NARRABUNDAH, Australia, March 15 (UPI) -- An elderly woman in Australia took her handbag back from a thief who had driven into a pillar after snatching it from her.
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- An unidentified thief stole a gold urn and the human ashes it contained from a car in the Canadian city of St. Catharines, police say.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- St. Louis police say a thief who stole a car with a toddler inside left the car running and the heat on when he abandoned the vehicle.
MILAN, Italy, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Police in Milan, Italy, said they have arrested a suspected "gentleman thief" who took care not to frighten bank staff or children during his alleged heists.
WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Police in Wichita, Kan., said a local man sealed up a crawlspace under a rental home while a suspected thief was inside taking copper pipes.
BEDFORD, Texas, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Police in Bedford, Texas, are trying to crack the case of a thief who threw an egg at a 7-Eleven cashier and ran off with a burrito.
MELBOURNE, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A thief who stole a car near Melbourne, Australia, dumped the vehicle and called police when he found a young boy asleep on the rear seat.
HELSINGOR, Sweden, June 16 (UPI) -- In an attempt to catch a car thief, a 20-year-old Swedish man hid in the trunk of his girlfriend's stolen car only to find himself trapped.
BOMBAY, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Police in Bombay, India, say a suspected thief in their custody died after setting himself on fire.
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A suspected burglar at a California spa escaped Friday -- with a sheet over his head -- after two workers surprised the theft.
