From The Blaze It looks like the Occupy Wall Street group is finally living up to its reputation of being free riders. In a stunt targeting the New York City transit system, Occupiers chained open service gates in numerous subway stations on Wednesday, using padlocks and posting fake signs announcing free rides. And now, there’s [...]
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Three Oakland occupiers charged with hate crimes
From Reuters Three Occupy Oakland protesters accused of surrounding and taunting a woman before stealing her wallet were charged on Friday with robbery and hate crimes, authorities said. Michael Davis, 32, Nneka Crawford, 23, and Randolph Wilkins, 24, confronted the woman on the streets of Oakland in February after she told them not to riot [...]
Florida occupier busted for stealing neighbor’s furniture for encampment
From The Smoking Gun Meet Jeffrey Scott. The 32-year-old “Occupy Pensacola” protester was arrested yesterday on felony burglary and larceny charges for allegedly robbing a neighbor’s home of furniture that he used at the protest group’s encampment outside City Hall. Scott was nabbed shortly after victim Ned English called police to report the theft of [...]
Its lights-out for Tacoma occupiers after caught stealing electricity
From the News Tribune The lights went out at Occupy Tacoma’s downtown encampment Wednesday night, and chances are they won’t come on again. Protesters, who have been camped out since Oct. 15 in Pugnetti Park on Pacific Avenue, had tapped into electrical power supplying the park’s six light poles. Overloads occasionally have tripped the breaker [...]
OWS mob steals sacred item from church
From NY Post There’s no longer room at the inn at a Manhattan church that’s sheltering Occupy Wall Streeters after a holy vessel disappeared from the altar last week. When the Rev. Bob Brashear prepared for Sunday services at West Park Presbyterian Church on West 86th Street, he noticed parts of the bronze baptismal font [...]
Occupiers in N.Y. church wearing out welcome
From Washington Times It was only a few nights after the Occupy protesters began sleeping in his church sanctuary when the Rev. Bob Brashear realized that his laptop was missing. The refugees from Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park had found their way to his cavernous Presbyterian church on a cold winter evening, hoping to stay for a [...]
Crime on the rise at Occupy Eugene
From Verum Serum Here is the actual report assembled by police. A sample: Activity and observations during the last two days include a routine car stop for expired tags where an adult male was arrested for drug sales and possession of stolen property, including a $4,000.00 camera. During his interview, the man said he received [...]
Robbery and officer assault at Occupy Olympia
From The News Tribune An alleged robbery and an assault on a police officer resulted in two arrests Thursday night and early Friday at Occupy Olympia. Olympia police responded about 10 p.m. Thursday to a report of a man who had been beaten, knocked to the ground and robbed in the 500 block of Capitol [...]
SF occupiers accused of thefts, filth
From SF Examiner Ferry Building merchants and managers are fed up with the mayhem that has come with the nearby Occupy SF encampment. A spike in shoplifting, break-ins and reports of abandoned human waste — and a reported drop in foot traffic — has management fuming about the Justin Herman Plaza encampment. There even are [...]
Boston strore suffers first break-ins in 23 years after arrival of occupiers
From CBS Boston: Linda Capillo doesn’t know why, after 23 years, her small convenience store on Congress Street is being targeted by thieves. “After they came through the door, I put bars on it,” said Capillo. “Then, they start coming through the window.” In 23 years, she had never had a break-in at Congress Card [...]
Den of thieves
From New York Post: Occupy Wall Street protesters said yesterday that packs of brazen crooks within their ranks have been robbing their fellow demonstrators blind, making off with pricey cameras, phones and laptops — and even a hefty bundle of donated cash and food. “Stealing is our biggest problem at the moment,” said Nan Terrie, [...]
Occupiers stealing from local businesses
From Fox Nation: Panini and Company Cafe normally sells sandwiches to tourists in Lower Manhattan and the residents nearby, but in recent days its owner, Stacey Tzortzatos, has also become something of a restroom monitor. Protesters from Occupy Wall Street, who are encamped in a nearby park, have been tromping in by the scores, and [...]
