Tag: ROBBERY

Earlier, we reported the story of a robbery victim who used his stolen iPhone's GPS application to track down his purloined phone and, thus, the suspected thieves. In other crime-fighting Mac news, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) reports that an anonymous contributor dubbed 'Jim' has gotten a tip on the location of his stolen laptop -- thanks to Apple's MobileMe, a program that enables users ...

Technology is making life a lot tougher for the average criminal. In the past, a mask and a quick set of feet were all a robber needed to get away with mugging someone on the street. While that still might work if they're only taking cash, thieves might want to let victims keep their iPhones. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, an unnamed man used the 'Find My iPhone' feature to help ...

Annemarie Dooling, a self-described jet setter and Web producer, found herself trapped in an HSBC branch in Manhattan during a hold up yesterday. So what did this tech-connected socialite do when she realized there was a robbery taking place? Tweet the whole thing, of course. Dooling kept her Twitter-reading public abreast of the robbery -- although largely after the fact since she didn't even ...

There's no question about it. Teens are spending more and more time online. Now, we could argue whether that is good or bad endlessly, but in one case, at least, it's been a good thing. A Dutch boy's dedicated surfing has helped local police to solve a crime, according to the AP. While riding his bike down the streets of Groningen, a 14-year-old was yanked off his bike by two men who then stole ...

Whenever we go out of town, we all know to ask a friend or relative to stop by and pick up our mail and newspapers, so as not to advertise the fact that we're not at home. It should go without saying, then, that putting a sign on your front door that says "temporarily unoccupied" would be about as dumb as it gets. But, if you're careless about what you post online, you may be doing just that. ...

Tom Berge, a builder from Sutton, England, has been using Google Earth as a treasure-seeking tool, of sorts. While other Google hunters before have claimed to find lost ships or even Atlantis, Berge pursued a more tangible type of booty. Using the popular map application, Berge would canvass nearby areas and identify buildings whose roofs consisted of valuable lead tiles. An unidentified ...

Share A thief learned the mistake of trying to steal a law student's laptop last week after after becoming a punching bag for an Arizona State student he tried to rip off. Armed with a baseball bat, the intruder, Gabriel Saucedo, allegedly climbed through an open window into Alex Botsios' apartment, waking the student and threatening to smash his head in. Botsios was willing to let Saucedo ...

Not that we'd have any expert knowledge in the wide world of theft, but this just doesn't seem like the best way to go about snagging a new HDTV. At any rate, an undisclosed amount of thieves reportedly drove a truck (or large SUV... it was dark outside, okay?) into the front door of Los Tres Amigos restaurant in a small Pennsylvania town, broke the glass, ganked a 47-inch Insignia HDTV and "fled ...

According to Consumerist, shoppers in Canada's Mississauga, ON, region are on alert after several consumers were robbed shortly after making big-ticket purchases at electronics stores. Police say criminals are staked out at these stores where they lay in wait for a person to buy an expensive item. The thieves will then tail the shopper to his or her next destination, wait until the shopper ...