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 […]
Twenty-Two Things Burglars Won’t Tell You
Have you ever wondered what factors a burglar considers when deciding which homes to target? Some of these things may surprise you. This list comes from a Texas based security company that is taking steps to educate its customers. The list takes a humorous approach to giving end users some insight into the diverse and sometimes surprising forms a burglar can […]
Crime in Decline, But Why? Low Inflation Cited
With high unemployment and police departments hit by budget cuts you’d expect more crime, right? But the FBI released statistics Monday that showed the opposite in 2010: Violent crime across the U.S. dropped 6 percent, marking the fourth straight annual decline. Property crime was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7 percent. Within violent […]
Intruders found in funeral home caskets
MSNBC reported that on Tuesday morning, two workers at Weaver’s Funeral Home in Bristol,Tennessee found two intruders sleeping in the home’s caskets. After the police were called at around 10 a.m, the two men fled through a window. One man escaped, but police caught and arrested Barrett Lance Hartsock, who was charged with burglary and […]
