A look at the means employed by crooks — in fact and legend — to perpetrate their crimes.
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Burglars check newspaper obituaries so they can clean out homes while the residents are away attending funerals.
Rapists lure victims by posing as police officers and initiating traffic stops.*
Auto thieves return car with free theatre tickets to lure homeowners away while they burgle the house.*
Thieves are stealing computer lists of "out of office"
Thieves use information gleaned from GPS devices stolen from cars parked at public events to locate homes to burgle.
Thieves follow buyers from electronics stores and steal merchandise from their cars.
Purses are stolen from shopping carts when their owners are distracted.
Tires or bumpers of cars parked outside gun stores are marked by gangs to later identify them as potential gun theft opportunities.
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