They Robbed Her of Her Money AND Her Ability to Walk

What are some of the craziest and most daring robberies?! Lets get started with: 5 - Jugging Gone Wrong Joseph Harrell has been accused of robbing and injuring Nhung Truong in a jugging robbery. The mother of three was paralyzed by the incident, and Harrell is currently locked up. Jugging robberies are robberies carried out by someone who stalks their victim from a bank or a high-end store and

then robs them of their money or items bought. And thats precisely what happened. Harrell had trailed his victim from a bank to a shopping center for about 24 miles. He then body-slammed her into the concrete and stole about $4,300 in cash that she had just withdrawn. When Harrell committed this robbery, he was out on bond for a charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon. After doing this

crazy crime, he got into a car driven by his getaway driver, Zynika Woods and left the area. Injuries The attack left his victim badly injured. She suffered serious injuries that resulted in paralysis below her arms. According to her doctors, theres a real chance that she may never be able to walk again. This wasnt Harrells first jugging. Just a few weeks before this crime, Harrell stole a

womans purse. The womans husband tracked the AirPods in the purse to his home. After tracking him, he called the police to come and intervene. However, before the police could arrive, Harrell threatened the couple and made them leave. Harrell was arrested but subsequently released on bond. Aftermath When Harrell was eventually arrested, the court held him on a $100,000 bond after a controversial decision to slash it in

half from $200,000. While in prison waiting for his bail conditions to be perfected, Harrell had a lot to say about his victim. He mocked her and laughed at the prospect of going to jail. According to jailhouse phone call recordings, Harrell said that the court would probably try to give him the maximum sentence of 20 years and that his victim would be better off moving on with

her life. Harrell also took issue with the success of his victims GoFundMe. By the time he was in jail, the fund had already raised over two hundred thousand dollars for her treatment. For some reason, Harrell believed this was already enough compensation for her, and that she should abandon her search for justice. Hes a sensible young man with a strong sense of right and wrong, obviously. Lastly,

Dr. Harrell expressed his totally valid medical opinion that she would certainly regain mobility in her limbs within the year. One wonders when Harrell acquired a medical degree to be able to know that for sure. Maybe all that time hell be spending in prison will let him finally complete his medical degree! 4 - Fast Food, Fast Robbery A Queensland teenager, Denika Diane Appleton, has been accused of

robbing a string of fast-food restaurants alongside two male co-conspirators. According to the police, the gang of three would enter fast food outlets and then rob both staff and customers of their cash and valuables. Some of the fast food outlets they robbed include two Hungry Jacks and several other unnamed stores. CCTV footage of the robberies shows Ms. Appleton holding a large brown knife, which was presumably used

to threaten customers. Unfortunately for Appleton, she was good at robbing people, but wasnt particularly great at hiding from people. After executing search warrants on suspected properties, the police eventually found Appleton. Not only did they find her, but they also found blue walkie-talkies, a Spider-Man mask, a gold colored Holden Commodore- basically an Australian Buick, but it drives upside down, like everything in Australia- and another stolen car.

According to CCTV evidence, these were all items used by the robbers to commit their crimes. Bail Problems After her arrest, Appleton applied for bail based on the fact that she had no previous criminal convictions. She also argued that she had professional ties to the area, as she was due to resume a government call center job soon. While her lack of a record weighed heavily on the

judges mind, the fact that she was running around menacing people in a Spider-Man mask with a large knife weighed even heavier. The judge felt that the allegations were very serious- and not just the besmirching Spider-Mans good reputation- and there was an elevated risk that Appleton would skip bail. So the application was denied. Appleton was charged with ten counts of armed robbery, 22 counts of deprivation of

liberty, two counts of unlawful use of a motorcycle and three counts of entering premises with intent. Weird, whenever we have to deal with a call center, we feel like were being menaced by a knife wielding Spider-Man, so this story really isnt all that shocking. 3 - Shark Heist A 6-inch horned shark named Miss Helen was stolen from an aquarium by a crew of three thieves, who

said they wanted to give her a better life. The saga of the stolen shark started about a month before the animal was taken from its aquarium. One of the thieves went to the aquarium where the shark lived and told the staff that he was from the company that supplied them with salt. But he wasnt with the company! He was doing recon, Oceans 11 style! The pretend

salt dealer explained that his company had supplied contaminated salt, so he needed to inspect the facility to ensure things were in their proper working order. The staff at the aquarium believed this poser and gave him a tour of the entire building. Unbeknownst to them, the fake inspector was using this tour to plan the shark heist that he and his crew would commit just a month later.

Baby Shark The clandestine investigation of the aquarium would bear fruit, as the heist itself was relatively hitch-free. It was carried out by three suspects who came to the facility pretending to be regular guests. One of them was a woman who had a baby stroller. Once in the aquarium, they went to a section of the exhibition where guests were allowed to touch the animals and scooped the

shark out of the water with a net. Afterward, the CCTV captured two of the suspects carrying the shark to the backroom that they had scoped out a month before. In the backroom, they dumped a container filled with bleach in the filtration system of the aquarium and then put the shark in the empty container and added water. Afterward, they carried the container out, put Miss Helen in

the baby stroller and made a dash for it. One of the staff at the aquarium noticed what the thieves were doing and tried to confront them, but they werent allowed to search the car the crew came in. So the staff did the sensible thing. They called the police, and the police tracked the getaway vehicle down. After tracking the vehicle, the police arrived at the residence of

one Anthony Shanon. Shark Den Shannon was very welcoming and invited the cops into his home. Inside the home was a very large pool filled with all manner of aquatic animals, and in that pool was also Miss Helen, the horned shark that the aquarium was searching for. When asked about the shark, Shannon tried to hoodwink the police by providing a forged receipt for its purchase. The cops

didnt buy this explanation, and he was promptly arrested and charged to court alongside his accomplices. After Shanon was arrested, a few things were made very clear. The first was that Shanon had no intention of selling the shark as you mightve assumed. Instead, he believed that he was rescuing the shark from the aquarium. Shanon had believed that animals were being mistreated in the facility, and the reconnaissance

mission he had carried out before the heist proved that to him. According to the aquarium authorities, when Shanon posed as an official from their salt provider, thats probably when he made his incorrect conclusions. Another thing that was made clear was that Shanon wasnt a novice shark keeper. He knew how to take care of the horned shark, and Miss Helen even thrived while in his pool. The

aquarium authorities were so shocked that he had prepared so adequately for his heist. In addition to that, Shanon claims he isn't a thief at all, but an activist, and he was merely trying to save the shark. Be that as it may, Shanon has now been charged with theft of property. 2 - The SuperFan A Kansas City Chiefs super fan, Xavier Babudar, has been arrested by the

police on armed robbery charges. The fan, who had the handle @chiefsaholic on Twitter, was a rather popular fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. He often showed up to games wearing a wolfs costume, which increased his general popularity. According to the fans tracking the issue, this super fan committed the robbery while he was on his way to a Kansas City Chiefs game in another city. Which doesnt

make him that much of a super fan if you ask us. Making a detour to rob a bank while on your way to another city to watch your team play isnt exactly the smartest move! The police report that he robbed a Tulsa Teachers credit union, and workers inside the bank called the police on him as he was about to leave. Unfortunately for this super fan, his

escape wasnt that super, as the police intercepted him with his weapon and the cash as he left the area. Babudar was held on a $200,000 bond and requested a public defender. Hes now looking to slash that bond to $50,000. Yellow Flag However, theres a complication with that plan. The state of Oklahoma doesnt provide public defenders for people who can post their bond, and our superfan plans

to seek a reduction to his bail so that he can post it. This means that Babudars request for a public defender cannot go through, since it seems he has the means to post a $50,000 bail. While requesting a public defender, Babudar claimed that he had been homeless since 2020 and was unemployed as well. However, Babudars social media accounts tell a different story. They tell a story

of a big Kansas City Chiefs fan who can afford to travel to see games and who bets huge amounts of money on the games he goes to see. In one of his posts, Babudar claimed that he managed multiple warehouses throughout the Midwest but for some reason, he couldn't pay a lawyer to defend him and had been homeless. He was also able to afford to attend a

charity where one ticket cost over a thousand dollars. As you might expect for someone who would do something like this, Babudar also has a somewhat of a rap sheet. He had two violations from 2017 for trespassing, obstructing legal process and failing to have a current car tag. And if youre enjoying this video, be sure to stay right here for our past release about these greedy scammers!

1 - No Flex Zone The Rolex Rippers are a gang of six thugs who stole watches and jewelry from victims while armed with knives and machetes. The gang carried out their crimes with a stolen BMW that had false license plates. Their modus operandi was to go after victims and threaten to physically harm them with their knives and bigger knives. Police were able to quickly track down

the gang through evidence provided by some of the victims. After the victims reported the Rippers, officers found the BMW described by the victims and then gave chase. Of course, the BMWs blinkers werent used one time during the chase, which is sooooo typical. The two individuals in the Benz were able to escape on foot, but they left certain valuables behind, which allowed the police to identify the

pair who fled the car and other members of the crew. Scare Tactic The police also recovered a large machete from the vehicle. This machete may have been something that the gang used to scare their victims. They also found a tracksuit that matched CCTV evidence of crimes the gang committed. Once police recovered the phones, they went through all of them and discovered photos of other members of

the gang celebrating their thefts by wearing the watches stolen from their victims. Forensic data and a slew of cell site data also linked the six gang members to the crimes. The members of the gang were charged with counts of robbery, possessing an offensive weapon used in an attack, as well as dangerous driving- probably because of the blinkers. They were all found guilty by the court and

will be sentenced at a later date. Unfortunately, none of the property stolen by the gang has been recovered. Its like the headline writes itself: Reckless Rolex Rippers ruthlessly robbed rich folks with razor-sharp rapiers, but were ultimately rounded up and rightfully reprimanded! Whats a greedier plot? Try and steal money from a place with the most surveillance that anyone could encounter? Or would it be running a fake

daycare with phantom kids to steal millions of taxpayer money from the government?! These are just a couple stories of the greediest people in the world! 4 - Cheating Friends The Star Casino Hieu Duc Lam and Ziyi Liu scammed a major Sydney casino called The Star out of over $500,000. Lam, a now-former employee of the casino, was alleged to have conspired with Liu over three games of

baccarat. The two communicated before and during the games, conspiring to have Liu walk away with mountains of winnings that the two would later split. The scam was extremely simple at its core. Being the dealer, Lam communicated with Liu throughout the games to ensure he knew exactly the right moves to make and when to make them. Their secretive teamwork went unnoticed by the people around them, allowing

the pair to make off with about $570,000 in cash and $170,000 in chips. Surveillance The pair probably thought they got away with it, as it was easy to sneak their winnings off casino grounds. They were wrong. Nobody is that lucky when games are played as they should be, and when it does happen, alarm bells go off. With these two, close examination by casino authorities brought the

whole scheme to light, and the police were brought in. The pair were arrested in September 2020, with the cops catching Liu at a casino parking lot and Lam at home in Canley Heights. Authorities showed no hesitation in issuing search warrants, and when police executed those warrants, they hit the jackpot. A house in Canley Heights yielded around $270,000 in cash. Another $2,000 in US dollars, along with

multiple electronic storage devices thought to hold pertinent evidence, sweetened the deal. Meanwhile, Lius home in Ryde hosted $300,000 in cash and almost $170,000 in casino chips. Fleecing a casino requires an extreme degree of either intelligence or stupidity. Detective Inspector John Cosgrove pointed out that casinos are full of cameras and that every move is always under scrutiny. A spokesperson for The Star confirmed that notion, saying it

didnt take staff long to figure out something was up and alert authorities. 3 - Knives Out The Rich Foundation Kayleigh Pepper of Hull, UK, allegedly pocketed around 20,000 from a tragic charity she set up with the best intentions. Pepper set up The Rich Foundation after her brother caught a blade to the spine in 2015. The charity existed to help those left behind by victims of tragedies

such as gun and knife violence and to advocate for legal means to reduce such tragedies. Richard Pepper met a violent end right outside his Hull home. The perpetrator, Daniel Flatley, was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to 11 years behind bars. The crime left Kayleigh in ruin; she expressed that she wanted to keep her brothers memory alive. This sentiment eventually led to her establishing The Rich Foundation,

which helped victims' families. The foundation collected funds for final expenses and advocated public awareness about dangerous weapons and violent crime issues. Missing While her intentions in 2015 may have been pure, by 2018, it wasnt hard to see that temptation was getting the better of her. Pepper came into contact with Jenny Dees, who had lost her son to an accident with a modified airgun earlier that year.

The Rich Foundation stepped in to help raise funds for little Stanleys funeral, but some of the money went missing. In 2019, 2,850 raised by three women intending to donate to local schools went missing after they handed it over to The Rich Foundation. Pepper gave them several excuses and even forged an email from GoFundMe. Eventually, Pepper was found to have pocketed somewhere around 20,000 throughout the years.

The prosecution, however, maintains that the actual amount stolen is closer to 33,000. Around 1,240 made its way into her personal bank account on one occasion. Another time, she spent over 300 on holidays and gambling. In one sinister photo, she was even caught at a ladies night function for Stanley Metcalf with her hand in the cash box. Stanley Metcalf Dees fury ultimately led to the scammers downfall.

Of everybody that had a reason to throw Pepper to the wolves, Dees had the strongest. The woman became suspicious when the big raffle at ladies night raised a mere 88. Dees friends told a different tale, collectively claiming to have thrown down far more cash. That suspicion led Dees to investigate on her own, which eventually helped the police bring Pepper down. The woman had lost her young

son, and Peppers theft essentially made a mockery of both the boys legacy and his mothers pain. When most people think of air guns, they think of airsoft sports played with minimal armor and plastic toys that can barely pierce a soda can. The reality, however, is that modern airguns, at the high end, can compete shot-for-shot with their black powder brethren. The catch, however, is that regulations are

looser on airguns in many cases, and theyre easier to illegally modify. Thats basically what Albert Grannon did. While the UK requires a firearms license for air and black powder weapons, air guns with low enough power are largely unregulated. Grannons gun was bought as a low-powered unit, essentially a toy, but modified to pack a punch. The circumstances are unclear, but somehow, six-year-old Stanley took one of those

overpowered shots to his abdomen while visiting his great grandfather, Grannon. The mans story was that he checked if the gun was loaded and shot it into the ground. It then ricocheted and hit Stanley. Forensic results apparently confirmed that wasnt the case. The boy was found injured in the home and later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. Grannon was characterized as showing no emotion or remorse

throughout the case. For what was, at best, grievous negligence, Grannon was sentenced to three years in jail. Peppers actions injected more hurt into the senseless tragedy and the fragmented family it left behind. Her theft directly affected memory efforts; some of the cash she stole was meant for a memory garden for Stanley. Thanks to Peppers selfishness, that garden was never built. Instead, she allegedly spent it on

clothes, utilities, carry-out, and more, living well above her meager means. Aftermath Hull Crown Court had no mercy for Pepper. The scammer had gone the last three years of running her charity without keeping accurate records. This breach of law kept the court from accurately calculating how much money had gone missing. Judge John Thackray described the defendant harshly and asserted that the only way to deal with her

was to lock her up. In March of 2022, he handed down her sentence. Serving under her new name, Kayleigh Towler, the fraudster is enduring 20 months in prison. 2 - The Eye Dropper Jessy Kurczewski Jessy Kurczewski of Franklin, Wisconsin, stumbled upon a horrifying sight. He found a friend she'd been caring for sitting dead in the living room. Kurczewski made the call to authorities on October 3,

2018, a bit before 5 PM. Upon arrival, there wasnt much that emergency crews could do; they found the resident of the address unresponsive, surrounded by crushed-up pills and prescription bottles. It wasn't hard to assume what happened. Kurczewski told police she had observed disturbing behavior in her friend, identified by court records as Lynn Hernan, leading up to her passing. The victim didnt have much contact with anybody

besides Kurczewski, and she was thus the only one who noticed when the victims medicine intake began to fluctuate. Kurczewski gave police a tiny amount of information when the investigation first began. While this appeared to be a cut-and-dried case on the surface, they still had to follow protocol. Procedures drifted away from Kurczewski in two new directions; other people the victim knew and Hernans autopsy. Kurczewski, it should

be noted, claimed to be Hernans Power of Attorney. She also claimed to be checking in on her twice a day. Combined with previous revelations, this makes for a rather odd situation if its all true. Suspicious Investigators submitted the victims corpse for examination, but that route would take time. During that time, they turned to family and friends. Kurczewskis claims of the victim being a recluse proved untrue.

People linked to Hernan painted her as one who would never take her own life. Things unraveled when Hernans will named Kurczewski as the sole heir. This drew the attention of the victims cousin, who went to the police with concerns that the will wasnt genuine. Something fishy was going on here. Further investigation led to Kurczewskis arrest in July 2019 after a warrant went out the previous month.

A search of her home was also conducted. It eventually came to light that Kurczewski had been engaging in fraudulent activities involving Hernans finances. She wrote fake checks, spent the victim's money, and more! Between all of it, its estimated that Kurczewski got her hands on nearly $300,000 of Hernans money. Autopsy Hernans autopsy revealed a detail that should have been shocking, but at this point, it wasnt too

hard to see coming. The substances found around the victims body werent the cause of death. Instead, the victim died from a massive intake of tetrahydrozoline, the main ingredient of many over-the-counter eye drops. Taking eye drops through the eye as they should be will never put you near a lethal dose. You'll probably just cry it all out. Instead, the eyedrops would have to be ingested. The circumstances

here were simply too suspicious to ignore. Not only had the victim gone out via a bizarre self-elimination method, but someone staged the scene to look more conventional. When police confronted Kurczewski with all of this, she pulled out several details she hadnt revealed before. Chief among these was the claim that Hernan had made a habit of drinking Visine long before the fatal dose. In one instance, she

claimed that Hernan asked to be handed a water bottle containing six vials of eye drops. Kurczewski was at a loss to explain why she complied, though she did note that she thought the victim had, by that point, built up an immunity. Before she was arrested, Kurczewski seemed to tell on herself by calling the cops and asking about the toxicology results in the case. She said they'd

probably find something interesting if they looked. The results werent shared with her until after her arrest. The story changed up a bit when Kurczewski was formally accused. She said the victim must have faked taking her own life alone but couldnt say why. Additionally, she asserted that she had never given the victim any eye drops, despite noting that Hernan was fond of the substance. A cellmate in

the Waukesha County Jail uncovered perhaps the clearest evidence yet in the case. The inmate claimed that Kurczewski had a breakdown in her cell and confessed. The confession, however, included the sentiment that Kurczewski believed she had committed a merciful act. She knew what everyone would think, but swears that's not why she did it, Buried Treasure Court records indicate that Kurczewski claimed to have some evidence to back

up her claims. She said that a storage unit contained a recording of the victims will, signed papers, Visine bottles, and other pieces that would be of interest. She asked to be let loose to get the items, but her request was denied. From there, the story changed again. Now, she said the items were buried in a nearby park in freezer bags. She was never set loose to

get the buried treasure, as they feared shed skip out on her $1 million bail. Instead, authorities used a map that Kurczewski drew up and even video called her from the park. The alleged evidence was never found. While circumstantial evidence was piled high, theres nothing solid to point at Kurczewski. Scamming History For Kurczewski, committing a money-motivated murder wouldnt be entirely out of character. Shes got a record

stretching back to 2005, rife with fraud and other financial transgressions. Multiple cases paint her as a serial fraudster. And all the evidence, in this case, points to more of the same. Hernans financial activities began to reflect Kurczewski near the end. Its worth noting that Kurczewski also has a gambling problem. As anybody whos been down that road or dealt with an addict will tell you, that would

provide sufficient motivation. 1 - Scammy Daycare Ola Ouda In 2021, a Melbourne woman named Ola Ouda and several partners were caught in a massive sting operation targeting scammers taking federal funds. Ouda was allegedly in the drivers seat of a daycare with fraudulent enrollments, among other illegitimate enterprises. Ouda and partners stand accused of scamming some $15 million in taxpayer dollars. Ouda was the sole owner of Prime

Family Day Care out of Thomastown. Authorities found that many children listed as enrolled at the facility werent receiving care at all. Ouda used these ghost kids to pull down massive government funding through childcare subsidies. Additionally, she took full advantage of the countrys JobKeeper program by netting $2.4 million in federal payments for a restaurant she ran with partner Amjad Shehada. Oudas alleged scam empire funded her high-end

lifestyle. Multiple social media posts flaunted her travels, high standard of living, and expensive items like cars, clothes, investment properties, and jewelry. Ouda was the most prominent of the alleged fraud ring in showing off, but authorities assert that others involved also scored substantial sums. The Instagram account that once served as Oudas stage went private. In Oudas case, not all of the wealth on display was her own.

In one photo, shes seen posing with a Maserati Ghibli. This model from the premium manufacturer costs between $70,000 and $110,000, depending on the configuration. The catch? The car didnt belong to her; it was on lease by a company her husband owned, despite bearing a vanity plate that said LBOSS. Child Care Subsidy The money that Ouda got from her fake daycare enrollees came from federal government subsidies.

Australias Child Care Subsidy payment system was the vehicle for the fraud. The scheme was made possible because, like some private school scholarship programs, payments arent made to the parents. Instead, the money from the program is put directly into the hands of the providers. The parents play a minimal role. This means that all Ouda needed to carry out her plan was a bit of creative forgery and

the time and effort to create fake parental accounts in Federal databases. She cut out the middleman and could easily approve and route payments to her bank account. The JobKeeper program, meanwhile, was Australias answer to COVID-19 and the strain it put on businesses. The program pays out to companies so they can maintain payroll. Business owners first submit proof of payment to employees, with various parameters required to

qualify. Employees can qualify if they make at least $1,500 every two weeks before taxes. Once an employee is considered qualified, the Federal treasury will pay out $1,500 every other week for each qualifying employee. In the same way that Ouda created fake parents to appease the feds, they made fake employees for the restaurant. They also fudged payment info to get payments for some employees who wouldnt have

qualified or would have required the employer to make top-up payments on the difference. Ironic Twist The sting operation that caught Ouda and her partners was a small part of a much larger operation. Scams in the same vein as hers are far from unheard of. Daycares and schools using fraudulent means to obtain government funding are fairly common. This, of course, means that such cases hit the news

often. In an ironic twist that likely sprung from a guilty conscience, Ouda caught wind of one such scam in her industry and went off. The case in question landed in the publication A Current Affair and caught her attention. Taking to her Facebook soap box, Ouda called the scam disgusting and said that such fraud is wreaking havoc on the childcare industry. Aftermath As mentioned above, the sting

operation that took Ouda down was one of immense scale. Over 11 months, agents focused on uncovering scams like hers. Over 150 officers of the Australian Federal Police were involved. 110 members of four different federal departments helped them out. The operation culminated in raids on 10 properties across Victoria and New South Wales. In Oudas case, officers pulled her from her private home in Doncaster East. This all

happened near the end of 2020. Prime Family Day Cares license to receive federal payments was suspended first, then finally canceled in August 2021. Ouda's LinkedIn profile has seen radio silence since the story broke but still lists her as the proprietor of that establishment. Authorities mentioned that it could take a while to figure out how much money went missing and what charges would come from it. The

most recent news says Ouda and her associates are facing various fraud charges, with the heftiest one being conspiracy to cause a loss to the Commonwealth. Click to watch one of these next videos! Let us know in the comment section which city is your least favorite city in the US and why!