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Cookie Monster, Elmo, Minnie Mouse... BUSTED

CP | Verena Dobnik, The Associated Press | Posted 04.10.2013 | Canada Travel

NEW YORK -- Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berat...

The LAST Thing A Robber Should Do

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Would-be bank robbers, listen up. If at first you don't succeed, don't go back to the scene of the crime to check on the progress of the in...

Lookalike Fugitives Fumble In B.C.

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Two similar-looking fugitives from California could be on their way back to the United States after police in Esquimalt caught them hiding under each ...

Just Committed a Crime? Tweet About it and Give Cops a Break

Joshua Slayen | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada
Joshua Slayen

Social Media has evolved into an invaluable tool for law enforcement professionals to track crime. Furthermore, nowadays, there is story after story being written about criminals that do stupid things online to get busted, and they have only themselves to blame.

Shoplifter Brings Toddler Son Along

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.18.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Police in B.C. are reporting a certified parenting fail, after a man was arrested for shoplifting in the company of his 17-month-old son. Police we...

Man With Sword Throws Bricks At Police, Falls Down Chimney

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A man is in custody after throwing bricks at police from a rooftop in Moose Jaw, Sask., then falling down the chimney into the buil...