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Oct 1, 2013 8:13 AM CDT

Dye Trap Nabs Green-Faced Thief

London police testing invisible spray

(Newser) - A luckless thief in London was caught not red-handed, but green-faced after breaking into a police "decoy car" equipped with a dye trap, the BBC reports. The 28-year-old, who stole a laptop and other items from the car, was arrested when the system alerted police to the theft and...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Sep 27, 2013 8:12 AM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

OJ Simpson won't be denied his midnight snack

(Newser) - OJ Simpson's sweet tooth and an ill-advised move at a DUI checkpoint make the cut this week:

OJ's New Crime: Cookie Theft? OJ Simpson has reportedly managed to get himself in trouble again—from behind bars. After lunch, guards spotted the former football star, in a Nevada jail

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5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Sep 20, 2013 11:21 AM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a shooting over an ... 18th-century philosopher

(Newser) - It was not a good week to be a driver: A case of road rage escalated into something much worse, and a habitual drunk driver was handed a huge sentence for her recurring crime.

Woman Sentenced After 6th DUI : The first five times Rose Ann Davidson got busted for drunken

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Detective Helps Nab Wily Thief Who Taunted Him

Legendary Thief Caught by Retired Archnemesis

Aug 27, 2013 7:36 AM CDT

Legendary Thief Caught by Retired Archnemesis

Lonnie Mason had been on Blane Nordahl's trail for decades

(Newser) - It's a criminal tale that reads like Catch Me If You Can. At its center: a thief of antique silver alleged to have burgled 500 homes over 30 years (including that of Ivanka Trump) and the retired detective who spent his career trailing him. Blane Nordahl was arrested yesterday...

Why I Oppose Profiling Even After Getting Shot

A Black Man in a Hoodie
Shot Me; So What?

OPINION

Aug 19, 2013 2:11 PM CDT

A Black Man in a Hoodie Shot Me; So What?

Brian Beutler tells his story

(Newser) - Five years ago, Brian Beutler was shot by a black man wearing a hoodie while walking the streets of Washington, DC. He tells the story in a compelling Salon column today for one reason: He wants people to understand that despite what happened to him, he does not support racial...

Burglars Swipe $5M in Art,
Jewels—From Private Home

Aug 7, 2013 11:59 AM CDT

Burglars Swipe $5M in Art, Jewels—From Private Home

Monet, Picasso prints among items taken

(Newser) - Another multimillion-dollar heist is in the news, but this one involves a private home. Police in ritzy Rancho Sante Fe near San Diego say thieves made off with $5 million worth of art and jewelry from the estate, reports the Union-Tribune and Fox 5 San Diego . The loot includes a...

Ex-Mob Boss Massino Will Walk a Free Man

Jul 11, 2013 10:22 AM CDT

Ex-Mob Boss Massino Will Walk a Free Man

For his 'cooperation' ratting out other mobsters, judge rules

(Newser) - Ratting out the mafia has paid off for notorious former mob boss Joseph Massino. Facing life in prison for his role in eight murders, he'll soon be walking away a free man as a reward for helping convict dozens of mobsters, including Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, a...

Woman Uses Sledgehammer to Stop Attack on Friend

Cops hail 60-year-old neighbor as hero

(Newser) - Superheroes are fine to have around, but a 60-year-old neighbor who's handy with a sledgehammer will do in a pinch. Wichita police say that when the 60-year-old woman heard her 48-year-old neighbor cry for help from the apartment next-door, she bolted over to help, reports the Wichita Eagle . When...

Tiffany VP Stole $1.3M
in Jewelry: Cops

Jul 2, 2013 3:48 PM CDT

Tiffany VP Stole $1.3M in Jewelry: Cops

Items were checked out ... but never checked back in

(Newser) - It's not the kind of jewelry heist screenwriters dream about, but this alleged plot seems to have gotten the job done: A former executive at Tiffany's is accused of taking 165 pieces of jewelry, pretty much one piece at a time, and then reselling them to an international...

LAPD Offers
$100K Reward
for Serial Rapist

Jun 28, 2013 8:50 AM CDT

LAPD Offers $100K Reward for Serial Rapist

Authorities say 'teardrop' attacker has assaulted 35 women

(Newser) - The LAPD is intensifying the hunt for the " teardrop rapist ," a man who has assaulted 35 women—some of whom remember a teardrop mark near his eye—between 1996 and 2012. The big thing is that the reward is now doubled to $100,000, reports the Los Angeles ...

ATF's Favorite New Tool:
Iffy Drug Stings

investigation

Jun 28, 2013 8:03 AM CDT

ATF's Favorite New Tool: Iffy Drug Stings

'USA Today' finds that questionable strategy has locked up more than 1K in decade

(Newser) - The good news from a crime-fighting perspective is that the ATF has locked up more than 1,000 criminals—often with sentences spanning more than a decade—who were caught trying to rob drug houses over the past decade. The questionable news? Those drug houses didn't actually exist. All...

Woman Murdered on
Walk of Fame—Over $1

Jun 20, 2013 10:01 AM CDT

Woman Murdered on Walk of Fame—Over $1

She was attacked after taking a photo of a panhandler's sign

(Newser) - A stroll on Hollywood's Walk of Fame turned deadly for one woman who was stabbed Tuesday after refusing to give a trio of panhandlers $1 for a photo she took of their cardboard signs, police say. Christine Calderon, 23, was walking with her co-worker when she took a cellphone...

'Bucket List'
Attempt Ends in Jail

'Bucket List' Attempt Ends in Jail

Lifelong friends try, fail to steal bathing suits from Walmart: police

(Newser) - It's too bad a stint in jail wasn't on the bucket list of two Florida women, because their trip to Walmart on Wednesday would have killed two birds with one stone. Police say lifelong friends Andrea Mobley and Jennifer Denise Morrow's list of things they wanted to...

Pack of Smokes
in NY Jails: $200

May 6, 2013 11:36 AM CDT

Pack of Smokes in NY Jails: $200

A ban on smoking has led to a budding black market behind bars

(Newser) - Smoking will now also kill your wallet—at least if you're behind bars in New York, where Michael Bloomberg's ban on smoking has led to black market prices that have hit a staggering $200 a pack. As the New York Daily News reports, contraband busts have risen by...

Halfway Houses Actually Increase Repeat Crime

new study

Mar 25, 2013 9:44 AM CDT

Halfway Houses Actually Increase Repeat Crime

67% of Pa. inmates sent to one were rearrested, in prison, within 3 years: study

(Newser) - The New York Times calls the study "groundbreaking" and "startling": Inmates who stayed at one of the halfway houses on which Pennsylvania spends $110 million a year had an increased chance of committing another crime. The study, conducted by the Pennsylvania Corrections Department, found that 60% of inmates...

We Need to Get Smart,
Not Tough, on Crime

OPINION

Mar 20, 2013 1:33 PM CDT

We Need to Get Smart, Not Tough, on Crime

Mark Kleiman thinks we need to punish more readily, but less severely

(Newser) - Talk to a Democrat about crime, and he or she is likely to try to change the subject. They're convinced that conservatives, "who want to fight crime by hurting people who commit it," have the upper hand, UCLA professor Mark Kleiman writes at the Democracy Journal . "...

Chicago Cops Cut Back
on 911 Responses

Feb 6, 2013 6:46 PM CST

Chicago Cops Cut Back on 911 Responses

They're weeding out less serious ones to focus on gun violence

(Newser) - One consequence of Chicag's rising murder rate: City police are now responding to fewer 911 calls in person to focus on gun violence. Dispatchers will reroute calls deemed less serious—car thefts, for example—to desk officers who will deal with them entirely by phone, reports the Wall Street ...

Crime War Brews
in City Hosting
Winter Olympics

Feb 4, 2013 7:45 PM CST

Crime War Brews in City Hosting Winter Olympics

Sochi remains tense after mob assassinations

(Newser) - A city with subtropical weather and palm trees already seemed an odd choice for the Winter Olympics. Now fears of an all-out mafia war are rising in Sochi, Russia's host city for the 2014 games, the Guardian reports. The assassination of top mobster Aslan Usoyan in January left a...

Police Chief
Sends Crooks
Holiday Cards

Dec 12, 2012 4:23 PM CST

Police Chief Sends Crooks Holiday Cards

Complete with image of gun-totin' Santa in bulletproof vest

(Newser) - Criminals in a Canadian city will be receiving an unexpected Christmas card this year ... from the police chief. The card being sent out this week to "prolific offenders, property offenders, and persons known for drug and gang activity" feature the chief wearing a Santa suit (and a bulletproof vest...

Man Pushed to Death
on NYC Subway

Dec 4, 2012 2:05 AM CST

Man Pushed to Death on NYC Subway

Cops still seeking attacker

(Newser) - Every subway rider's nightmare came true in New York City yesterday when a 58-year-old man was pushed to his death in front of an oncoming train. Witnesses said Ki-Suk Han was shoved after a brief argument with a man who had been seen talking to himself moments earlier. The...