For some unknown reason, Potato Chips and Crisps have featured in a fair few crime stories over the course of the past few weeks.
Of course, we understand the urge - a commodity more precious than gold, and sitting their in their in their gloriously designed packaging in stores across the world...
Story 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man is facing burglary charges for stealing two cases of beer and a bag of potato chips, among other items, from an east Nashville restaurant early Monday morning.
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Story 2
CUSHING, Oklahoma - A man who tried to swipe several bags of potato chips pulled out a pistol when confronted by a convenience store clerk, police say. Just before 3 a.m. Friday, Cushing Police received a robbery call and rushed to the Kum & Go convenience store at 2001 E. Main. The clerk told officers a man walked into the store, grabbed five bags of chips, and walked out.
Read More HERE
Story 3
CARDIFF, Wales - A man has been jailed for more than six years after starting a fire which destroyed a crisp factory in Crumlin in September 2012.
Colin William Goulding, 31, from Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, pleaded guilty to an arson charge after a fire at the Real Crisps plant in Caerphilly county.
Cardiff Crown Court heard it took more than 60 firefighters to tackle the blaze with 20 staff led to safety. About 80 jobs were lost.
Read More HERE
Story 4
BRADFORD, England - Firefighters from four stations tackled a blaze at the derelict former Seabrook Crisps factory in Bradford tonight.
Crews from Bradford, Odsal, Shipley and Fairweather Green were called to the Allerton Road site at about 8.30pm.
Read More HERE
Story 5
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A woman jailed for the murder and torture of eight-year-old Wadeema has been accused of assaulting a prisoner.
Emirati AM, 28, is serving a life sentence for helping her boyfriend murder and torture Wadeema, his daughter. The case horrified the nation and led to the creation of a new child protection law.
The woman is accused of attacking a fellow inmate she believed had given her 11-month-old son crisps.
Read More HERE
Story 6
SUNDERLAND, England - A former sex offender was quickly back behind bars after committing two indecent assaults and stealing a bag of crisps within hours of his release from prison.
Instead of using his subsistence, or ‘gate money’, to arrange accommodation, Kevin Ambler went on a drinking spree after being released from Durham Prison, on September 2.
Read More HERE
Story 7
HEREFORD, England - Hungry thieves grabbed a number of snacks and drinks, including Potato Crisps after breaking into a refreshment bar at Hereford United Football Club's ground.
Read More HERE
Story 8
SCUNTHORPE, England - Kerry Milburn, 44, of High Street, Scunthorpe, admitted four theft offences and another of being drunk and disorderly, as well as breaching a suspended prison sentence imposed on July 25.
Rebecca Dolby, prosecuting, told North Lincolnshire magistrates that Milburn stole beer, valued at £4.65, from Tesco Express in Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, on August 21 and returned there three times on November 29 when he stole a pack of beer, two packets of Scotch eggs and a packet of crisps.
Read More HERE
Of course, we understand the urge - a commodity more precious than gold, and sitting their in their in their gloriously designed packaging in stores across the world...
Story 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man is facing burglary charges for stealing two cases of beer and a bag of potato chips, among other items, from an east Nashville restaurant early Monday morning.
Read More HERE
Story 2
CUSHING, Oklahoma - A man who tried to swipe several bags of potato chips pulled out a pistol when confronted by a convenience store clerk, police say. Just before 3 a.m. Friday, Cushing Police received a robbery call and rushed to the Kum & Go convenience store at 2001 E. Main. The clerk told officers a man walked into the store, grabbed five bags of chips, and walked out.
Read More HERE
Story 3
CARDIFF, Wales - A man has been jailed for more than six years after starting a fire which destroyed a crisp factory in Crumlin in September 2012.
Colin William Goulding, 31, from Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, pleaded guilty to an arson charge after a fire at the Real Crisps plant in Caerphilly county.
Cardiff Crown Court heard it took more than 60 firefighters to tackle the blaze with 20 staff led to safety. About 80 jobs were lost.
Read More HERE
Story 4
BRADFORD, England - Firefighters from four stations tackled a blaze at the derelict former Seabrook Crisps factory in Bradford tonight.
Crews from Bradford, Odsal, Shipley and Fairweather Green were called to the Allerton Road site at about 8.30pm.
Read More HERE
Story 5
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A woman jailed for the murder and torture of eight-year-old Wadeema has been accused of assaulting a prisoner.
Emirati AM, 28, is serving a life sentence for helping her boyfriend murder and torture Wadeema, his daughter. The case horrified the nation and led to the creation of a new child protection law.
The woman is accused of attacking a fellow inmate she believed had given her 11-month-old son crisps.
Read More HERE
Story 6
SUNDERLAND, England - A former sex offender was quickly back behind bars after committing two indecent assaults and stealing a bag of crisps within hours of his release from prison.
Instead of using his subsistence, or ‘gate money’, to arrange accommodation, Kevin Ambler went on a drinking spree after being released from Durham Prison, on September 2.
Read More HERE
Story 7
HEREFORD, England - Hungry thieves grabbed a number of snacks and drinks, including Potato Crisps after breaking into a refreshment bar at Hereford United Football Club's ground.
Read More HERE
Story 8
SCUNTHORPE, England - Kerry Milburn, 44, of High Street, Scunthorpe, admitted four theft offences and another of being drunk and disorderly, as well as breaching a suspended prison sentence imposed on July 25.
Rebecca Dolby, prosecuting, told North Lincolnshire magistrates that Milburn stole beer, valued at £4.65, from Tesco Express in Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, on August 21 and returned there three times on November 29 when he stole a pack of beer, two packets of Scotch eggs and a packet of crisps.
Read More HERE
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