Rupert Murdoch’s defunct News of the World tabloid is back in the news again with another scandal. This time, British police arrested a private investigator last week who once worked for the paper. This is the 18th suspect to be detained as part of the police’s investigation into phone hacking carried out by the paper, which […]
Amado Cardenas Allegedly Burglarized the Wrong Apartment
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a woman returned to her Stock Island, Florida apartment around 7 a.m. Wednesday and found a strange man sleeping on her living-room floor. The man is Amado Cardenas, age 45. It appears he not only passed out, but he was confused and attempted to burglarize the wrong apartment. Aside from […]
Police: ‘Blond Bandit’ May Have Struck Again
A so-called “blond bandit” suspected of multiple heists in Virginia has been linked to another crime, this one a carjacking on Thanksgiving Day in Maryland. Stephanie Lynn Schwab, 26, described as a 5’3” white female with blond hair and green eyes, earned her nickname after being named in connection with an earlier carjacking and two […]
Police Tracking Your Every Move With License Plate Readers
Privacy vs. personal freedom. The blurring of online and offline privacy. Concerns that we are becoming a “surveillance society.” How much of your personal freedoms are you willing to sacrifice to give the police and government the tools they can use to catch criminals? It is a very tough question because it seems the answer depends […]
More Police Departments Look to Tune Public Out
Police departments around the country are moving to shield their radio communications from the public as cheap, user-friendly technology has made it easy for anyone to use handheld devices to keep tabs on officers responding to crimes. The practice of encryption has become increasingly common across the U.S. with law enforcement officials saying they want to […]
