When Will They Ever Learn? By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - On the street outside a New York City school building it said "SHCOOL X-NG". The spelling mistake happened when a Con Edison contractor ripped up the street for utility work and replaced the existing markings with the "H" and "C" reversed. Because the lettering was made with industrial textured tape that permanently sticks to asphalt, utility workers had to use heavy machinery to grind up the misplaced letters. Although the spelling was fixed on January 24th, 2012 - the day after it was reported ... Tags:school, spelling, robbery, theft, forgery
Should The Gene Pool Have A Lifeguard? By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Thomas Love, age 40, attempted to rob the WSFS Bank in New Castle, Delaware. He walked up to a teller and handed her a note. However, the teller couldn't read it. She handed the note back to Love and asked him to rewrite it so that it could be re-read. Love either panicked or became frustrated. He took back his note and left the bank without any money. Based on the description witnesses gave the police, Love was soon located and arrested. His illegible note was found in a nearby trashcan. Obviou ... Tags:crime. robbery, theft
Staying Safe In Costa Rica By: Bobby Castro | - Costa Rica is one of the most renowned tourist destinations in the world today. The country averages nearly two million visitors each year, the most in Latin America. The tourists from all over the world come for the sites as well as the medical facilities of the country. Despite being a tourist haven, there are some tips for caution when in the country. Here are some of the following:
Safe Home Security Tips For Securing The Outside Of Your Home To Prevent Burglary, Robbery, And Thef By: Sanjeev Deswal | - Home security has become essential for people living in any region and with the modern day burglars outsmarting people at every chance; one needs to find out innovative ways to save home from Burglary, Robbery and Theft. By ensuring that there are no lapses in security, one can save the valuables of the house from being robbed by amateur as we as professional burglars. However, if certain safety precautions are followed, then their attempts can be thwarted very easily. Listed below are certain t ... Tags:Corporate Investigation Services India, Delhi Detectives
How To Avoid Being Cheated "€" For Buyers By: Aftab Ahmed | - Read and understand everything before you sign!
Is the guarantee specific?
Are all the blank spaces filled in?
Are all the charges itemized?
Are all the promises in writing? "Read all the small print".
Beware of "legal double talk". Remember "as is" means no warranty.
Do you have a copy of the document?
Be skeptical, pay cash if you can also buy from legitimate merchants.
Do not pay until you are sure, do not sign anything until you have "slept on ... Tags:Finance, Buyer, Bank, Bank robbery, Services
An American With No Money For Medicine Then $1 Robbery Getting Him Free Medical Care By: chrinnaeri | - A 59-year-old man coming from North Carolina Gaston county , incredibly went along to loan company and robbed $1 ,then looking forward to the police to keep him in prison, topossess a opportunity to make healing.Now, he as a final point have what as he likes. This week, he will meet a health care provider.
The person's name is James Richard Weirone, once being a distribution man of Coca Cola for 17 years right before the economical crisis. Right after joblessness, he labored as a tr ... Tags:robbery, medical
What To Do If Robbed While Volunteering Abroad By: Zablon | - Being a victim of a robbery can be very traumatising to anyone, the situation can be made worse if you are in a foreign country. Many people get caught off guard in such a situation, and in most cases you dont know what to do first. If you are in shock, you may find yourself not knowing who to turn to or where to go, so the first thing you should try to remember is to take some deep breaths and try to get a good bearing of where you are, this may be use full to you, later on when dealing with ... Tags:Theft, robbery, id theft, stolen, theft identity, theft abroad, robbed, volunteer abroad, volunteer Africa, volunteer Asia, volunteer Kenya, volunteer
Is There An Aptitude Test For Criminals? By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Some people aren't cut out for a life of crime. For example, a man walked into a branch bank in a Rhode Island supermarket. The would-be robber gave a note written on a torn paper plate to a teller. The note read, "This is a robbery". So far so good; but the quick-thinking teller put down the security curtain, told the man the bank was closing and closed the security screen door. The man then walked away. When found, he'll be charged with attempted robbery. If you could be charged with bad judgm ... Tags:crime, robbery, shoplifting, drug possession
How To Get Robbed In Peru By: Thomas Carroll | - When you know how, it isn't hard to get robbed in Peru. Having lived in Peru for some ten years I see a lot of tourists come to visit this awesome country. However, many tend to leave their common sense at home. Thinking that life is like a Disney movie because they're on vacation they'll thus act accordingly. Forgetting that Peru has its good and bad areas, just like anywhere else, many tourists will recklessly invite robberies and problems.
Pepper Spray Stops A Retail Store Armed Robbery By: Jack Krohn | - Recently, at a convenience store in Derry, New Hampshire the store surveillance camera caught a suspect showing a gun and demanding money from the store owner-armed robbery! The store owner reflexively reached next to the cash register and grabbed his pepper spray and sprayed the perpetrator in the face. The perpetrator ran out the door and got away-for 12 minutes-until he crashed his car into a utility pole.
Bandwidth Robbery Through Hotlinking By: Tom Ch | - Have you heard of hotlinking? It's the number-one method that bandwidth is stolen from you by other web designers, and it can cost you a lot of money. It involves creating a direct link to a website's non-HTML files in such a way that these files are embedded on another person's page.
For instance, imagine that you have created one of the best adult sites online. You have tons of images, and visitors love to come to your site. Now imagine that suddenly, though your user stats aren't ... Tags:internet scam, bandwidth robbery, webmaster tool
Self Defense-six Tips To Prevent An Assault By: Jack Krohn | - You probably are aware of this, but women are the preferred targets in assaults by a 9 to 1 margin over men. An assault happens every 29 seconds against women-twice a minute of every day. Women are the victims of an assault on college campuses which are especially dangerous with one out of four women sexually assaulted while on a college campus.
How Often Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction? By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - On December 19, 2010 police in East Providence, Rhode Island received a 911 call. Santa had robbed a local bar. According to the bartender, 37-year-old Cristal Johnson, and armed man in a Santa suit - complete with white beard - had taken money from the cash register. Santa was a wanted man until Christmas eve when Johnson turned herself in, admitted the story was a hoax and was charged with making a false police report. However, $1,500-$3,000 was still missing. Although it sounds like the MO of ... Tags:robbery, protest, burglary, Good Samaritan, crime
Is Crime The Easy Way Out? By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - One's choice of career usually requires education and/or training. Success in one's career usually depends on attention to detail - especially for those who choose a career in crime. Nevertheless, Salvatore LaRosa and an unidentified accomplice followed home the owners of a pizzeria in Staten Island, New York. The wannabe robbers wore the prerequisite masks. They also had guns, which they pointed at the pizzeria owners when they demanded they be given the bag holding the day's proceeds. The so-c ... Tags:crime, robbery, burglary
What's A Bad Day For Bad Guys? By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - Police in Madison, Wisconsin had little difficulty identifying the perpetrator of a crime. While a vacationing family from New Jersey posed for a picture in front of the State Capitol building, Glen Lambright stole the bag they'd momentarily left by a doorway behind them. Unfortunately, Lambright successfully got away with the bag containing the father's wallet. However, the family's picture had been taken using a self-timer to allow them all to be in the picture. Lambright was in the picture to ... Tags:theft, robbery, burglary, crime
Self Defense Products- Best Two For Women In An Assault By: Jack Krohn | - It is an unfortunate fact of life that women are the targets of violence by 9 to 1 margin over men. In some countries women are treated worse than cattle. It's bad enough here in the United States. Women should be aware of the fact that they are the preferred targets of violence everything from simple street assaults to home invasions, to domestic violence, rape and even murder.
Gas Stations Security Cameras By: Israa Sabha | - Convenience stores are often subject to robbery, shoplifting, and other violent crimes. As a matter of fact, convenience store workers are second only to police officers in being victims of homicide and it has been one of the most dangerous jobs especially in the United States for many years.
Defend Yourself - 10 Suggestions For Preventing And Surviving A Break-in Or Home Invasion By: Jeffrey Miller | - Are you concerned with the threat of a break-in or home invasion? Do you understand that self-defense and personal safety involves more than physically trying to defend yourself against a criminal attacker who wants to beat, break, or kill you?
Best Self Defense For Women Against Assaults By: Jack Krohn | - Women are the targets of assaults and violence by 9 to 1 margin over men. Everything from domestic violence to rape to home invasions to carjackings-women because they are the weaker sex are the preferred targets. It has always been that way and always will be that way. It is a shame I agree but that's way it is.
Self Defense-small Business Robberies-the Best Way To Prevent Them By: Jack Krohn | - Recently here in Colorado Springs, my hometown that I love dearly, there's been an outbreak of retail store, small business robberies. One night recently there were three convenience stores robbed at gunpoint. Most of the robberies committed are not armed robberies.
Running a retail business, a small business is difficult enough. You have employees trying to steal from you and customers trying to steal from you . There are ways to deal with that. But robbery is something that you d ... Tags:retail store, small business, convenience stores, robbery, crime, crime prevention, OC spray
Retail Store Robberies-the Best Way To Prevent Them By: Jack Krohn | - It may be the economy with more people out of work and struggling to make ends meet or a multitude of other factors including the warm summer weather but retail store and small business robberies and other crime are skyrocketing here in Colorado Springs.
Self Defense-parking Lot Safety Tips Checklist By: Jack Krohn | - It is well-established fact that women are the targets of violence in 9 out of 10 cases. It is a sad but true statistic. It has always been that way and will probably always be that way.
Many of those attacks occur in parking lots. Part of the reason for that is that parking lots are generally not very well lit and women are distracted by their shopping.
Common Myths About Home Security By: Jeffrey Miller | - When considering the topic of home security, even the most intelligent and apparently well-informed person can be operating on commonly perceived myths that leave them vulnerable to a real threat. Like self-defense in general, I find that the average person has been lead to believe things that are just not true.
How To Prevent Robbery And Burglary By: Romeo Richards | - The death of 63 years old Gurmail Singh, who was attacked in his convenience store on Saturday 20/02/2010 in the village of Cowcliffe, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire is a tragic reminder of the deadly consequences of the crime of robbery.
According to the British Retail Consortium 2009 Retail Crime Survey, robberies doubled in 2009 to about 4 % of retail crime, whilst burglary accounted for up to 9 %. A robbery of an average store in 2009 resulted in an estimated 2,077 loss. This figu ... Tags:http://www.retaillossprevention.co.uk, robbery, Burglary, convenience store, British Retail Consortium, Local Police Force, CCTV Cameras, Loss Prevent
How To Keep Your Daughter Safe At College By: Jack Krohn | - Many parents think when they send their daughters off to college that they are can be just as safe there is they are at home. Of course that's a relative comparison. But if you think the college campuses and the areas around college campuses are safe- think again. College campuses are filled with high hormone filled young men, alcohol, drugs and their share of sexual predators. And that's on campus.
Suspect In Aggravated Robbery And Assault Over Apple Ipad Apprehended By: J. Snelling | - After buying his new Apple Ipad last week, a Denver man had his pinky finger mangled so badly as another man robbed him at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center that it had to be amputated. Immediately, Denver police began searching for the suspect in this aggravated robbery and assault case. It was just reported by the Denver Post that the suspect in this alleged aggravated assault and robbery case has been arrested. The suspect, Brandan Darnell Smith, was arrested by Denver police during a routi ... Tags:Criminal Defense, Aggravated Robbery, Assault, Denver,
Tinley Park Home Invasion By: John Doe | - People got the reverse 911 call around 7 AM. Wish the call would have gone out sooner & residents would have been informed of the home invasion. What do you think? Cast your vote! Vote now and get a free $1,000 Amazon Prepaid Card.
Who Still Thinks Crime Pays? By: Knight Pierce Hirst | - On November 14, 2009 a slim 22-year-old Romanian man attempted to break into a supermarket in Portugal. He tried to get in through a tiny window. Unfortunately for him, once he got his upper body through the window, he couldn't find anything to hold onto for support while he tried to wiggle his way in. The would-be burglar spent 11 hours stuck in the window, including the 2 hours it took police and firemen to get him out. Considering the man removed his pants while trying to free himself, he def ... Tags:burglary, robbery, shoplifting, forgery
Simple Steps On How You Can Avoid Violent Crimes!! By: Erie Shore Security Products | - About Victims
1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men will be a victim of sexual assault in their lifetime.
College age women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted.
Learn more victim statistics
Sexual Assault Numbers
In 2007, there were 248,300 victims of sexual assault.
Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.
Read more sexual assault numbers
Reporting to Police
60% of sexual assaults are not report ... Tags:rape, incest, robbery, pepper spray, sex assault, stun gun
How To Prevent Carjackings By: Erie Shore Security Products | - 27 simple steps to help prevent Carjackings
Always be aware of your surroundings, watch for strange movements, sudden knee jerk reactions and remember that you do not have to go to your vehicle alone at night if you are afraid. Call someone, Police, valet, if at work- a supervisor, maintenance man or coworker. Carjacking of parked vehicles depends on a small amount of inattention by the victim and the element of surprise. A wise carjacker will lie in wait in or under your vehi ... Tags:carjacking, auto theft, rape, robbery
Top Ways To Prevent Break-instop Ways To Prevent Break-ins By: Robert Campbell | - You come home from work and your place has been ramsackedyouve been robbed! According to Robert Campbell, owner of Advantage Locksmith NYC in New York City, you can take measures to prevent this from happening. He suggests:
Have a good lock on your door. Its best to have have two locks. The lower one is a privacy lock that you can lock if you are for example, watching kids in the front yard. The top lock is a deadbolt for security.
Get a lock with keys on both s ... Tags:break-ins, locksmiths, robbery, thieves
Updating Your House To Avoid A Home Invasion By: Andy Asbury | - Home invasions are growing in numbers all over the country. Unlike regular burglaries, where property theft is the main objective, home invasions usually occur when the residents are home and can have much more serious consequences.
While most burglaries occur between 9 am and 5 pm when people are at work, home invasions occur between 6 pm and 6 am.
Bank Robbery-what To Do And How To Act? By: Jessica Roger | - In the UK, robbery is the removal or taking away of property from a place without any requirement for force or violence or threat is used. In laymans terms, bank robbery means entering into a bank when it is open and obtains values, usually money by using force or threat. The share of bank robberies in small towns increased from about 20% in 1996 to about one-third in 2002. But it has mostly seen that majority of the bank robberies happen in urban areas. In Canada, seven cities have 30% ... Tags:Bank robbery, Submit Articles
How To Get Robbed In Peru By: Thomas C Carroll | - When you know how, it isn't hard to get robbed in Peru. Having lived in Peru for some ten years I see a lot of tourists come to visit this awesome country. However, many tend to leave their common sense at home. Thinking that life is like a Disney movie because theyre on vacation theyll thus act accordingly. Forgetting that Peru has its good and bad areas, just like anywhere else, many tourists will recklessly invite robberies and problems.
Willie The Actor By David Barry By: Philip Spires | - At one level Willie The Actor by David Barry is a crime novel in which a ruthless criminal commits bank robberies. On another it achieves the feel of dramatised documentary, for its eponymous anti-hero, William Sutton, is not fictitious and lived a real life. David Barry introduces us to Willy in 1923 and we bid him farewell in 1976. And its a farewell that is fonder than the reader might have been expected at the outset.
A Million Would Be Nice By Ken Scott By: Philip Spires | - I don't read many books that claim membership of a genre. In my humble opinion, a work of fiction should aspire to create its own world, describe it, communicate it and then live in it. I want a book's characters to inhabit the events that are portrayed, events that are clearly influenced by the character's presence, but which are also usually bigger than any individual's contribution. Wars don't exist unless people fight them. Crimes are not committed without criminals. ... Tags:ken scott, million would be nice, crime, thriller, bank, robber, robbery, spain, newcastle, paris, cannes, philip spires, philipspires, fiction, novel
Thief Runs Patron Down By: Johnny Jenkins | - Dorthy frequently shops a local giant retailer. There is something about the open atmosphere that she enjoys. She can usually find everything she needs in one place, which keeps her from driving all over town. She likes to stroll through the parking lot with her cell phone to her ear. It is a security measure to let others know she is safe, and she also believes it looks cool. When she exits the store she usually carries her packages in her hand.
Purse Snatcher Gets Death Penalty By: Johnny Jenkins | - Rachel Gainer is a promising young executive with fast paced Technology Company. She has a brilliant mind and manages some of the most innovative software solutions in the world. She is rewarded handsomely by her company for her services. She likes to let people know about her success. She wears the most expensive clothing and drives top of the line automobiles.
Her daily activities are fairly routine. She drives to work parks in the underground garage grabs her purse and heads ... Tags:Purse Snatching, Robbery, Self-Defense
Having Atm Withdrawal Symptoms? By: Johnny Jenkins | - Katherine was a 19 year old freshman at large university out west. She was a busy young person who wanted to become an engineer when she graduated. She worked partime in an establishment near campus to take care of her extra expenses. She routinely withdrew extra cash from an ATM machine near the college campus.
There were usually other students near the machine checking on their finances. She heard that ATMs in the area were dangerous for people withdrawing money. There was a ... Tags:Self-Defense, Robbery Prevention, ATM Safety
The Need For Kidnapping And Ransom Insurance By: David Gass | - Kidnapping for ransom money is on the high. Kidnapping and ransom insurance for businesses now comes up in three categories.
It comes up first, as a part of comprehensive business insurance package, second, as a stand-alone policy for people, and last, some of the insurance companies provide it as a part of their home owners' insurance policy.
Corporate policies normally cover most kidnapping'related expenses like hostage negotiation fees, lost wages and the ransom amount. ... Tags:insurance, kidnapping, ransom, extortion, employees, injury, crime, burglary, robbery, business
Pirates Of Yesterday Still Exist On The High Seas By: Jerry Cahill | - Pirates commit robbery at sea. Robbery is any act of violent seizure of property. Pirates are not an extinct race nor are they forgotten, modern day pirates are a horror to several sea faring vessels. South American coasts and the Mediterranean are still infested with pirates in spite of severe international patrolling.
Modern day pirates are just as brutal as their bygone counterparts; possibly they are now more clever at manipulating the situation. They are operational in Far E ... Tags:pirate, pirates, robbery, high seas, pirate ship, captain kidd
Bandwidth Robbery Through Hotlinking By: Danny Wirken | - Have you heard of hotlinking? It's the number-one method that bandwidth is stolen from you by other web designers, and it can cost you a lot of money. It involves creating a direct link to a website's non-HTML files in such a way that these files are embedded on another person's page.
For instance, imagine that you have created one of the best adult sites online. You have tons of images, and visitors love to come to your site. Now imagine that suddenly, though your user stats aren ... Tags:internet scam, bandwidth robbery, webmaster tool
Home Security Tips By: Robert Michael | - There are few things more important to people than the security and protection of their homes and families. When it comes to securing your family you dont always get a second chance. Lives can change forever in only a split second. Take the time now to take make sure your family is safe and secure in your home in the future.
There are several simple low cost things you can do to make your home more secure from robbery and theft and give your family peace of mind.
How To Help Yourself Stay Safe At An Atm Machine By: Adam Walls | - ATM cash machines have been incorporated in our way of life. They offer a real convenience to those on the run but at the same time offer an element of risk. Using an ATM machine safely requires awareness and a little planning. Just because an ATM machine is open and available 24 hours a day DOES NOT mean that it is safe to use. Most ATM robberies occur at night between the hours of 8pm and midnight. ATM robbers are usually males under the age of 25 and most work alone. ATM robbers usually posit ... Tags:personal safety, personal protection, ATM safety, robbery, prevention
Highway Robbery By: Michael Challiner | - Beware; we have modern-day Dick Turpins at work on our roads. Not quite Stand and deliver at gun point, but theres a striking similarity.
Innocent drivers are being targeted in this frightening new crime which appears to spreading across the country. Effectively, we have an ambush situation.
This is what can happen:
You may be following a vehicle, generally an ageing car or van, onto a roundabout or slip road. This vehicle, which ... Tags:car, insurance, highway, robbery
