern China has made national headlines after allegedly stealing a local Apple store’s iPhone 14 Plus by gnawing through i...
Man accused of Sacramento robberies targeting Asian women sentenced to 8 years in prison
Latravion McCockran, the California man accused of carrying out Sacramento robberies targeting Asian women, has been sentenced to eight year...
Man gets 50-month prison sentence for multi-state burglaries targeting Asian homeowners
Barr was part of an interstate burglary ring believed to be responsible for over 50 home break-ins, all aimed at homes belonging to individu...
Ryan General
Alabama correctional officer arrested for Pokémon cards theft
“Hardy has been terminated… He has tarnished our agency and the image of all law enforcement,” said Calhoun County Sheriff...
Malaysia
Video: Malaysian girl, 6, tells father why she stole $300 from him
A video of a Malaysian man confronting his 6-year-old daughter for stealing from him to help her friends has gone viral on TikTok. What happ...
Elderly Asian families in Oakland targeted in string of terrifying home invasions
Asian American residents in Oakland Hills, California, are on high alert due to a string of home invasions targeting Asian families. Police’...
Video: Lawyer recounts heart-wrenching story of Malaysian mom who stole $4 pencil box for son
‘My mother saw you in the news on TV over a case you had handled and told me who you are,’ the man said. ‘I searched for y...
Sikh store owner goes viral for beating armed robber with stick in California
A Sikh store owner has gone viral on social media for fighting off an armed robber attempting to steal a trash can full of cigarettes at a 7...
Senior Asian women are ‘easy targets,’ says Las Vegas man arrested for robberies
A Las Vegas man has been arrested for allegedly targeting elderly Asian women in a series of robberies that lasted for several weeks. The al...
Temple thief claims Buddha gave him an ‘OK’ sign to take donation money
Ye told authorities that the Buddha statue granted him permission to take the money as indicated by its hand gesture resembling the widely r...
Woman ‘takes selfie’ while allegedly stealing jewelry package at California FedEx
Police in Irvine, California, are looking for a woman accused of swiping boxes of jewelry worth thousands of dollars from a local FedEx stor...
Man with uniform fetish jailed for stealing police jacket, bag in Singapore
A Singaporean man with a “fetishistic interest” in service uniforms has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for stealing a police officer’s ...
Atlanta
Watch: Man gets ignored by customers while trying to rob Atlanta nail salon
The Atlanta Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was ignored while trying to rob a nail salon on July ...
Man who conned 8 women out of over $400,000 gets stuck on window ledge while escaping
A man who cheated eight female victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars got stuck on a window ledge while attempting to flee from one...
Editorial Staff
80-year-old California man assaulted, robbed by pair who followed him home from 99 Ranch Market
An 80-year-old Asian man was assaulted, pepper-sprayed and robbed in his home in Rowland Heights, California, in what police say was a follo...
Man caught on CCTV snatching woman’s purse, driving away in a Mercedes in Las Vegas Chinatown
Las Vegas police are reportedly looking for a man who broke into a woman’s car and stole her purse in Chinatown earlier this week. How it ha...
Japanese man allegedly hired to steal 1,500 Pokémon cards from Tokyo store
A Japanese man who was allegedly hired to steal around 1,500 Pokémon cards from a store in Tokyo was arrested on Tuesday. About the crime: I...
Georgia man accused of scamming elderly Koreans of over $300,000 via pyramid scheme
A man in Georgia has been accused of amassing over $300,000 by defrauding elderly Koreans via a pyramid scheme. Targeting church members: O...
Japanese police hunt for mystery thief stealing urinal drain grates from public restrooms
Police in Sapporo, Japan, are on the hunt for a serial urinal grate thief. The thefts: From May 16 to 30, a total of 38 urinal drain grates...
Iris Jung
Ex-NYPD detective accused of helping robbers target Asian American business owners
A former New York Police Department (NYPD) detective was accused of taking bribes from a burglary crew who targeted Asian American-owned bus...
Japanese man accused of stealing $15,000 worth of Pokémon cards
A 25-year-old man was arrested in Tokyo after allegedly swiping Pokémon trading cards worth thousands of dollars. What happened: Yūki Muraka...
Social Media
Man claims to steal groceries to save money in TikTok ‘life hack’
What started as seemingly innocent financial advice turned sideways when a TikTok user claimed in a “life hack” video that he steals groceri...
Japanese man, 85, arrested for stealing condoms
An 85-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly shoplifting two packs of condoms from a convenience store in central Japan over the wee...
Singapore band robbed of equipment, cash in California during US tour
Singaporean band We Are Forest had their van broken into and robbed at a hotel car park in California during their U.S. tour. The band was s...
Bay Area
3 more suspects arrested in robberies targeting Asian Americans in the Bay Area
Three men have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies that targeted Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose ...
Trio charged with hate crimes for targeting Asians in Bay Area armed robbery spree
Three men accused of targeting Asian people in a string of armed robberies in California’s Santa Clara County are now facing hate crime enha...
Man pleads guilty to breaking off thumb of terracotta warrior worth $4.5 million
The Delaware man who broke the thumb off a priceless terracotta warrior statue lent to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia by China in De...
World No. 1 men’s singles table tennis player reveals female stalker stole his underwear
Fan Zhendong, the world’s no. 1 men’s singles table tennis player, shared on social media that a female stalker stole his underw...
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