A theft ring is successfully preying on the key-card culture of Northern Virginia by tailgating into office buildings and stealing things from unoccupied offices, reports Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic. This, however, doesn’t only pose an access-control and antitheft problem, according to Ambinder: it presents a national security problem. One of the buildings broken into [...]
By Kevin Bradley @ Brandon.patch.com Halloween is right around the corner. The candy is out in the stores, the costumes are being picked out and the decorations are already going up. Fall festivals with face-painting, bobbing for apples, hayrides and pumpkin carving will dominate weekend events, while there are plenty of haunted happenings for those [...]
This interactive map shows calls to St. Petersburg Police in the north and northeast sectors of the city for the past 30 days. This interactive map shows crimes recorded by police in north and northeast St. Petersburg for Sept.20 to Oct.20. The information comes from the Pinellas County Crime Viewer, maintained by the county and [...]
Americans know to lock their doors, but posting their schedules through social media may keep their windows wide open. By Joann Kramer on Hitchedmag.com. Before taking off on that vacation, make sure you’re not needlessly putting your home and possessions at risk. Although people today are not leaving their doors physically open to thieves, many are [...]
According to a recent report on a nationwide survey of 600 executives from U.S. hospitals, doctors organizations, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and life sciences companies, accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers found medical identify theft is the fastest-growing form of identity theft, affecting 1.42 million Americans in 2010, and costing more than $28 billion. Theft accounted for [...]
