Tag Archives: theft

Porch pirates hit homes wearing Amazon vests that can be bought online

It is like an episode of “Scooby-Doo,” where under the Amazon delivery costumes are thieves. Over the last week, police departments alerted their communities to watch for porch pirates disguised as legitimate Amazon workers swiping packages. Police in Gardner, Massachusetts, about 1.5 hours northwest of Boston, said they have seen an increase in these types of crimes, as has a …

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Fraud trial juror claims she received $120K payment, was promised more if she voted to acquit

A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. “This is completely beyond the pale,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph …

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Indiana man pleads guilty to all charges in elderly couple's 2021 killings

A southwestern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the shooting and robbery of an elderly couple in their home. Austin Kusturin, 30, of Mount Vernon admitted to all 11 charges on Wednesday, a day after a jury was selected for his trial in the deaths of John and Elizabeth “Betty” Hall, both 74. His sentencing …

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Romanian organized crime group targeting places of worship: police

Romanian mobsters are traveling the country and targeting religious institutions in brazen daylight robberies, police suspect. In April and May, they hit two Buddhist temples, two mosques and one Hindu temple in the Washington, D.C., area, according to authorities.Montgomery (Maryland) County Police suspect that the Romanian Organized Crime Group, who call themselves the ROMAs, targeted seven similar places in 2023, …

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Mississippi family fears retaliation from carjackers caught on home camera: 'It's not safe'

A Mississippi family is on edge, fearing retaliation could come to their doorstep after security camera images of the gunmen who ambushed and carjacked them on their front lawn received widespread attention. “We have to get out of here. It’s not safe. Especially not now, with all the news and stuff because their picture, it’s getting out here, and, I’m …

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Indianapolis officer fatally shoots suspect in armed carjacking

An Indianapolis police officer fatally shot a suspect in an armed carjacking Tuesday after the suspect dropped something while fleeing on foot and reached to pick it up, police said. Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the city’s east side just before 9 a.m. about a carjacking. A female victim told officers that a suspect had …

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No charges for Michigan deputy who fatally struck fleeing teen with patrol car

A prosecutor declined to file charges Tuesday against a police officer who struck and killed a western Michigan teenager while the boy was running from a stolen vehicle. Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker instead charged the teen driver with causing death while fleeing from police. Riley Doggett, 17, was hit by a patrol car driven by a sheriff’s deputy at …

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Colombian national released weeks earlier is among group arrested for alleged ‘burglary tourism’ in California

Four Colombian nationals were arrested in a Los Angeles suburb Monday night with surveillance equipment that authorities say was being used as part of a “burglary tourism” operation, including one suspect who had been arrested for a similar crime just weeks earlier. Police in Glendale spotted a suspicious vehicle driving without headlights on a dead-end street in the Emerald Isle …

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Revenge-seeking Colorado trio kills 5 in 'coordinated' arson attack – on the wrong home

Colorado man Kevin Bui has pleaded guilty to torching an innocent family’s home in the middle of the night, killing five people, including a toddler and a baby, out of revenge for stealing his cellphone – except none of the victims had anything to do with Bui’s stolen phone. Bui was believed to be the ringleader of a trio of …

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Cohen's bombshell admission could lead to hung jury, if not acquittal: expert

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s admission in court Monday that he stole from the Trump Organization further damaged the disbarred attorney’s credibility, and could lead at the very least to a deadlocked jury that cannot reach a verdict, a legal expert told Fox News Digital. “I think after last week’s cross-examination, Michael Cohen’s credibility as a witness had already pretty …

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