Staying aware, keeping your valuables close and employing “layers of security” are among the ways to improve your street savvy.
Category: Robberies and Thefts
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Ruby Slippers From ‘Wizard of Oz’ Sell for $28 Million at Auction
The slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” were stolen from the museum that bears her name in 2005 before investigators recovered them in 2018.
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Connecticut Couple Charged in $1 Million Theft of Lululemon Goods
Investigators said the couple used trickery and misdirection to steal merchandise from Lululemon stores in at least five states.
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Their Parents Are Giving Money to Scammers. They Can’t Stop Them.
One son couldn’t prevent his father from giving about $1 million in savings to con artists, including one posing as a female wrestling star. The two became estranged.
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3 More Stolen Watches Are Found
Benoît Mintiens of Ressence thought he would never recover his cherished prototype watches that were among 14 taken from his home in a 2014 robbery. But then he got a message.
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2 Stole $230 Million in Cryptocurrency and Went on a Spending Spree, U.S. Says
Malone Lam, 20, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, schemed to obtain 4,100 Bitcoin from a single victim, federal prosecutors said.
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Man Is Found Guilty in Killing of Rapper PnB Rock
Prosecutors said that the man, Freddie Lee Trone, sent his teenage son into a restaurant armed with a handgun to rob the rapper.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Called You When I Left the Gynecologist’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Ticketmaster Confirms Data Breach. Here’s What to Know.
The hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for stealing the user information of more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers.
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Ohtani’s Dizzying 3 Weeks End in Exoneration by Authorities
At times, baseball’s biggest star seemed in danger of being tainted by a gambling scandal, before his longtime interpreter was charged with fraud.
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Prosecutors Say Ohtani’s Interpreter Stole $16 Million From Star
The interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was charged with bank fraud, after prosecutors said he stole money to pay his gambling debts.