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hicago is also being terrorized. There, professional criminals enlist migrants from the shelters to raid luxury stores at the suburban Oakbrook Center shopping mall, 20 miles west of downtown. These migrants wouldn't have a clue where Oak Brook, an upscale suburb, is, or how to get there without the criminal masterminds. South American gangs are turning suburban malls into danger zones, explains retired Riverside, Illinois, Police Chief Tom Weitzel. "You're at one of the suburban malls... pushing your kids in a stroller" and you can get caught in the violence, he said in an interview with Fox News. "A lot...

Two migrants were collared for a rash of moped raids where they snatched jewelry from unsuspecting New Yorkers, law enforcement sources said – as the number of scooter-borne robberies explodes citywide. Luis Tovar Pacheco and Alvaro Martinez — Venezuela citizens living in the Bronx — were busted after a domestic violence complaint at Pacheco’s Laconia Avenue, police sources told The Post. The arrests come on the heels of a Monday bust that locked up two other migrant men allegedly involved in a separate thieves’ ring that’s been stealing people’s cellphones right out of their hands, then hacking the devices and...

A moped-riding crew slammed into a 2-year-old girl, leaving her with a bloody leg wound, in a hit-and-run at a Bronx park late last month, cops said. The two-wheel terrors were speeding through Pelham Bay Park around 5 p.m. Aug. 26 when they rammed into the toddler, who was with her family, police said late Monday — while releasing images of the brazen suspects. The little girl was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition with cuts, bruises and pain to her right leg, authorities said.

A Texas man was driving a Lamborghini 141 mph in a 45 mph zone when the vehicle struck and killed a moped rider in the southwest Las Vegas Valley late Saturday, police said. Las Vegas police also say in an arrest report that the driver of the Lamborghini, Andrew James Rodriguez, 33, of New Braunfels, was suspected of alcohol impairment. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of driving under the influence causing death, reckless driving and driving without a valid license. “I killed someone,” an investigating officer quoted Rodriguez as saying at the scene of...

New police tactics to ram thieves off their mopeds have left two with broken bones, The Met chief has said. The controversial move sees officers using their vehicles to stop dangerous chases and arrest suspects. The tough new approach was unveiled this month with dramatic footage of moped muggers being wiped out. Moped muggers ‘left with broken bones’ as police start ramming bikes

A thief was busted with several steaks shoved down his pants legs while making his moped getaway in the pouring rain on Monday, Nash County deputies say. Earlier, the man stole several steaks -- worth more than $100 -- from the Nashville Walmart, according to deputies. Keith Jordan stuffed at least nine packages of steaks down both his pants legs, the Nash County Sheriff's Office said. He then walked out of the store without paying, according to officials. Deputies posted photos on Facebook of the seized steaks along with Jordan and his moped. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor...

This disabled man was seen recently climbing inside his own modified form of transport in Thailand. The handicapped motorist wheeled himself into a trailer welded to a moped which he turned on as normal with keys. He had modified the vehicle with the handlebars attached to the trailer for him steer the motorcycle. Onloooker Singthong Nammala, 36, who filmed the footage in Chonburi, Thailand, last Sunday said: ''I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but it was real. It's very clever what he had done.''

Officers arrested a moped operator in the South End after he threatened another driver with a gun, according to Boston police. Giovanni Pagan, 25, of Boston, was charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon in the road rage incident on Saturday afternoon. A police statement described his alleged actions as “reckless.”

The Motoped Black Ops is a shameless, shallow grab for attention that has 100 percent done its job on me. A zombie hunting moped? Seriously? But the product behind it is actually pretty sweet. A highly customizable moped with a 500-mile (805 km) range, 200 mpg (1.2 L/100km) efficiency and heavy-duty engineering. It easily converts to an ultralight dirtbike if you swap the 49cc stock engine for something larger, and its long travel suspension should make it pretty capable on dirt tracks.

Jac Kelvie was holding court in the parking lot of Dulono’s Pizza amid a cloud of exhaust, cigarette smoke and machismo. Hundreds of bikers turned out for the regular “First Thursday” event in south Minneapolis to show off their Harley Sportsters and Ducati Monsters and talk shop. While others revved their engines, Kelvie used bungee cargo nets to secure a single change of clothes, a toothbrush and a walking cane to his moped. A red plastic gas can was strapped to the front fender. Passersby in leather vests paused to gaze at the 5-foot-4 man in polyester pants with a...

Teen finds WWII-era bazooka rocket, brings it to local authorities on his moped A 16-year-old boy in Austria was at Wallersee, a large lake approximately 10 miles from the city of Salzburg, when he came across something peculiar – an old, rusted object. He picked it up, threw the item in his backpack, and then headed off on his moped to find some police officers. If he knew what he was carrying, however, he wouldn’t have been quite so cavalier. As the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports, it was a World War II-era anti-tank missile. The BBC, pointing to a...

A mother in China was pulled over by police after allegedly breastfeeding her baby while driving a moped through the streets in Yuzhou, Henan province. According to witnesses, the child, about 18-months old, was crying as the mother weaved through traffic. "So she suddenly lifted up her T-shirt, whipped out her breast and started to feed him on the move," said one driver. A police spokesman said "She was risking her life, her son's life and the lives of all the other road users...We told her that if she carried on we would confiscate her bike."

I've been corresponding with someone down in Florida who's looking for a moped because of high fuel costs. After a disappointing experience with one she bought and had to return, because it belched smoke, she's got her eye on the Hero-Majestic Ankur 49cc Moped. She doesn't want the same bad experience, especially since it's a lot harder to return one that's been ordered out of town. I admit that I'm not that mechanically inclined, and I have no experience at all with mopeds. So, I'm asking for help: does anyone have any experience with the Ankur, including bad experiences? Or...

Boys' moped deaths ignite riot in Paris suburb By Peter Allen in Paris Last Updated: 1:59am GMT 26/11/2007 Rioting broke in one of Paris's tinder box suburban housing estates last night after two young boys were killed when their moped collided with a police car. The scenes are reminiscent of the disturbances in 2005 which led to two months of serious rioting across much of France Molotov cocktails were thrown, and cars and plastic bins set on fire following the tragedy in Tolinette, a notoriously crime-ridden district of Villiers-le-Bel, some 20 miles north of the centre of the French capital....