The so-called Bronx “Gumball Bandit’s” accomplice is a “hustler” who was roped into the sticky scheme just once by a former friend, said the partner-in-crime’s doting wife. Raymond Congro, 56, pleaded ...

Gum ball machines take in half the money they used to, experts say. And many gum-ball machines don't even sell gumballs anymore — they sell toys. LOS ANGELES — Amid shifts in the gum industry, a bit ...

SACRAMENTO -- A Northern California animal shelter says a "gumball bandit" broke in and stole their fundraising gumball machine, according to KTXL. Sacramento's Front Street Animal Shelter posted a ...

A donation box filled with cash that had been placed right next to the gumball machine was untouched, the shelter said. A California crook was caught on an animal shelter’s surveillance video ...

MOTT HAVEN, N.Y. -- A man who police said clearly has an obsession with candy was busted and accused of stealing, over time, some 100 gumball machines throughout the Bronx. The machines were in stores ...

[Credit: Razorfish] As a kid, there was nothing more exciting than inserting a coin into a machine and getting a surprise goodie. While gumball machines are still around, their magic is all but ...