Covert Cars Target Sat Nav Thefts

"Gwent Police have started using covert "capture" cars, fitted with hidden cameras, to trap sat nav thieves. The cars, which will be parked at different locations, also have satellite technology to notify officers when they are being tampered with. Police are hoping the car...

Macungie Ex-Fire Chief Sentenced In Thefts

" April 25, 2007 Pennsylvania - The former Macungie fire marshal and fire chief who stole a digital camera from the borough fire station has been placed on a year of probation and fined $300. James Andrews, 42, of 2100 Aster Road, Lower Macungie pleaded guilty to theft as a...

Laptop Theft Exposes 40,000 Teachers

This is a massive crime, perhaps even beyond the intent of the thief. The major lesson here is: do not store sensitive info on laptops: they are inherently theft-friendly. External hard drives and network drives are your friends. The recovery process from this theft will be...

Fresno County Cemeteries are Targets of Scrap Metal Thefts

Fire Truck Joyride Leaves City With Choice - Fix $650K Wreck Or Buy New Truck

" January 5, 2007 Texas - A joyride in a $650,000 fire truck Tuesday has moved the Beaumont Fire Department to re-evaluate procedures to prevent future thefts. Phillip Sims, 17 and charged with first-degree felony theft, was being held in the Jefferson County Correctional...

Spy death linked to nuclear thefts--rules out "lone assassin"

"An investigation was under way last night into Russia's black market trade in radioactive materials amid concern that significant quantities of polonium 210, the substance that killed former spy Alexander Litvinenko, are being stolen from poorly protected Russian nuclear...

Surrey tent city sends business fleeing

"A Surrey businesswoman is blaming the city for a rash of break-ins and thefts at her packaging business after a tent city for the homeless was moved to a vacant lot next door a few weeks ago. Sendip Gill told CBC Radio on Monday that 30 to 40 homeless people were moved from...

Immigration Is Clearly The No. 1 Domestic Issue, And Escondido Is Not Unaffected

The Police Department has recently launched a renewed effort to team with agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Border Patrol, so illegal immigrants committing felonies are more likely to be deported. Copy & Click this...

Texas governor applauds border security operation

Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday lauded a five-county operation to beef up law enforcement near the Texas-Mexico border, saying it reduced crime and provided a model for the rest of the border.