Having your identity stolen is no laughing matter, and sadly it is an ever-increasing crime, with high profits and a low chance of being caught. Theft can range from simple abuse of your name and reputation (like being someone's fake reference), to outright theft of credit...
Ain't nothing like stealing a literal tonne of fruit in the middle of the night...oh the delicious spoils of criminality!And one has to wonder what the previous record was for "largest blueberry theft" in...
Our electronic age has made many of us so dependent on gadgets that we may have withdraw symptoms if we don't take the laptop, cellphone, Blackberry, MP3 Player, GPS among other things when we travel. One day...
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"Seguin police said thieves sawed off 9 catalytic converters from trucks at Wyatt Arp dealership and stole another 6 from Seguin Chevrolet. Investigators said the crooks are cashing in on the precious metals inside."The platinum, palladium and rhodium is coated on the outside...
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As prices for metals have risen throughout the world "metal theft" has become increasingly common. In the UK, police have launched an initiative to tackle the problem."Police have launched a nationwide blitz on the theft of metal, a fast-growing crime fuelled by rising prices...
As gasoline prices soar, alternative fuels are now in high demand, even to the extent where what was once garbage is now gold. " "Florida has become a hotbed for grease theft," said Chris Griffin, who is...
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A shopkeeper in Liverpool has been shot by an armed robber as he tried to defend his shop."A shopkeeper shot dead at his till had gone for a baseball bat to try to defend his small store.Father-of-six Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi, 47, who was blasted in the chest, is believed to have...
$450k of an artist's etchings sounds like a lot of artwork, but when it's Picasso that amounts to a grand total of, um, 2 pieces. "Police say two Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 (€286,000) have been...
If it sounds too good to be true ..."For a time, the ads were everywhere on TV and radio, the ones with the head of a security company brazenly challenging would-be thieves to try to steal his identity.Richard Todd...
Crime indeeds remains an issue in South Africa: thieves broke in through President Thabo Mbeki's roof, stealing the embedded aluminum meant to protect the residence from lightning strikes."Beeld reported on Wednesday...
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Mo' drug addicts, mo' problems. Vancouver desperately needs the Dukes of Hazzard."VANCOUVER -- A small cadre of drug-addict thieves has made Vancouver the bank robbery capital of Canada - and maybe North America,...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGuess my first question would be, Why the hell are you naked outside to begin with in -20 degrees in winter? Certainly smacks of stupidity both in his actions and...
Last week a robbery happened. It was a very clever crime, committed by a very devious and vile organized crime group. I didn’t discover the crime until three days later. It was too late to undo the damage.
Who...
The ol' bovine blitz? The cow moo-ver melee? Whatever you call it, this takes cow tipping to a whole new level."KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thieves in Malaysia stole an adult cow, squeezed it into the...
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Just the latest in a spate of heavy metal thefts across the UK. Schools, churches and heritage buildings increasingly have CCTV camera's trained on their rooves rather than just looking down on the street from...