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A person asked me one day, “Is not such-and-such a person a Baptist?” I replied, “I do not know him.” He said, “He is a fellow who says a very long grace before his dinner, and he goes to such-and-such a chapel.” “Well,” I answered, “If he goes there, he certainly attends a Baptist chapel.” Then he said,…

There is no doubt that identity theft is on the rise, and the collecting and selling of personal information, and fake ID’s is now big business. There seems to be a huge market for fake ID’s especially, and not always for illegal immigrants wishing to commit immigration fraud. Seems it might also be…

In their book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer write, “According to a study by Michael Slepian, a professor of management at Columbia Business School, the average person keeps thirteen secrets, five of which he or she has never shared with anyone else.…

Sanitation workers in the Philippines found dozen of wallets blocking the flow of water through a drain. They contained credit cards and IDs, but not one of them contained any money. Video taken at the scene shows the workers removing the wallets and laying out the items inside including credit cards…

What would you do if you discovered the bank had deposited $120,000 in your account by mistake? Robert and Tiffany Williams from Pennsylvania made such a discovery. Admitting later that is probably wasn’t the best thing to do; they went on a wild spending spree. They bought an SUV, a race car, a four-wheeler,…

Georgia Police said they warned drivers who stopped to pick up lose money on the freeway that they need to return the cash. Authorities said the cash blew out of an armored truck after a side door opened on Interstate 285 near Atlanta. Motorists took videos that showed other vehicles stopped on the highway…

Mark Zilio’s job was to promote a local costume store, while dressed in a Spider-Man costume. However, when he saw someone attempting to walk off with store merchandise, he did more than play the role of the super hero he sprung into action and saved the costume store from intended theft. —Jim L. Wilson…

Pennsylvania police said a very obvious clue led to the arrest of a man charged with stealing a pot of meatballs. They found the man with red sauce smeared on his face and clothes. Authorities in Luzerne County charged Leahman Glenn Robert Potter with burglary, criminal trespass and theft by unlawful…

While an Albuquerque TV news crew was preparing a story about crime in the city, a thief drove off in the station’s SUV. Michelle Donaldson, News director for KOB television said the crew was reporting on recent concerns about crime and safety, and one of the issues in the report was an increase in auto…

At the remote Russian Bellingshausen Station on King George Island in the Antarctic, Sergey Savitsky and Oleg Beloguzov have spent the last four years. One of the ways the men pass the long hours is by reading books. Beloguzov delighted in tormenting Savitsky by revealing the endings of books he was…

Arkansas police said an 18-year-old man tried to steal a commercial jet so he could fly to a concert in another state. Authorities responded to reports of a man jumping an airport fence and found Zemarcuis Scott in an Envoy Air jet. They said Scott told them he wanted to go to the concert and thought…

After sealing thousands of dollars of electronic equipment from the Mount Olive AME Zion Church in Waterbury, Connecticut, the thief left behind a note that said, "Pray 4 Me!! Sorry brothers. Save me." Members of the church responded by praying for him. —Jim L. Wilson https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/church-burglar-leaves-apology-note-theft-equipment-57311451…

Tequila Isaacson is an Idaho woman who was traveling on a Washington State highway. She was at a rest stop when a Pickup truck in the parking lot next to a coffee shop caught on fire. While the boy’s parents worked to get him out and another man called 911, Isaacson began searching for a fire extinguisher.…

Authorities in Minot, North Dakota say a man who tried to steal over $4,000 in products from a Hobby Lobby store was foiled by snow. 22-year-old Dustin Johnson tired to push the stolen merchandise across the parking lot but got stuck in the snow, and tipped the cart over. Johnson escaped by running away,…

Dave Martinez, the manager of the Washington Nationals used three camels to encourage his players to get over the team’s playoff hump. The Nationals had reached the playoffs in four of last six seasons, but had not won a postseason series since they relocated to Washington before the 2005 season. To…

A Pennsylvania woman who stole baby Jesus from a Nativity scene and dropped the figurine off at a local hospital said she thought her prank was a harmless joke. Local authorities said they were not amused when Jacqueline Ross dropped the porcelain baby off at a local hospital along with a note explaining…

David Blackmon promptly called 911 to report that someone broke into his car in Fort Walton Beach, FL. and stole some things. When asked, he gave the County Sherriff a list of stole items, including a bag of cocaine. Only a person on drugs would think it proper to report the theft of the illegal drug.…

Police in New Jersey are looking for a man who tried to steal $2 worth of gasoline. Police say the suspect was carrying a gas can when he approached an attendant outside a gas station, pulled a knife and demanded $2 in gasoline. When the attendant refused to comply, the suspect ran away. Authorities…

James Kelly is serving a 10-year sentence for using his own ID to steal from another Verizon customer with the same name as his. He is seeking $72 million in damages from Verizon because they didn’t prevent the theft. In the garden Adam blamed God for giving him Eve, Eve blamed the serpent. James Kelly…

Italian police investigating drug crimes discovered two Van Gogh paintings that vanished in a 2002 robbery. The paintings were found in a farmhouse where police seized over $22 million worth of assets. The director of the Van Gogh Museum Axel Rueger said investigators had contacted them so that art experts…

When burglars struck a Louisiana church known for feeding the homeless and hungry, the only thing church leaders could think to do was ask that they return the items. A church representative said they prayed and went on the media, saying the church could not afford to replace the items. They promised…

The youth group from Pathway of the Cross Church in Lubbock, Texas raised $7,000 to make the 1,100-mile trip to Louisville, Kentucky, but on the way, thieves broke into their van and took their money, performance outfits, clothes, phones, and wallets. Rather than go home, they continued the trip, unsure…

Twenty-seven years after he stole a Color TV from the Norwalk, Connecticut Jewish Center, Randy Iannacone turned himself in to the police, who booked him for the crime. Though the Jewish Center closed in April of 1989, the 60-year old man still is working to make things right. –Jim L. Wilson http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-turns-self-stealing-tv-1989-n555411…

When her car disappeared, Erin Hatzi looked at the video from her surveillance camera and saw a woman walk up to her car, sit in it for a few minutes, and then drive away. She thought it was odd that the person would sit in the car for several minutes, but she filed a report anyway. The next afternoon,…

Police solved a mystery when they returned a stolen purse to a New Hampshire woman years later. Police in Seabrook, New Hampshire found Lisa Mazzaglia’s purse in a garbage can at a local market. Mazzaglia thought the police had made a mistake when they contacted her because the purse has disappeared…