17 Crimes Weirdly Specific To Certain Places

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By now you probably know that Florida isn't actually a hotbed of weird crime (if not, google "Sunshine Law"), but that there are strange crimes happening all over the place. The only thing that changes is the type of crime committed. And there are even certain bizarre crimes that happen only in specific places.

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Entry by T. S. Obiech

When an intersection in Williamsport, PA. was transformed into a baseball diamond with bronze player statues to commemorate the 75th anniversary of

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The city of Bemidji, Minnesota has a little theft problem regarding the street signs for Stoner Avenue and in the span of 10 years, the city spent $20

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In Lisbon, Portugal, authorities have not been able to stop people from stealing ceramic tiles known as azulejos, which have been part of the city's c

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We've all taken a handful of sand home after visiting a beach, but sand theft in Sardinia got SO bad that local authorities imposed a fine of 1,000 EU

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The region of Sava, Madagascar is a hotbed of vanilla thefts. After the global price for vanilla soared by more than 500%, So did the number of thefts

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The constant tvandalization of a statue of 25th President William McKinley was a small Northern California town's inside joke for decades. The Arcata,

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CRACKEDCO In the Indian state of Bihar, young men are frequently abducted and forced into marriage under threats to their or their families' lives. 3.

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IF YOU UVE IN THIS HOUSE IN WESTFIELD NEW JERSEY... YOU WILL RECEIVE DISTURBING LETTERS FROM A STALKER KNOWN ONLY AS THE WATCHER. One such letter rea

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17 Crimes Weirdly Specific To Certain Places

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Entry by Ann Jimenez

People went strangely batskxkt crazy after a shortage of avocados hit New Zealand. Specifically, the criminal kind of crazy. Both professional and ama

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Columbia University students have been using to-go cups to steal Nutella from the university's dining halls since the day the chocolate-hazelnut sprea

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Tourists may be banned from Komodo Island, Indonesia due to recent reports of Komodo dragons being stolen from the island. The dragons have been repor

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17 Crimes Weirdly Specific To Certain Places

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In certain parts of China, ghost marriages for deceased bachelors (so they won't end up alone in the afterlife) are still a thing. Because of that, bo

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95 People keep leaving their loved ones' ashes at the Jane Austin House. While it's legal to scatter ashes in public places in the UK, you need to hav

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CRACKEDOON The Temple of Heaven Park in China had to install dispensers with facial recognition software in their public restrooms after years of supp