Break-in suspects using cell-jamming technology to avoid surveillance cameras

4.26.23 – WBTV Cell-jamming uses devices to interfere with radio or wireless signals. According to CMPD, thefts have figured out how to evade surveillance cameras in some home break-ins, utilizing technology in the process. It’s called cell-jamming, and happens...

WATCH: Man, bear startled by face-to-face encounter

4.17.23 – KKTV – ASHEVILLE, N.C. (CNN) A North Carolina man is still in shock after he had a close encounter with a bear outside his home. David Oppenheimer was relaxing on a lounge chair Tuesday outside his home in Asheville, North Carolina, when his...

Police: Botched burglary suspect stuck in blackberry bush was naked, ‘just really high’

4.14.23 – Portland, Ore. (KATU) An attempted burglary at Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Oregon didn’t go as planned for two suspects, ending in nudity, blackberry thorns and arrests for multiple charges. The incidents happened the night of April 12, when police...

Burglars cut through wall, steal $500,000 in gear from Apple Store

4.6.23 – Apple Insider In an organized operation, burglars recently cut through a wall of an adjoining shop to steal $500,000 from the Alderwood Mall Apple store in Washington. AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site....

Florida man hides in insulation debris to evade arrest for alleged burglary: ‘Stuck in an itchy situation’

3.29.23 – Fox News A Florida man accused of burglary found himself in an “itchy situation” after authorities said he tried to hide from deputies by burying himself under a pile of home insulation. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office,...

Carjacking suspect foiled by stick shift, Apple AirTags

3.21.23 – WCIW – CHICAGO (TND) There are stupid criminals, and then there are others who may not have thought things through. Like Andrew Moran. Twice. CWB Chicago reported he was arrested for trying to carjack a woman who was sitting in her car, in a strip...