Robbery news and trends

Cybercrooks Go Old School With German Jewelry Heist

November 26, 2019
German Jewelry Heist Is Latest Luxury Theft
Robbers Nabbed After Being Asked To Come Back ‘Later’
Security & Fraud // October 24, 2018

A saying ascribed to Woody Allen goes a bit like this: 80 percent of success is just showing up. Not in this case, it seems. News comes this week via CNN that in Belgium, a group of robbers — make that would-be robbers — were arrested...

BPD Catches Bank Robber In Port-A-Potty
Banking // November 30, 2017

In bizarre banking news, the Boston Police Department announced it had arrested a bank robbery suspect who was hiding in a port-a-potty. AP News reported Thursday that the suspect, Steven Spolidoro, a 41-year-old man from Woburn, Massachusetts, was wanted by the police for allegedly holding...