Bungling burglar leaves graffiti giveaway
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A bungling burglar left police a giveaway clue to his identity, scrawling graffiti which revealed his name on a wall after ransacking a campsite in northwest England, police said Thursday.
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Â· Victim 'threatened public' with Uzi-style weaponÂ· Locals link death to 'troubled' stranger in pub
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PALM BAY, Fla. - A homeowner stopped an alleged burglar by beating him into submission with a football helmet. Kevin Williams, 44, of Palm Bay spotted a man outside his window at 3:15 a.m. Monday using a screwdriver to pry at the screen door, Florida Today reported.
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Graffiti is more than just a visual annoyance that is sprayed over and forgotten -- it's a gateway crime, often leading to gang and other criminal activity. That's why the City of Fresno went into action.
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By The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 18--This just in: Fresno County will soon begin doing something about graffiti in rural neighborhoods.   Well, not exactly soon. The program is another six or eight weeks away. But in county time, that's relatively fast.
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FARGO, N.D. - Police say two suspects in a botched burglary were caught after they returned to the crime scene. Sgt. Kevin Volrath said the two men were confronted by owners of the home they allegedly tried to burglarize Monday night, and the suspects fled.
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By Jayne Matthews, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 9--EDWARDSVILLE -- A $50 raffle ticket under a Christmas tree soon may have an Edwardsville man raising the roof.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa - A sweatshirt loaned to a friend two years ago led to the arrest of two people for a series of robberies in Indiana.
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Advice on the amount of force householders can use against burglars is being published in efforts to stop confusion.
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Police have named a man they want to speak to in connection with a spate of letter bombs sent through the post. He is unemployed Bedford man Justin McAuliffe, 32.
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KENNESAW, Ga. - Police are searching for a burglar who enters homes in a very unique manner, burrowing through the walls of a house. The method avoids setting off alarm systems, which typically are attached to windows or doors. Someone burglarized a home Jan.
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But there's a catch A Kiwi brewery is offering a "lifetime supply" of beer in exchange for the return of a stolen laptop.â¦
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Global positioning systems (GPS),  digital photography and computer databases are joining the  humble paint can as U.S. cities battle to obliterate graffiti  and catch its shadowy perpetrators.
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Art theft may conjure up images of a suave movie villain creeping through a dark gallery &#151; or last year's bold daylight robbery of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" from a Norway museum. Most art heists, however, are far more subtle, involving forged documents, fake prints or smuggled cultural artifacts that slowly make their way into the hands of private owners or museums.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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A businessman is hoping to make over Â£200,000 by selling a wall which was painted on by graffiti artist Banksy.
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By Alex Branch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 20--FORT WORTH -- School is in, especially for burglars.