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Ukulele Leads to Arrest

Wendy Nielsen — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:58:56 +0000

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A pawned ukulele was instrumental in the arrest of a Missoula man suspected in three home burglaries over the past six weeks. The Missoulian reports 57-year-old John Jesse O’Shea is jailed on $50,000 bail after being charged with two counts of burglary and one count of theft. The owner of the [...]

Meet The Man Who Lived In Hotels On Stolen Credit Cards… For Twenty Years

Dan Seitz — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:41 +0000

Credit card fraud is one of the more annoying aspects of modern life. Thankfully, federal law limits your liability to $50, which is a good thing considering guys like Jeffrey Hawkins are around. Hawkins has allegedly lived on other people’s credit cards for two decades, traveling up and down the East Coast. Finding himself jobless [...]

New Jersey Shooting

Wendy Nielsen — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:19:25 +0000

There was a shooting in suburban New Jersey early this morning, resulting in the deaths of at least three people in a supermarket. Our national team is working on this story.