Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows

Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico had all the horsepower in this chase: A shoplifter was detained outside a Walgreens this month after trying to outrun a horse-mounted police officer. Albuquerque police bodycam video shows a dark-brown horse trotting through a parking lot behind a man in black clothing. The horse catches up … Read more

The British Museum is suing a former curator over the alleged theft of almost 2,000 items

The British Museum is suing a former curator over the alleged theft of almost 2,000 items

LONDON (AP) — The British Museum went to court Tuesday against a former curator alleged to have stolen hundreds of artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online. The museum is suing Peter Higgs, who was fired in July 2023 after more than 1,800 items were discovered to be missing. Lawyers for the … Read more

Lenexa Police attempt to identify woman connected to theft of local business

Lenexa Police attempt to identify woman connected to theft of local business

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Police in Lenexa are attempting to identify a woman connected to the theft of a local business. Lenexa Police attempt to identify a woman connected to a theft investigation on Jan. 30, 2024.(Lenexa Police Department) The Lenexa Police Department announced on Tuesday, Jan. 30, that it needs the community’s help … Read more

UK post office scandal: Sunak announces measures to exonerate victims

UK post office scandal: Sunak announces measures to exonerate victims

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he will introduce measures to reverse the convictions of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system in what is considered one of the gravest injustices in the nation’s history. The announcement Wednesday follows … Read more

Cardinal Angelo Becciu convicted of embezzlement in Vatican ‘trial of the century’

Cardinal Angelo Becciu convicted of embezzlement in Vatican ‘trial of the century’

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by … Read more

Apple’s iOS 17.3 Stolen Device Protection Update Aims to Stop iPhone Thieves

Apple’s iOS 17.3 Stolen Device Protection Update Aims to Stop iPhone Thieves

Updated Dec. 12, 2023 5:57 pm ET Apple is rolling out a new security setting for iPhones following Wall Street Journal reporting about a vulnerability that allowed thieves to break into victims’ devices and upend their lives. The Journal reported on a nationwide spate of thefts where criminals used iPhone owners’ passcodes to change their … Read more

Trailer stolen from Fayette County Health Department

Trailer stolen from Fayette County Health Department

FAYETTE CO., Tenn. (WMC) – Law enforcement officials are seeking a trailer that was stolen from Fayette County Health Department. Sheriff’s Office officials say the trailer was stolen Wednesday from the health department on Yum Yum Road. The suspects were last seen heading northeast. If you know anything, call 901-465-3456. Click here to sign up … Read more

DIGITAL SAFETY: A safe place for all your data – Technology News

DIGITAL SAFETY: A safe place for all your data – Technology News

Data backup IS a vital practice involving duplicating essential information from your computer or mobile devices to safeguard against data loss. Whether it’s due to hard drive failures, theft, or ransomware attacks, the risk of losing critical files looms. Microsoft Security shares a few insights on the importance of backing up data. What to back … Read more

New technology could help report thefts in real time – NBC 6 South Florida

New technology could help report thefts in real time – NBC 6 South Florida

We already use artificial intelligence, or AI, to make our lives easier through personal assistance like Apple’s Siri and in self-driving vehicles but now hundreds of stores nationwide are using it to spot shoplifters. “We detect when someone is doing a suspicious gesture, or a suspicious behavior and we send an alert,” says Pablo Blanco … Read more

Former Quincy Business Owners arrested in Florida for theft

Former Quincy Business Owners arrested in Florida for theft

Quincy, Illinois (KHQA) — Former Quincy owners of Backyard Adventures Pools and Spas Andy and Michelle Reardon now face two theft charges after being arrested in Florida. The Reardons were arrested on September 27th by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Department in Brooksville, Florida on an Illinois warrant, 20 minutes from their home in Spring Hill. … Read more