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 ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A man who plays one of the dancing hamsters in Kia car commercials has been arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud. Leroy Barnes, 27, lied and told doctors he was ...

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 -- Kia Motors America is bringing back its dancing hamsters in a new ad campaign for the freshened 2012 Kia Soul. Kia posted a 60-second commercial on YouTube this morning. The spot opens ...

At the same time he was busting a move as one of the dancing hamsters in those bizarre Kia commercials, officials say 27-year-old Leroy Barnes was collecting disability insurance checks for thousands ...

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 ...