According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the U.S. cities with the highest auto theft rates are: 1) Laredo, TX 2) Modesto, CA3) Bakersfield, CA4) Stockton, CA5) Fresno, CA6) Yakima, WA7) San Francisco / Oakland / Fremont, CA8) Visalia / Porterville, CA9) Las Vegas / Paradise, NV10)...
I've stayed in some pretty sketchy places in my time. In Vientiane, I stayed in the cheapest place the Lonely Planet listed, costing just $1 per night. It was basic, a bit sketch, but generally fine. I've stayed in falling apart hostels, weird backpackers, and gross hotels. But none of the places...
Albuquerque shooting wounds six at Emcore Corporation on July 12, 2010. Albuquerque officials are investigating the shooting of six people, with two confirmed dead, per Police Chief Ray Schultz. Officals believe a thirty seven year old former employee targeted an employee at Emcore Corp.,...
Sociology uses socioeconomic status to classify people. This classification uses the measure of someone’s wealth and their social standing (level of education, where they live). The classifications are used to address various issues within communities from the housing issues, prevalence of crime...
It is absolutely important that laws be applied within the jurisdiction that provided for it. Thus, an entire country may be subject to a constitution, but not necessarily to certain ordinances or statutes. These ordinances and statutes may only apply to the local jurisdiction in which they were...
Amber Heard has confirmed she will star in NBC's upcoming series entitled Playboy. The pilot of the show has been penned by Tru Calling's Chad Hodge, who will also act as an executive producer along with Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo. Heard described the series to Comingsoon.net as "Playboy...
In 2009, an average of 2,276 cars were stolen per day, which is about 15% less than the number of thefts per day in 2208. Still, car thieves aren't too lazy to work on holidays, and some have remarkably high theft rates compared to average. Look at it this way: drivers nursing a hangover may...
When a crime is committed, it is common for bystanders or witnesses to take notice of the perpetrator of the crime. In order to find the offender, a police sketch artist is called to draw or sketch the face of the offender according to the details provided by those who had seen his or her face....
There are instances wherein an individual may consent to doing an illegal activity or an illegal activity is done with the knowledge of the individual, thus his or her active consent is involved. These instances refer to connivance, which is often confused with collusion. Connivance merely involves...
Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore arrested in the Bahamas on July 11, 2010. The serial burglar who escaped from a halfway house for young offenders claimed his spot in notriety with his trademark, serial, barefooted burglaries. The troubled 19 year old has gained over 20,000 FaceBook...
