News 8/30/2011: Police Investigate Home Invasion, Missing Woman
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 at 6:15pm: Several times a day we publish the latest news of violent crime in our country. Please be careful out there - we never think these events could happen to us, but these people we're reading about didn't think that either. Some of these events may be shocking to some readers, but we feel it is important to show just how important self defense weapons are these days.
"Thieves" Taking Advantage of Storm Victims
by WNEP-TV
By Dave Bohman Hundreds of storm victims are already dealing with the loss of their homes and property and now thieves are adding to their troubles. On Sunday afternoon, Fred Harding scrambled to save his family, and his property in Eatonville from the ...
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'Skimmer' turned Holiday ATM into cash cow for thieves
by Tampabay.com
Authorities were called to investigate and found something unnerving: Over several nights in August, a thief, or thieves, placed a device — called a skimmer — on the ATM to read and copy card numbers. The information is then transferred onto cloned ...
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Key to solving local burglaries could be arrest in Chicago
by WQOW TV News 18
By Megan Wiebold - bio | email Eau Claire County (WQOW) - The key to solving several local burglaries, could be an arrest in Chicago. Christopher Parker was arrested last week. Chicago police say they found a loaded handgun and marijuana in his car. ...
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Investigators crack cold case from 2008
by WIS
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Department and SLED have solved the case of a 2008 home invasion that resulted in a murder. According to investigators, on November 14, 2008, 23-year-old Frank Terrance Singleton, 21-year-old William McKnight Smith, ...
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Police Investigate Home Invasion, Missing Woman
by KMBC Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City, Mo., police were investigating after a man tells investigators he was held at gunpoint and tied up inside his home on Tuesday morning and that he hasn't heard from his girlfriend all day. Police said when the man woke ...
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Violent crime is unfortunately part of our everyday lives now; an ever-present threat.
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