http://prevent-theft.com Answers to theft prevention and security system topics Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:27:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/03/criminal-past-of-missing-painting%e2%80%99s-co-owner-surfaces/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/03/criminal-past-of-missing-painting%e2%80%99s-co-owner-surfaces/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:12:44 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/03/criminal-past-of-missing-painting%e2%80%99s-co-owner-surfaces/ An owner of a $1.35 million painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot filed suit after the work went missing, then withdrew the lawsuit when the criminal past of the painting’s co-owner surfaced.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/03/criminal-past-of-missing-painting%e2%80%99s-co-owner-surfaces/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/02/subway-driving-imposter-accused-of-stealing-a-bus/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/02/subway-driving-imposter-accused-of-stealing-a-bus/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:11:28 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/02/subway-driving-imposter-accused-of-stealing-a-bus/ Darius McCollum, who has a lengthy record of arrests for stealing trains and impersonating transit workers, has been arrested again.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/09/02/subway-driving-imposter-accused-of-stealing-a-bus/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/27/art-theft-underworld-frustrates-france/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/27/art-theft-underworld-frustrates-france/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:47:03 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/27/art-theft-underworld-frustrates-france/ The vulnerability of museums and high-end art owners to costly thefts has been a concern in France for years, but two events are forcing the issue into the open.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/27/art-theft-underworld-frustrates-france/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/25/passaic-county-sheriff%e2%80%99s-department-mechanic-arrested/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/25/passaic-county-sheriff%e2%80%99s-department-mechanic-arrested/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:42:25 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/25/passaic-county-sheriff%e2%80%99s-department-mechanic-arrested/ An investigation into whether donors to former Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale got their cars fixed at the motor pool nets a suspect on unrelated charges.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/25/passaic-county-sheriff%e2%80%99s-department-mechanic-arrested/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/19/killer-of-8-spoke-of-wanting-to-kill-more/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/19/killer-of-8-spoke-of-wanting-to-kill-more/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:10:39 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/19/killer-of-8-spoke-of-wanting-to-kill-more/ Omar Thornton seemed eager to explain his bloody rampage, but unwilling to surrender.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/19/killer-of-8-spoke-of-wanting-to-kill-more/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/12/louisiana-%e2%80%98granddad-bandit%e2%80%99-captured-in-baton-rouge/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/12/louisiana-%e2%80%98granddad-bandit%e2%80%99-captured-in-baton-rouge/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/12/louisiana-%e2%80%98granddad-bandit%e2%80%99-captured-in-baton-rouge/ A man known as the Granddad Bandit and suspected of robbing at least 25 banks in 13 states was captured Wednesday after a standoff at a home in Baton Rouge that ended peacefully, the authorities said.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/12/louisiana-%e2%80%98granddad-bandit%e2%80%99-captured-in-baton-rouge/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/11/9-reported-dead-in-workplace-shooting/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/11/9-reported-dead-in-workplace-shooting/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:41:58 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/11/9-reported-dead-in-workplace-shooting/ A warehouse worker in Manchester, Conn., who had claimed racial harassment and faced the loss of his job in a theft opened fire on coworkers before killing himself.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/08/11/9-reported-dead-in-workplace-shooting/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/final-spree-of-arthur-williams-oxygen-toting-robber/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/final-spree-of-arthur-williams-oxygen-toting-robber/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:41:49 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/final-spree-of-arthur-williams-oxygen-toting-robber/ In his final days, Arthur Williams, a lifelong criminal, embarked on a three-state crime spree that defied logic.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/final-spree-of-arthur-williams-oxygen-toting-robber/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/bouquet-bandit-is-captured-new-york-police-say/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/bouquet-bandit-is-captured-new-york-police-say/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:41:49 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/bouquet-bandit-is-captured-new-york-police-say/ Edward Pemberton, 44, was arrested in connection with two bank robberies in which the suspect affixed robbery notes to flowers or plants he carried.

]]> http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/bouquet-bandit-is-captured-new-york-police-say/feed/ 0 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/for-%e2%80%98barefoot-bandit%e2%80%99-life-on-the-run-started-early/ http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/for-%e2%80%98barefoot-bandit%e2%80%99-life-on-the-run-started-early/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:41:48 +0000 http://prevent-theft.com/2010/07/22/for-%e2%80%98barefoot-bandit%e2%80%99-life-on-the-run-started-early/ Colton Harris-Moore went from pilfering frozen pizzas to flying stolen planes, becoming a marvel of elusiveness.

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