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Deadly Shooting in Florida Internet Cafe Caught on Camera [VIDEO]

The chaos and terror of a deadly shootout in a Florida Internet cafe were captured on camera, where one of the suspects can be seen getting shot. Customers scrambled for cover in the early hours of Tuesday morning as two armed robbers rushed into a cafe near Orlando and appeared to exchange gunfire with a security...

'Supergran' Ann Timson Shows Off Mad Crime-Fighting Skills

The 71-year-old British woman hailed as "Supergran" for foiling a jewelry store robbery brought the handbag she used to clobber a gang of six would-be thieves to the U.S., demonstrating how she used both hands to wind up and hit them again and again. "It's just a two-handed thing like that," Ann Timson said on NBC's...

Avenging Granny Beats Gang of Robbers With Handbag

LONDON -- A fearless British retiree fought off a gang of sledgehammer-wielding thieves who were trying to smash their way into a jewelry store, using nothing more than her trusty black handbag. The granny's heroic actions were caught on camera by a freelance filmmaker, who was shooting a documentary nearby. He filmed the...

Robbers Grab $100,000 in State Fair Heist

(July 23) -- Two armed men wearing disguises and food-service uniforms walked into an unguarded money-counting area at the California State Fair in Sacramento and hit the mother lode -- $100,000 in cash. The robbery took place late Wednesday, as the fair was closing down. Police suspect the robbers worked for the catering...

Berlin Poker Heist Captured on Camera

(Mar. 7) -- A group of robbers wielding machetes and handguns stormed a Berlin poker tournament Saturday -- escaping with as much as $1.1 million in a stunt that was captured by German television cameras. In what looks like a scene out of an action movie, four robbers in disguise burst into the poker competition at the...