Looks like one of the Kia hamsters is going to have to dance with an electronic monitoring bracelet around his ankle for the next three months. Leroy Barnes, an actor who portrayed a dancing hamster ...

A furry hamster costume couldn't fool the authorities. One of Kia's famous dancing hamsters has plead no contest to felony insurance fraud, according to TMZ. Between 2010 and 2011, Leroy Barnes was ...

From the Political Blotter blog: “Dancing hamster arrested on insurance fraud charges.” Best headline ever, no? It arrived in my inbox a few minutes ago atop a news release from California Insurance ...

A 27-year-old Los Angeles man known as one of the dancing hamsters in a series of Kia car commercials was arrested for alleged collecting state disability insurance benefits under false pretenses, ...

LOS ANGELES - A man who plays one of the dancing hamsters in Kia car commercials has been arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud, reports CBS Los Angeles. Leroy Barnes, 27, lied and told doctors he ...

A 27-year-old Los Angeles man known as one of the dancing hamsters in a series of Kia car commercials was arrested for alleged collecting state disability insurance benefits under false pretenses, ...

A man who played a dancing hamster in Kia car commercials and was a backup dancer for Madonna has been charged with California disability fraud. The California Department of Insurance says 27-year-old ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- One of the "dancing hamsters" in a popular Kia commercial has been arrested. Investigators say a man who played one of the hamsters was able to do the difficult dance moves while ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who played a dancing hamster in car commercials and was a backup dancer for Madonna, has pleaded no contest to single counts of insurance fraud and making a false statement.