iPhones are super-popular with consumers and thieves, so it's nice to know that not all iThefts include bloodshed. Some actually include happy endings—especially thanks to Apple's built-in tracking software. In the latest "Find My Phone" success story, a 24-year-old woman helped by a clever officer in midtown was able to get hers back within hours. more ›

Poor guys, thieves breaking into apartments have another thing to worry about now. In addition to hoping that they don't run into anyone or trip any alarms, now they've got to watch out for folks who set up motion-detecting cameras that send pictures of them red-handed to homeowners. The future! more ›

Besides those who are fast asleep and susceptible to becoming a rat's playground, tipsy straphangers are among the most vulnerable to theft on the subway. A special type of criminal the NYPD calls the "lush worker" knows when you've had enough to drink for them to cut away at your clothing and steal the $3 in your wallet plus those Groupons you printed out. The good news is that lush workers tend to be old, and there's only 109 of them left in the city. more ›

Police are searching for four thieves who tried to rob a 7-Eleven in New Jersey Friday morning. And though they didn't pull off stealing the store's ATM machine as they had hoped, they did leave a mark—by leaving the clerk in the freezer. more ›

Using a clever new technique, "foreign gangs" are attempting to steal your debit card information and the last $64 in your checking account. According to CBS, the criminals set up card skimmers on the outside of the ATM entrance, so when you swipe your card to enter the kiosk, your information has been stolen. Asked if the scanners can be identified with the naked eye, a Yonkers police sergeant said, "Absolutely not." Remember when people used to physically remove your wallet on the subway? Ahh, the good old days. more ›

Police are on the hunt for a cross-dressing duo who have allegedly robbed several clothing stores in Manhattan recently. The two men were caught on surveillance camera robbing the A. Turen store on Stanton Street on Thursday afternoon—they stole the two most expensive items in the store, a Chanel backpack and a Chanel purse. “These people are so professional that they know what they’re doing. They cover their tracks,” store owner Ashley Turen told CBS. Check out the surveillance footage below. more ›

It appears we spoke too soon when we declared the streets of New York City safe at last. The man who was allegedly caught stealing an iPhone 4 thanks to a nifty app called iGotYa, is denying that the photo is of him, and his family has produced photos to prove it. "This is embarassing," Brian Chattoo's mother tells the Daily News, which provides a photo of Chattoo. "That's not my son." Might as well go whole-hog with this Orwellian technology and hook iGotYa up with the NYPD's facial recognition technology. more ›

Police say they are searching for a gang of subway thieves who have struck at least three times since August—including twice at one of the busiest subway stations in Manhattan. Four of the five suspects are male, but the female suspect has the words "Hated" and "Loved" tattooed on her arm. Must be a fan of Charles Laughton? more ›

The man who stole $10 million from a city fund to help identify World Trade Center victims is fighting to hold onto the $400,000 he has left in an Indian bank account. The Daily News spoke with Natarajan Venkataraman from a New Jersey federal prison, and said he "whined about jail conditions and apologized repeatedly for his crime," but when asked about his fight for the remainder of the money, he said, "All the issues are still pending in the court." more ›

There will always be burglaries, and recently there have been a fewparticularly in SoHo and the Village. And though police haven't necessarily found the thieves in each case, they have been able to successfully narrow down possible accomplices to one person: you!?! more ›

Aspiring thieves, may we offer you a piece of advice? If you are going to grab 'n' dash on a subway platform please run into an elevator. Because those things get stuck all the time. And? They only have one set of doors! Which means you've essentially run right into a closet. Which is exactly what three young crooks discovered on Tuesday when they thought it would be fun to swipe an iPhone off of Andrew McConnell—who unfortunately for the tykes is both a transit worker and a former cop. more ›

Miranda Rights? Where we're going, we don't need any Miranda Rights! That seems to be the underlying sentiments of two bumbling thieves who were arrested for a long string of Chinatown burglaries. After they were arrested, Kenneth Harden Smith, 22, and alleged lookout Irving Walker, 31, both admitted to the break-ins, and immediately ratted on each other. Who says there's no honor among thieves! more ›

Yesterday, it was reported that dastardly thieves stole a handicapped octogenarian's scooter outside a church on the Upper East Side. However, unlike just about every other theft story we hear about, this one has a happy ending: police were able to track down and return the mechanized wheelchair. And it may have all been a big mix-up! more ›

Earlier this week, robbers in Long Island broke into the home of 8-year-old Eric Antos, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. They stole thousands worth of cash, jewlery and possessions, including donations that had been raised for Eric, as well as his $2,000-a-month medicines. They even stole his teddy bear, which was paid for by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Daily News reports that members of the West Sayville community have stepped up and made new donations, trying to help the family: "People are being very generous. They're being very nice," said Stacey Antos, Eric's mother. more ›

Police are searching for thieves who broke into a Long Island home and ransacked it of thousands in cash, jewelery and other items. But the perps who manhandled the house of the Antos family were no average burglars. No, these cold-hearted robbers were just assholes. more ›

The janitor who was caught impersonating a subway supervisor last week isn't just a convicted child rapist—he's also a serial transit thief! Willie Perez, 42, has been arrested a handful of times since 1988 for swiping five buses and several agency cars and impersonating a law enforcement officer on a commuter train. And now Perez has been arrested and locked up in the same prison as the king of mass transit joyrides, Darius McCollum. more ›

Relatives of Mattia Filippazzo, whose cadaver was stolen from its mausoleum under mysterious circumstances last week, put out another desperate plea for any information on the whereabouts of her body. "Her eternal peace has been disrupted by these...animals," said one relative on WABC 7 yesterday. more ›

Four NYC men were arrested after being caught on a multi-state video game stealing binge in several East Coast Toys "R" Us stores. It's nice to know some criminals still respect this city enough to pursue their crime spree dreams elsewhere. more ›

A family is devastated and police are utterly confused after grave robbers broke into a mausoleum, stealing the remains of a woman who died 12 years ago. Suffolk County police say Mattia Filippazzo's body was removed from St. Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, L.I.—while her husband's body was left in the crypt—between Monday night and Tuesday morning. "They took her and not him? I don't understand anything," the Filippazzos' daughter-in-law, Louise, said to the Daily News, cursing the thieves in Italian. more ›

Have the Bronx gypsies made their way over to Long Island? A troupe of thieves disguised as fence contractors is traveling through the North Shore of Nassau County targeting elderly homeowners. Once they get inside they swipe cash, jewelry and anything else worth getting their hands on, according to CBS 2, who spotted two thieves and got a sketch of the ringleader (spoiler alert: sadly he does not look like Johnny Depp's gypsy character in Chocolat). The police—who call the Eastern Europeans "gypsies" because they drive cars with out-of-state plates—say, "These guys are heartless. They are ruthless." more ›

Yesterday, twenty Apple laptops were stolen from a Best Buy in South Brunswick, NJ by a crew of very craft thieves: A detective said there was a "High level of sophistication... They never set off any motion sensors. They never touched the floor. They rappelled in and rappelled out." more ›

While the security guards of an East Side jewelry store were out for lunch, two thieves managed to get away with $1 million in jewelry. Rafaela Amini, co-owner of the Gioia Galleria, buzzed in the two men, who she apparently recognized as men who had previously been in the store. Seems like they had been casing it out, since they "immediately pounced on Amini, pushing her to the floor. When they tried to tie her up, she battled back, but they kicked her in the head and attacked her with pepper spray," the Post reports. The robbers, who had Russian or Eastern European accents, took a "$640,000set of earrings and a $450,000 bracelet" if you read the Post or "grabbed a pair of diamond earrings and a diamond ring" if you read the Daily News. more ›

A White Plains man used a remote access program on his laptop to monitor the suspect who stole it, resulting in his arrest last week. The laptop was stolen on September 4th after Jose Caceres left it on top of his car while he carried stuff into his home. Using the remote tracking, Caceres was able to monitor the suspect's internet use, which he says primarily consisted of studying the remarkable migratory patterns of the Black-tailed Godwit. Kidding—it was porn, all porn. When the suspect, 34-year-old Gabriel Mejia of White Plains, typed in his home address to replenish his porn supply, Caceres tipped off police, who arrested Mejia just hours later. The sting is reminiscent of last May's bust of two thieves in Westchester, which took place after the owner remotely used the camera in her computer to photograph the suspects. more ›

A Westchester woman who had her laptop stolen didn’t even bother with old fashioned signs like the one pictured here – instead she remotely used the camera in her computer to photograph the culprits. The laptop was stolen from her apartment on April 27th along with $5,000 worth of other electronics. more ›

After news of the Ninja Burglar's robberies at two homes in one night this past weekend, Staten Island residents are upset. One resident whose parents live near one of the recent victims told the Staten Island Advance that the two months in between robberies may have caused "people [to] let their guard down a little bit." The most recent victims, on Ocean Terrace, elderly couple Jean and John Interlandi, spoke out. Their house was robbed... more ›