These life partners are also crime partners
Changing the locks on a stranger's home? Embezzling from a monastery? These outrageous stories of crooked couples will have your jaw on the floor.
Changing the locks on a stranger's home? Embezzling from a monastery? These outrageous stories of crooked couples will have your jaw on the floor.
Changing the locks on a stranger's home? Embezzling from a monastery? These outrageous stories of crooked couples will have your jaw on the floor.
Stream full episodes of “Crimes, Cons and Capers” now by downloading the Very Local app for free.
You've probably heard of Bonnie and Clyde, but most law-breaking couples don't set out to become household names.
"A lot of times, when you're dealing with these type of couples [and] criminality, it is done because I want to be with that person," said David Sarni, John Jay College of Criminal Justice adjunct assistant professor and former NYPD detective. "You know, 'I love him, and I can change him' or 'I love her and I can change her.'"
Check out stunning stories of American couples working outside the law together, with expert commentary from Sarni and legal analyst and clinical associate professor of law at Fordham University Cheryl Bader.
Stranger in My House
In Louisville, Kentucky, a woman arrives home to the shock of a lifetime: a couple she doesn't know is inside her home!
Not only that, but they've changed the locks and claim to be the new rightful owners of the house.
"A lot of times, vacant houses and apartments and things like that are taken over... It's rare that it's occupied and they'll do it," Sarni said.
Monastery Adversaries
Although a monastery may seem like an unlikely place for a million-dollar embezzlement scheme, that's exactly what happened at Kentucky's Abbey of Gethsemani.
It wasn't a one-time thing either. The money was amassed bit by bit over a period of time.
"Perhaps this accountant felt that this was an easy target because the monks in the monastery might be more trusting," Bader said.
Having a Field Day
When a Wisconsin couple is in a car chase with police, they decide to go off-roading.
"When people run off from a stop, is someone wanted for a crime? That's usually when you'll see it. Does it happen often? More often than you know," Sarni said.
To see these outrageous events and more, watch the latest episode of the Very Local original series, "Crimes, Cons and Capers: Couples in Crime," by downloading the Very Local app for free.
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