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| Shoe Perv Arrested; police seize thousands of shoes |
| 2010-02-04 |
| The man who police say has spent 20 years stealing shoes from Newark-area residences was arrested Friday, after officers raided his house and confiscated three truckloads of shoes and other stolen goods. Newark police say Walter J. Rubincan, 46, is responsible for the well-publicized series of thefts of shoes and photographs of men from university students' houses last month, as well as dozens of other burglaries. Rubincan has been charged with 77 counts of theft, 25 counts of second-degree burglary and 15 counts of criminal mischief in 25 separate break-ins, some as recent as Jan. 12 and as early as December 2005. However, investigators believe he has committed similar crimes as far back as 20 years ago, said Newark police spokesman Lt. Brian Henry. Police found more than 150 boxes of shoes and photographs in Rubincan's house in the 100 block of W. Cobblefield Court, located in a neighborhood off of W. Chestnut Hill Road, about a mile south of Delaware Stadium. "A count has not yet been conducted, but it is a safe estimate that the boxes contain several thousand shoes," Henry said. Officers also seized several composite photographs from a fraternity, as well as eight surfboards, eight guitars, a snowboard and a mandolin, all of which police say are stolen. Reports of the shoe burglaries surfaced a month ago, when five houses, most of which are occupied by university students, were burglarized between Christmas and New Year's Day. In those incidents, Rubincan allegedly took men's shoes and photographs of men, leaving behind electronics and other valuables. It's not immediately clear when the surfboards and musical instruments were stolen. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #1 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Buster_is_coming.jpg Here's Buster Brown, looking a bit deranged. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-02-04 10:18 |