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Nailsea mugger grabbed victim by throat - 16 Nov 2008 Evening Post,A mugger who grabbed his victim around the throat and bent him over railings in Nailsea before taking his cash card has been spared jail. Robbery attempt thwarted at Waldorf-Astoria, former cop injured - 16 Nov 2008 The Money Times,The store security guard thwarted the robbery attempt as he tackled the mugger. In the process shots were fired injuring the 54-year-old guard, NYC subway conductor's mugger pleads guilty - Nov 14, 2008 Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,AP NEW YORK (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to mugging a New York City subway conductor who is accused of stabbing a bystander to death while fighting back. Shopkeeper 'had no option' but to stab mugger, inquest told - Nov 10, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,A shopkeeper has told an inquest how he felt he had no option but to stab a mugger who was trying to steal his day's takings. By Nigel Bunyan Tony Singh, Handbag stops mugger's bullet - Nov 11, 2008 The Press AssociationA Tennessee student was saved by her bulging handbag when it stopped a bullet during an attempted robbery. Elizabeth Pittenger was walking to her car when a Mobile Mugger in Park Slope-Gowanus - Nov 14, 2008 Brooklyn Daily Eagle,...by Charles Sweeney (charles@brooklyneagle.net), published online 11-14-2008 By Charles Sweeney BROOKLYN — A bike-riding mugger victimized two women after Police Warn of Midtown Mugger - Nov 14, 2008 News/Talk 750 WSB,By Jon Lewis @ November 14, 2008 7:12 AM Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) "He told me that he wanted $1000 and that he was going to shoot me if I Trial begins for TV host mugger - Nov 13, 2008 Danwei,Qin Xuefeng, a man accused of robbery and extortion, was on trial yesterday in Haidian District Court. The victim in the case, a woman whom the newspaper Woman mugged, mugger beaten - Nov 9, 2008 Jakarta Post,JAKARTA: A man was beaten by people on the street after he was caught red-handed mugging a passenger of a minibus in Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Saturday. McCain Spokesman Implicated In Mugger Hoax - Oct 24, 2008 Atlantic OnlineJohn Verrilli, the news director for KDKA in Pittsburgh, told TPM Election Central that McCain's Pennsylvania campaign communications director gave one of Mugger steals nine-year-old's bike - Nov 6, 2008 The Press AssociationPolice have said they are hunting for a mugger who attacked a nine-year-old boy before stealing his BMX bike. The youngster was cycling home in the Republican claims mugger scratched 'B' on her face - Oct 24, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,American police are investigating claims by a young Republican party activist that a mugger scratched a "B" on her face after seeing John McCain stickers on Mugger is sent to jail - Nov 12, 2008 Perthshire Advertiser,A PERTH man who helped mug a complete stranger in a city park and robbed him of his mobile phone, IPod and earphones was jailed for three months at the Joe The Mugger Update Update - Oct 24, 2008 Atlantic OnlineA hoax. She confesses. One should recall Fox news executive vice-president John Moody's statement: If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s Knife mugger scared by ringing phone - Nov 10, 2008 Huddersfield Examiner,A TEENAGER thwarted a mugger who tried to steal his mobile phone in Huddersfield town centre. The 17-year-old from Waterloo was on Cross Church Street at Mugger clubbed a man for BD6! - Nov 3, 2008 Gulf Daily News,A ROBBER who clubbed a man to the ground for just BD6 and his mobile phone was jailed for three years by the High Criminal Court yesterday. Mugger threatens man with knife - Nov 10, 2008 Cambridge Evening News,The 49-year-old victim was walking along Newnham Road in Cambridge when he was confronted by the street robber. The man was walking close to Bella Italia, Southwest side woman thwarts mugger - Nov 3, 2008 The Capital Times,A 61-year-old woman scared off a would-be mugger Sunday night when she screamed as a man with a gun approached while she was getting out of her car near her Man chases down woman’s mugger - Nov 7, 2008 Hamilton Spectator,Police are commending a man who chased down a thief who dumped a 64-year-old woman on her head as he stole her purse will be recommended for a commendation. £500 put on head of the curry mugger - Nov 8, 2008 Portsmouth News,A £500 reward has been put up for the capture of a pair who smother elderly victims' faces in a spicy sauce before robbing them. Mugger jailed after neighbour's sighting - Nov 3, 2008 Enfield & Haringey Independent,By Hannah Crown » A THIEF who snatched a pensioner's handbag and returned hours later to steal her car has been jailed for four years thanks to a neighbour. Plucky woman struggles with gun mugger - Nov 1, 2008 Mirror.co.uk,Plucky Liz Clements fought back when an armed mugger slammed a gun in her face. The teenage thug demanded her handbag. But the 54-year-old refused to give Fieldway parade is "mugger's paradise - Nov 5, 2008 Croydon Advertiser,By Gareth Davies A parade of shops has been branded a "muggers' paradise" because street lighting has not been fixed for five months. The McCain fan who wasn't mugged - Nov 3, 2008 Baltimore Sun,Me, I found Ashley Todd's story fishy before I ever saw the B. Her mugger sounded like no mugger I've heard of before. Your typical street thug does any Female mugger injures woman - Nov 3, 2008 expressandstar.com,She was punched in the face by the mugger who grabbed the handbag. There was a struggle but the attacker ran off empty-handed towards the Crossley Retail Imagine being so close to the mugger that you can see the WHITES ... - Nov 3, 2008 Yale Daily News,Were they like dulls eyes ? Like the eyes of that Shark ? what was the name of the big scary shark in Jawas ? You are not logged in. Cowardly mugger attacks frail pensioner - Oct 30, 2008 Kilburn Times,...by Lorraine King Police are hunting for a cowardly mugger who pounced on an 87-year-old woman as she walked along with her Zimmer frame. Mugger gives victim his own phone - Oct 29, 2008 Inquirer,By Tony Dennis: Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 11:15 AM A MUGGER who handed over his own mobile phone to his victim has received a six-month prison sentence Judge mugged near Obama's house Monday - Nov 7, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times,After fighting unsuccessfully to hang onto her purse, Brewer chased the mugger down the block, shouting. Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, who also lives in Good Samaritan nabs mugger - Oct 22, 2008 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,By Chuck Biedka A would-be lunchtime purse snatcher was slammed to the ground Wednesday by a Good Samaritan after the thief knocked down a 79-year-old Knife boy mugger sentenced - Oct 22, 2008 Epping Forest Guardian,Her daughter was walking to her grandmother's house when the baby-faced mugger, who was ten at the time, approached her. He demanded she hand over her DS Student fends off mugger Saturday - Oct 26, 2008 Diamondback Online,When a student was attacked by a man demanding his wallet at University Courtyards early Saturday morning, he surprised the assailant by fighting back and Boy mugger mum rapped - Oct 22, 2008 Mirror.co.uk,The mother of a 10-year-old mugger was yesterday told by a magistrate: "Take responsibility - I'm a single parent too." The mum, who cannot be identified, Democratic mugger - Oct 21, 2008 Waterbury Republican American,Our man was walking down a dark alley when suddenly a mugger jumped at him. "Your money or your life" the mugger barked. "You mean I have a choice? Ho Night Mugger identified at parade - Oct 22, 2008 Modern Ghana,By gna Isaac Kwami Gbeve, 25, driver, alleged to be a notorious “night mugger� in Ho was identified by two of his alleged victims among 10 people paraded by Hoodie snatches handbag from teenage girl - Nov 13, 2008 Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser,The mugger was described as a male, 5ft 8� tall and wearing a grey hooded top and grey trousers. A police source said: “This was obviously a very Life for horror knife attack teen - Nov 6, 2008 ITV.com,A teenage mugger who left a 5in knife embedded in a schoolboy's skull has been given a life sentence. Yassin Elmansouri, 17, stabbed three youths outside a Russian-tourist knife-mugging victim out of danger in Beijing hospital - Oct 31, 2008 Xinhua,BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A Russian tourist badly injured by a knife mugger in downtown Beijing was out of danger in hospital on Friday, said a hospital Kuznicki on Binary Thinking - Nov 6, 2008 ScienceBlogsThe fact that a mugger purportedly shared Barack Obama's skin color says nothing about Obama himself. Indeed, the fact that the mugger purportedly shared Young woman punched in face during mugging - Nov 12, 2008 Huddersfield Examiner,The 19-year-old was walking on Linden Road in Birkby at 7pm last night when a mugger came up behind her. He grabbed her bag and tried to pull it from her New Addington woman escapes robber's clutches - Nov 10, 2008 Croydon Advertiser,Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was punched in the face by a mugger who tried to snatch her handbag. The vicious attack happened in Headley Mick adopts a chugger - Nov 12, 2008 Professional Fundraising,...officially make the blend of ‘charity' and ‘mugger' his own, reasoning that "it is used to describe the dedicated workers my organisation represents". Spending power: From us to the energy companies... £75 - Oct 21, 2008 Independent,I would chase a mugger down the street if I had that much in my wallet. (Perhaps.) Far more interesting is Allen Asher's claim on Radio 4 today that CASSANO PREPARES FOR MILESTONE - Nov 15, 2008 Sportinglife.com,..."If there had not been that Bari-Inter (game), I would have become a robber or a mugger - a delinquent in any case," he wrote in his autobiography, CHELMSFORD: Witness sought for street attack - Nov 10, 2008 This is Total Essex,He described the mugger as 5ft 9ins tall, clean shaven with short fair hair and wearing a light jacket and dark trousers. PC Nick Riley said: "This was a Abby's departure sign end is near for ER - Oct 23, 2008 Calgary Herald,General's new chief of medicine, Cate Banfield (Angela Bassett), is forced to defend herself from a mugger after rushing out to grab a cup of coffee. Smallville 8.07 "Identity" Recap - Nov 2, 2008 SF Universe,Just then Lois gets mugged and while she dominates the mugger with her kung fu skills, she gets thrown into the path of an oncoming car. The "B" is for "Tawana Brawley" - Oct 24, 2008 Reason Online,The real work is being done by local cops, who have heard multiple versions of the story from Todd (one where the mugger was outraged by her campaign button WEIRD BUT TRUE - Nov 9, 2008 New York Post,By KATHIANNE BONIELLO, Post Wires A British woman says a new bra saved her life after a teen mugger tried to stab her in the chest - and the blade got Senior pinch 'shameless' - Nov 5, 2008 Canoe.ca,By SHARON LEM, SUN MEDIA The mugger who attacked and robbed an elderly woman of her purse as she walked home in Ajax is "desperate and shallow," a Durham Teen mugger targeting elderly women - 27 Sep 2008 WTNH,...by News Channel 8's Annie Rourke (WTNH) -- A serial mugger is targeting elderly women in several Connecticut towns. Purse snatchings and strong-arm Well heeled: A rare audience with Manolo Blahnik - 27 Sep 2008 Independent,Taking a wrong turn, Carrie is confronted with a mugger. "Please sir," she implores. "You can take my Fendi baguette, you can take my ring and my watch, Brutal hitmen hold Kampala captive - 27 Sep 2008 New Vision,Abdu Mukyafu, also known as Shafik, a resident of Zzana along Entebbe Road, is suspected to be a serial mugger. Several attempts to arrest him had been Mugger loses appeal and goes to jail - Sep 25, 2008 Gulf Daily News,By NOOR TOORANI The 19-year-old Bahraini hospital employee was handed a three-year jail term by the Lower Criminal Court last November, which sentenced him Serial mugger hunted for five attacks on youngsters in week - Sep 24, 2008 Scotsman,By SUE GYFORD A SERIAL mugger who threatens to stab his young victims has struck at least five times in a week in Edinburgh. The suspected drug addict Upper East Side Granny Mugger Surrenders - Sep 25, 2008 Gothamist,A man suspected of mugging a deaf 83-year-old woman surrendered to police yesterday. The Post reports that 21-year-old Anthony Jackson now faces assault and NRL player wins battle with mugger - Sep 15, 2008 The Canberra Times,A Gold Coast mugger is wishing he had picked another victim after coming off second best in a scuffle with former NRL star Scott Sattler. 83-Year-Old Deaf Woman Fights off Would-be Elevator Mugger - Sep 20, 2008 FOXNewsNEW YORK — An 83-year-old deaf woman says she fought off a would-be mugger who put her in a choke hold and threw her to the ground as she got off the Four teenage girls ‘arrest' mugger in Russia's Far East - Sep 18, 2008 Moscow News,MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - Four teenagers have carried out a citizen's arrest on a mugger who tried to rob an elderly man in the Primorye Territory in Russia's Mugger targets teenager out on birthday spending spree - Sep 23, 2008 Edinburgh Evening News,By SUE GYFORD A MUGGER followed a schoolboy as he spent his birthday money in Edinburgh, before threatening to stab him and robbing him on the way home. Haringey serial knife mugger strikes again - Sep 23, 2008 London Daily News,By News Editor Declan Wilkes Cops are on high alert after three more knife point robberies at the hands of a serial Haringey mugger. Plain clothes officers Bat-Wielding Bronx Mugger Turns Himself In - Sep 23, 2008 Gothamist,The suspect who allegedly struck Pelagio De La Cruz seven times in the head with a bat during a late-night robbery in the Bronx has turned himself over to Teens robbed by knife-wielding mugger - Sep 22, 2008 Edinburgh Evening News,TWO teenagers have been threatened at knifepoint in broad daylight by a mugger who stole their new trainers, computer kit, cash and mobile phones. Mugger redefines a bad day at work - Sep 14, 2008 Canada.com,Just ask the mugger in Italy who decided to target that country's national karate champion. Lara Liotta, who is the four-time Italian women's title-holder, Elderly Deaf Woman Fights Off Mugger In NYC - Sep 20, 2008 WCBS-TV New York,NEW YORK (CBS) ― A deaf, 83-year-old New York City grandmother fought back against a mugger in the hallway of her apartment building, reports CBS station Woman dupes mugger with fake wallet - Sep 22, 2008 WTOP,A sly Northeast resident was able to get the better of a late afternoon mugger by passing off a fake wallet with only two dollars, District police said. Mugger gave teen victim train fare cash - Sep 21, 2008 Plymouth Evening Herald,A TEENAGE mugger from Plymouth refunded his victim £2.20 for his train fare, a court has heard. Karl Morley handed over the cash after his 17-year-old Mugger redefines a bad day at work - Sep 14, 2008 Canada.com,Swiss anglers, for instance, are longer allowed to practise catch-and-release fishing. It's considered cruel. Go figure. They would never put up with such Woman's bag snatched - Sep 26, 2008 Edinburgh Evening News,A WOMAN had her bag snatched by a mugger just minutes after withdrawing money from a cash machine. The 27-year-old was walking on Almondbank Path towards Mugger redefines a bad day at work - Sep 14, 2008 Canada.com,On the other side of the North Sea, guests at a wedding in the German state of Saxony were upset when the police came into the church, busted up the Female karate champion defeats mugger - Sep 10, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,A mugger in Italy got more than he bargained for when the woman he tried to rob turned out to be a national karate champion. By Nick Squires in Rome Four Grandma Wants to Go One-on-One with Mugger - Sep 20, 2008 Gothamist,This week Elsie Barretto was the latest in the disturbing trend of "granny muggings" when a robber attacked her coming out of the elevator of her Upper East Worst Case Scenario: Avoiding attacks - Sep 25, 2008 Case Western Reserve University Observer,If you want to avoid being the victim of a mugger, you need to think like a mugger. Start off by concentrating on your wardrobe: a nondescript black shirt, Mugger (17) to pay e1,000 - Sep 19, 2008 Herald.ie,By Tom Tuite A YOUTH found guilty of taking part in a violent mugging has been ordered to pay €1000 compensation to his victim or he will be detained. Unsuspecting mugger calls police on stolen cell phone - Sep 2, 2008 China Daily,Wang, suspecting the mugger might be illiterate, suggested he key the codes into her mobile, but the number she gave him was actually that of a police You were out. Your parcel could be hard to recover - Sep 23, 2008 Times Online,The would-be mugger makes a run for it. But my man chases him down, sweeping his quarry's feet from under him in an ultra-cool judo-type move that he swears Mugger robs teenager of his mobile phone and iPod - Sep 18, 2008 Sunderland Echo,A teenager was attacked and held in a headlock while his mobile phone and iPod were stolen. The 15-year-old was robbed at the entrance to St Bede's Terrace, Four Time Women's National Karate Champion Mangles Mugger - Sep 14, 2008 ShortNews.com,The mugger asked for cigarette and when the 29-year-old said she didn't have one to give he seized her by the neck. Liotta responded with two punishing Photo Released Of Mugger Who Shot At CTA Rider, Police Say - Sep 12, 2008 NBC5.com,The mugger and the victim arrived at the station on the Red Line and were transferring to the Blue Line. As they were standing on the platform, the mugger Female karate champ drops mugger - Sep 11, 2008 United Press InternationalROME, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A female Italian karate champion said passersby in Rome just watched as a man grabbed her around the neck and she punched him until Nephew nabs aunt's mugger - Sep 8, 2008 The Capital Times,A would-be mugger was tackled and detained by the nephew of a 50-year-old woman who had been knocked down in the 1100 block of West Badger Road on Madison's STREET MUGGER IS BEHIND BARS - Sep 9, 2008 GazetteLive,A TEENAGE street mugger who pulled a knife on two people in the space of half an hour in Middlesbrough has been locked up for more than two years. Elderly Woman Gets Tough With Mugger - Sep 4, 2008 Gothamist,An unidentified mugger got more than he bargained for when he tried to rob 77-year-old Barbara Mirbt outside her E. 83rd St. home Wednesday night. Mugger punched woman, 60, in the face - Sep 9, 2008 Wigan Today,Detectives are hunting a cowardly mugger who repeatedly punched a 60-year-old woman in the face while trying to steal her purse. Police hunt south Mountain mugger - Sep 9, 2008 Hamilton Spectator,By FARIBA SAHREI It was about 10 pm when the girl got off the bus on Rymal Road close to Upper Wellington Street. She had just started walking when she was Mugger threatened to knife victim - Sep 12, 2008 Crewe and Nantwich Guardian,By Mark Hilditch » POLICE in Crewe are appealing for witnesses after a man was told he would be stabbed if he didn’t hand over all his cash. Cross-dressing mugger leaves breast behind - Sep 4, 2008 Metro,Police in America are hunting for a cross-dressing mugger who stole a 74-year-old woman's purse. Fortunately, the thief left a clue behind – one of his fake E. Side senior hurt battling mugger - Sep 3, 2008 New York Daily News,By Alison Gendar and Cat Contiguglia A spunky 77-year-old woman stabbed by a hulking mugger in front of her upper East Side apartment Wednesday chased her Have-a-go heroes praised by police in mugger hunt - Sep 3, 2008 South Devon Herald Express,HAVE-A-GO heroes have been praised by police probing seven handbag snatches in Torquay and Paignton involving a mountain bike mugger. Mob stones mugger to death - Sep 2, 2008 Sowetan,They chased after the mugger, caught him, assaulted and then stoned him to death. The mugging victim said the man had appeared innocent at first as he 2 Cops, 2 Guns, 1 Mugger - Sep 2, 2008 New Haven Independent,...(0) Two Newhallville beat cops managed to take two guns off the street after a foot chase one night, then catch an armed teen-aged mugger the next. Woman fights off mugger twice - Sep 1, 2008 Lancashire Telegraph,By Telegraph newsdesk » A WOMAN managed to twice fight off a man who tried to steal her handbag before biting her on the hand. The 26-year-old woman had 'Feisty' woman, 87, fights off mugger - Sep 8, 2008 Lancashire Telegraph,By David Watkinson » A ‘FEISTY’ 87-year-old woman fought off a ‘cowardly’ robber who tried to steal her handbag in the street. Police said the pensioner Mugger strikes twice - Sep 1, 2008 News Radio 107 The Bee,A brave woman from Darwen has successfully managed to fight of a mugger who attacked her twice in a matter of minutes. The twenty six year old victim was Mugger holds up two in Surrey - Aug 29, 2008 Surrey Now,Surrey RCMP are hunting for a street mugger who did a pair of back-to-back hold-ups in South Surrey on Tuesday night. The robber is white, about 30, Go Home Already: Quittin' Time - Sep 23, 2008 DCist.com,A local man got away with giving a mugger a fake wallet he started carrying around for just such an occasion. Do you think it might be worth it to carry Punchlines - Sep 18, 2008 Newsday,Witnesses are being asked to make sure they hit the 'send' button before they hand their cell phone over to the mugger." AP Connecticut AP News AP New York Review by Sue Norris - Sep 14, 2008 Financial Times,...by Richard Price Seconds before a bartender is fatally shot by a mugger on the Lower East Side, he speaks to the youth about to murder him. Children's television, a dad's mystery - Sep 11, 2008 Chicago Tribune,...three times fast and the mugger will run away. What Hannah learned: the importance of loving your pets. What I wondered: Who has to clean up after Clifford? Drugs can dilute body's vitamin B6 - Sep 17, 2008 Sun-Sentinel.com,A drug mugger is a drug that mugs your body of a vital nutrient, reducing natural levels of your vitamins or minerals. In this case, sulfa antibiotics and Mugger's jail sentence increased - 15 Aug 2008 The Press AssociationAn "evil" mugger jailed for robbing a 96-year-old grandmother who died days later has had his sentence increased after admitting more attacks on elderly 'Chicago Sun-Times' Brings Back 'Vintage' Royko - 15 Aug 2008 Editor & PublisherBecause of his poor grasp of English, an arrest report made it appear that Wojdyla was the mugger. Wojdyla, who had a green card and was working towards US OAP robbed in Leamington street - 15 Aug 2008 Coventry Telegraph,The terrified pensioner was walking along Court Street in Leamington when the mugger struck at about 10.30am on Wednesday. The elderly victim had to be Woman mugged in Bushey - 15 Aug 2008 Watford Observer,The mugger is described as a white man, aged between 33 and 38 years old. He was between 5 foot 6 and 5 foot 9 and had a round face with brown stubble. Mugger targets woman, 87 - 15 Aug 2008 Manchester Online,The thug cycled up to the woman as she walked along Ladies Lane, Hindley. When the man tried to snatch her shopping bag the woman struggled with him, BIKE-CHAIN ATTACKER JAILED - 15 Aug 2008 Leicester Mercury,A mugger who attacked a teenager with a bicycle chain has been jailed for three years and four months. Wesley Paul Potter (24) and an unknown accomplice Mugger attacks girl, 13, on street: Police issue e-fit - Aug 14, 2008 Halifax Evening Courier,Police have released this e-fit of a man who tried to rob a 13-year-old girl. The girl was walking home along Huddersfield Road, Brighouse, when she noticed Cops catch mugger in act - Aug 13, 2008 Lancaster Newspapers,By JANET KELLEY, Staff Two city policemen, on routine patrol early Tuesday morning, came upon a robbery of pedestrians, chased the suspect down on foot, Teen mugger who kicked victim to death jailed for 12 years - Aug 13, 2008 Glasgow Daily Record,A DRUNKEN teen who kicked and stamped a retired lecturer to death was yesterday locked up for a minimum of 12 years. Thug Steven Brownlie was only 15 when Parma: Police seek help locating armed mugger - Aug 12, 2008 The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,PARMA -- Police are looking for information about the suspect who used a gun when confronting a man early Aug. 11 near Brookpark Road and Big Creek Parkway. Cops nab bishop's mugger - Aug 9, 2008 ABS CBN News,Police have arrested the suspected mugger of Archbishop Jesus Dorada near a church in Ozamis City early Friday. Chief Inspector Wilbur Salaguste, Police hunt for mugger - Aug 12, 2008 Advertiser 24,A MAN was mugged as he walked home from a night out at the weekend. The incident happened at around 12.20am on Saturday morning along St Peter's Road in St Mugger arrested despite cunning Winnie the Pooh disguise - Aug 12, 2008 Mainichi Daily News,Tokyo police arrested a 20-year-old man on Monday for mugging two men last month with three teenage boys while they were dressed as Winnie the Pooh and Running shorts mugger grabs handbag - Aug 8, 2008 Bucks Free Press,By Oliver Evans A MAN wearing running shorts pushed a woman to the floor and stamped on her arm until he had her handbag in Chesham. Handgun fear as mugger pounces in Moreton - Aug 8, 2008 Liverpool Echo,The robbery took place at around 10.30pm on Thursday, when a man and woman were in a car at the junction of Pasture Road and Leasowe Road. $10000 reward to catch mugger - Aug 8, 2008 Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,By PHIL HELSEL STATEN ISLAND, NY -- A heartless mugger who preys on the elderly left one of his victims with a broken hip and unable to walk until at least Bishop's alleged mugger to be presented to prosecutor Monday - Aug 9, 2008 GMA news.tv,MANILA, Philippines - Ozamiz City police said they would present to the city prosecutor Monday a 22-year-old man they arrested for a predawn mugging on city Olympic athlete's grandmother, 78, chased and caught a mugger - Jul 23, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,The 78-year-old grandmother of an Olympic sprinter has shown that athleticism runs in the family, after she chased and caught a mugger who stole her purse. Warning after OAP mugged - Aug 14, 2008 Glasgow Evening Times,The woman, who had been walking with a friend, struggled with the mugger but he fought her and ran off with the bag. But a passerby saw the incident, Mugger on a bike robs pensioner - Aug 7, 2008 Manchester Evening News,The pensioner was left with cuts, bruises and a broken arm following the attack on Paderborn Court in Bolton town centre. Police said she was due to undergo Knife mugger on the loose - Aug 7, 2008 Manchester Evening News,And another woman was left shocked and upset just over two hours later when a man armed with a knife grabbed her from behind and wrenched her handbag from Plea to men who chased off mugger - Aug 4, 2008 Swindon Advertiser,POLICE are appealing for two men who chased off a potential mugger in the Old Town area to come forward. A man approached two 17-year-old girls in High Google releases Iphone translation software - Aug 13, 2008 Inquirer,Whipping out your Iphone to communicate with your mugger is more likely to aid the mugger rather than spark a life-long friendship. Blind Dave fights off mugger - Aug 4, 2008 Lancashire Evening Post,By Melanie Wallwork A blind man has told of the terrifying moment he was forced to fight off a mugger with his cane. David Taylor, 38, was attacked shortly Woman fights off mugger - Aug 4, 2008 Milton Keynes Today,A woman was injured in a nasty attack as she walked home along Kennett Drive, Bletchley. She was approached by a man who punched her face and kicked her Parking inspector thwarts mugger - Jul 31, 2008 This is Wiltshire.co.uk,By Katie Adams A MUGGER who made off with a pensioner's purse in Chippenham was stopped in his tracks after leaving his car in a disabled parking space. Thug robs blind man after knocking him down - Aug 13, 2008 Glasgow Daily Record,The disabled victim was trying to cross the road when the mugger struck - rifling his pockets as he lay helpless. The 41-year-old man lost his wallet and Man wrestles shotgun away from mugger - Jul 28, 2008 Annapolis Capital,By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer A 50-year-old Pasadena man wrestled a shotgun away from a would-be mugger Saturday morning outside his home, county police Knife-wielding mugger attacks man on Howard estate - Aug 1, 2008 Bury Free Press,By Mark Beaumont A knife-wielding robber has mugged a man on the Howard estate, in Bury St Edmunds. The incident took place late last night at around Blind man fights off mugger with stick - Aug 3, 2008 Lancashire Evening Post,A blind man fought off an attacker with his cane in an attempted robbery in Ingol on Saturday night. The 38-year-old man - who is completely - had just got John McCain: Mr. Nice Guy or Back Alley Mugger? - Jul 31, 2008 RealClearPolitics,By Thomas Edsall Facing gale-force anti-Republican headwinds, John McCain must cut Barack Obama down to size in order to be competitive. Shock for would-be robber - Aug 14, 2008 WalesOnline,In a scene reminiscent of Crocodile Dundee when star Paul Hogan tells a would-be mugger: “That’s not a knife, this is a knife,� Annette whipped out the The Mugger's Accomplice - Jul 20, 2008 istockAnalyst.com,By Anonymous 'Inflation, ' Ronald Reagan declared, 'is as violent as a mugger.' In response, the world pursued zerotolerance policies for two decades, Days of our Lives - Stephanie Attacked By Mugger - Jul 23, 2008 TV Fodder,Stephanie gets nearly attacked by a mugger but fortunately, she has a tendency to carry mace with her (probably a habit picked up post Ford Decker) and soon Police DNA test ham sandwich left by mugger - Jul 18, 2008 Mirror.co.uk,Police were DNA-testing a ham sandwich yesterday left by a mugger who took an old lady's handbag. The sarnie and crisps were in a plastic bag found in a Jail reprieve for mugger - Jul 28, 2008 Swindon Advertiser,A WOMAN who robbed a teenager in bus station toilets has walked free from court. Ilysha Defreitas targeted her 16-year-old victim after spotting she had a Police release E-fit of footpath mugger - Jul 23, 2008 Sussex Express,By Sandra Daniels POLICE are appealing for help in tracing this youth in connection with the robbery of a 60-year-old woman. The victim was walking on the Young builder's arms broken as mugger beats him with bar - Jul 18, 2008 Herald.ie,By Andrew Phelan GARDAI are searching for the crowbar-wielding attacker who brutally bludgeoned a builder in an attempted robbery. Mugger victim faced fire threat from attackers - Jul 23, 2008 East London Advertiser,POLICE are hunting thugs sprayed lighter fluid onto a woman and threatened to set her on fire in a vicious daylight robbery. One of the thugs warned her: £2000 reward to catch phone mugger - Jul 18, 2008 Sunderland Echo,By Marissa Carruthers A worried grandfather is putting up a £2000 reward to help catch the thug who mugged his granddaughter for her phone. Who made sandwiches for Wem old lady mugger? - Jul 17, 2008 ic CheshireOnline,...by Andrew Bowan, Whitchurch Herald POLICE investigating the alleged robbery of an elderly woman in Wem have renewed an appeal for witnesses. Pleasantville man struck in head with tire iron - Aug 11, 2008 Lower Hudson Journal news,The mugger, described as a Hispanic man, 6 foot tall, 185 pounds, wearing a green shirt and shorts, ran away after the robbery. Another kettle of fish - Aug 8, 2008 Calgary Herald,When the public thrills to the sound of a mugger's blade as readily as we do to a bear's grunt, Storms will have his re-direction of funding. Self-Defense Student Fights Off Attacker - Aug 11, 2008 News4Jax.com,A self-defense class at a Clay County church proved to be very valuable for a woman recently targeted by a would-be mugger in a Middleburg parking lot. Brave pensioner held at knife point - Aug 11, 2008 News Shopper,By Scott Mullins A PENSIONER was robbed at knife point in broad daylight after valiantly trying to stop a mugger. The 80-year-old woman was walking through How To: Defend Yourself In A Fight - Aug 9, 2008 AskMenLikewise, if a mugger confronts you on the street, you can usually defuse the situation by handing over your wallet, watch or whatever the thug demands, Updated 7/25: Suburboddity - Jul 25, 2008 Niles Herald Spectator,The man told police that when refused to give up his money, the mugger threw a punch with his right fist, which the man blocked, but landed another punch Notes of a gun show debutante - Jul 31, 2008 Financial Times,As a Brit, of course, I was conditioned to expect that the first time I saw an unholstered pistol would be when a mugger stuck one in my face. Birth control for crocodiles at Vandalur - Jul 25, 2008 Times of India,CHENNAI: Surgeons of the Madras Veterinary College, have performed a non-invasive birth control surgery on Mugger crocodiles in Vandalur Zoo to control Local cowboys tame wild horse race - Aug 1, 2008 Sun Shopper,When the horses are loaded, each three-member team - composed of a shank man, mugger and rider -then draws a number out of a hat to determine which chute archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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