Tag Archives: Crime in Nice

It’s Catching: Another Victim Whomps Attacker

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Allison Coe

It must be catching:  Wednesday night a couple of Italian tourists gave a lesson in vigilante justice to a couple of local punks.  The Italians were driving through the Port around midnight, when two punks on a scooter attempted a vol à la portière:  the Nice … Continue reading →

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Crime in Nice: Local Thug Beaten by Angry Granny

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Allison Coe

Two stories on crime in Nice caught my eye in this morning’s Nice-Matin, one funny, one not: After trading insults, a local man was surrounded by a couple of neighborhood thugs who started to give him a beating… in front of … Continue reading →

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Port Restaurant Attacked by Corsicans in Crazy Football Violence

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Allison Coe

The irony is that it wasn’t even a Nice match!  Yesterday, the Corsica-Nice ferry brought over four busloads of Corsican football fans on their way to a match in Frejus.   Having been warned by the boat about its rowdy load, … Continue reading →

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Ariane Vandals Wish their Neighbors a Happy New Year… By Burning their Cars

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Allison Coe

On New Year’s Eve, while corks were a-popping up and down the Cote d’Azur, a very different tradition was being played out in low-income suburbs all over France… the annual lighting of your neighbor’s car on fire.  It’s customary in … Continue reading →

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Crime in Nice: Really Bad Karma

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Allison Coe

As if the ordinary juvenile delinquents on the Cote d’Azur were not enough, during the holidays we also get the big-city kind that come here for their vacation.   One such 17-year-old Parisian, here for the holidays to visit his girlfriend, decided the … Continue reading →

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