Reports indicate that the thugs specifically target school shoes which are then sold ... "A person who decides to steal shoes from worshipers must be someone who doesn't fear or care about God." ...

Parents and teachers at Gosho Kodomo-en kindergarten in southwestern Japan thought for sure someone with a footwear fetish was swiping little shoes from cubbies at the school, the Associated Press ...

He signed both shoes before handing them to a kid in the stands. However, a different person stepped in and tried to steal the signed shoes. There was a bit of a scuffle which prompted security to ...