Creepy Surveillance Video Delivers “Gotcha” Moment in Home Invasion
This surveillance video taken at a home in Raleigh, NC, in December 2012, captures the creepy factor of home invasion. Note: Watch to 5:25 on the video to capture the gratifying “gotcha” moment when the perpetrator realizes he has been caught on camera. GOOD NEWS: Since this video was posted — and within a week [...]
Some guy thought he’d break into Taye Digg’s house and have at it. Turned out Taye “had at” the perpetrator instead. About 11 p.m. on Sunday night, the actor and his wife Idinia Menzel were just returning from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Diggs had reportedly been dancing the night away. The couple heard [...]
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Here at Home invasion News, in the past few months it seems to us as though more people are getting shot during home invasions. We wrote about that trend from the victims’ side. But this is a two-way shooting gallery. Home invasion perpetrators seem to be getting shot more often, too. Here are just a few of the [...]
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Home invasion statistics are hard to come by, but here at Home Invasion News – where we read mounds of information from all over the country — we notice trends. We get a sense of things: What’s happening “out there”? Who’s invading our homes and how are victims reacting? Why are criminals choosing this type of [...]
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A Stockton, CA, home invasion in November 2012 targeted an elderly couple’s coin collection. Criminals who know what they’re looking for are no stranger to Home Invasion News. We’ve seen it so many times, in so many ways. Describing Earl Lytle and his wife as a “tough, strong couple,” newscasters at FOX40 TV, noted that [...]
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Not everyone who knocks on your door has good intentions. Consider these “let me in” tricks: In Wayne County, Alabama, three home invaders gained access to a residence when they approached saying they were conducting a survey. One of the three males brandished a firearm and demanded money, while the third went inside. Jewelry and [...]
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In the last two years, an organized form of car burglary has been practiced and perfected by a “gang” of professional thieves working up and down the East Coast from Florida to Connecticut and as far west as Chicago, Milwaukee, Nebraska, and Missouri. Dubbed The Felony Lane Gang by law enforcement, gang members troll public [...]
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On November 4, 2012, Irene Keszler, a 93-year old grandmother was brutally beaten, leaving her with a broken neck and fighting for her life at the UC-Davis Medical Center. Mrs. Keszler and her husband John, married for 71 years, have lived on their farm in Lodi, CA, outside Stockton, since the 1940s. Neighbors in the [...]
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Jonathan A. Kirby, 56, is accused of invading rapper LL Cool J’s home on August 22. Kirby, who appeared to be homeless at the time of his arrest, had prior convictions in California and, if convicted, would face 38 years to life in prison. But that’s not the only bad luck for Kirby. Caught in [...]
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While parents are packing their kids off to college, they may be leaving an important item off their checklists: A plan to protect their son or daughter’s personal property – which may include big-ticket items such as smart phones, tablets, gaming systems and more. by Chris Loos Many parents overlook this part of college preparation [...]
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