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burglary stories: 34 news summaries

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CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN

 Teen Robin Hood 
 Leads Cops on Merry Chase 

He's stolen planes, boats during 18-month spree

Nov 11, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Whether they want to arrest him or turn his life into a movie, everyone wants a piece of teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore. The 18-year-old, on the run since April 2008, is wanted for at least 50 burglaries—some of them Catch Me If You Can-style capers involving planes and speedboats,... More »

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crime • Facebook • fugitive • burglary • Pacific Northwest • teenager • Colton Harris-Moore

Cops: Teens Studied Stars, Then Robbed Their Homes

Four girls allegedly looted from Lohan, Hilton, Bloom, and others

Oct 27, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four teenage girls have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a slew of celebrity homes, sometimes more than once, and making off with glamorous souvenirs. Police say the girls would study the stars, picking out clothes and jewelry they wanted to make off with, and figuring out when they’d... More »

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burglary • burglar • teenager • celebrities • teen girls

 LA Police Bust 
 Suspect in 
 Lohan Burglary 

18-year-old man also involved in break-in at home of Hills star Audrina Patridge: cops

Sep 17, 09 8:51 PM CDT
(AP) - Los Angeles police today arrested a man suspected of breaking into the homes of Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge. Nicholas Prugo, 18, is being held on $20,000 bail on suspicion of felony burglary; authorities gave no details on whether items had been recovered. More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Lindsay Lohan • burglary • The Hills • Audrina Patridge • actress • Nicholas Prugo


 LiLo Sex Tape 
 Stolen: Tab 

Embarrassing photos, videos, legal docs among snatched items

Aug 27, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Lindsay Lohan sex tape could be the next big thing to hit the Internet. “Very incriminating videos and photos” were taken during the recent burglary at her home, sources tell the Mirror. Along with the “compromising” footage, legal documents were reportedly also snatched that “could... More »

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entertainment • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • burglary • sex tape

 Thieves Loot Lohan's Home 


Aug 23, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three men were caught on tape breaking into Lindsay Lohan’s Hollywood Hills house this morning, TMZ reports. The actress discovered the burglary when she came home at 3am, then called her father. "The safe was ripped out of the wall, and the door was off the hinges and... More »

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theft • Lindsay Lohan • gossip • burglary • break-in

(Newser) - Thieves made off with $16 million in cash and jewels from the safe of a Saudi princess in Sardinia, the BBC reports. Investigators believe the burglars used a master key to gain access to her room in a chic resort and rip the safe from the wall. The theft sparked... More »

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Saudi Arabia • theft • Italy • burglary • Sardinia • Royal Family

 iPhone Feature 
 Catches Thieves 

Stolen phone recovered thanks to new software

Jul 29, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple addicts were excited by the new Find My iPhone feature, and that excitement paid off for one Colorado teen, who used it help catch a thief, Mashable reports. Dustin Simantob, 15, pinpointed his phone, stolen after his father’s car was broken into during a camping trip; police recovered... More »

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crime • iPhone • thief • burglary • iPhone applications • stolen merchandise • Dustin Simantob • Find My iPhone • MobileMe

 German Thief Caught With 
 1,000 Pairs of Underwear 

Police suspect man may be behind string of undie thefts

Jul 21, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German man arrested for shoplifting may be the culprit behind a string of recent underwear thefts, der Speigel reports. The 56-year-old resident of Gelnhausen, near Frankfurt, escaped after staff noticed him trying to steal three pairs of men’s underwear from a sports shop. Police identified him and collared... More »

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Germany • theft • burglary • Frankfurt • underwear • men's underwear • briefs

Fla. Burglars
Get Burned in Pop-Tart Theft

Breakfast treats are evidence in string of
auto break-ins

Jun 30, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pop-Tarts proved a key ingredient in the arrest of two young Florida men for burglary, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The pair asked a cop for a ride home early yesterday; the policeman said he had to search them first—finding a collection of high-tech gadgets and a pack of Pop-Tarts.... More »

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Florida • theft • arrest • burglary • Pop-Tart

(Newser) - Police fear London's "Night Stalker" is on the prowl again after a recent series of burglaries that included at least one sexual assault of an elderly woman, reports the Telegraph. The mystery man is believed to be responsible for some 100 break-ins that have involved sexual assaults of both... More »

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London • crime • rape • burglary • Britain • sexual assault • Night Stalker

Two Minutemen Leaders Held in Ariz. Slayings

Dad, 9-year-old girl killed in raid to steal cash, drugs, cops say

Jun 14, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of three people arrested in the Arizona murder of a 9-year-old and her father were involved with a small anti-illegal immigrant group, the AP reports. Shawna Forde, the founder of Minutemen American Defense, and Jason Bush, its operations director, were charged with murder, assault, and burglary in the home... More »

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drugs • crime • murder • Mexican border • burglary • assault • Minutemen • home invasion • border watch • Raul Flores • Shawna Forde • Jason Eugene Bush

 To Entice Burglars, 
 Just Tweet About Vacation 



Even robbery doesn't stop microblogging fanatics from self-promotion

Jun 2, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Going on vacation? Post a 140-character update on Twitter and you can tell all your friends—plus burglars who now know you're not at home. One prolific Twitterer returned home to Phoenix to find his house broken into, and rather proudly insisted that the criminals must have read his microblog,... More »

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social networking • Internet • robbery • burglary • Twitter • microblogging • Israel Hyman

(Newser) - Turns out, someone tried to break into Lindsay Lohan's house after all, People reports. LAPD released a surveillance video of one person in her back yard trying to find a way into the house while a second person waited in a car. Police responded to a security alarm at Lohan's... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • LAPD • burglary


 'Highly Intimate' 
 Bruni Photos 
 Stolen 

Police fear thieves will post online, or sell, hundreds of pics

Apr 29, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of “highly intimate” pictures of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy with her ex-lover, the father of her child, were stolen Sunday, the Daily Mail reports. The photos were taken from the house of Raphael Enthoven’s brother, where the philosopher—who was married when he started seeing the French first lady,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • photograph • burglary • Carla Bruni

Palin's Sister-in-Law Arrested for Burglary

Todd Palin's half-sister accused of breaking into Wasilla home to steal cash

Apr 4, 09 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's sister-in-law has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Diana Palin—half-sister of Sarah Palin's husband Todd—is accused of breaking into the same house in Wasilla, Alaska twice in one week to steal money. She faces two counts of felony burglary and misdemeanor... More »

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burglary • Sarah Palin • Wasilla • Todd Palin • Diana Palin

Winehouse's Guitars Stolen
in $21K Home Burglary

British singer's home robbed while she's away in Caribbean

Jan 30, 09 11:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Thieves kicked in a padlocked front door at Amy Winehouse’s London home yesterday while the troubled singer was on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia kicking yet another habit, the Sun reports. Police were called to the address to reports of two men forcing entry, but the bandits made... More »

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rehab • celebrity • Caribbean • guitar • burglary • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • Camden Town

 Perv Robs 
 Sex Shop, 
 Gets Down 
 With Dolls 

Burglar fornicates with dolls in alleyway

Jan 7, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Australian police are hunting for a pervert who has twice broken into a Queensland sex shop and had sex with blow-up dolls, the Cairns Post reports. Both times, the deviant smashed a hole in the wall to gain entry to Laneway Adult Shop, stole several sex dolls and copulated with... More »

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Australia • crime • sex • thief • Queensland • burglary • sex toys

Crotch-Grabbing Granny Fends Off Naked Attacker

Squeeze sends
intruder fleeing

Jan 1, 09 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - An 88-year-old woman fought off a naked intruder in her home with a good squeeze in the right place, the Oregonian reports. The man forced the woman into her living room and pushed her face down onto a chair, but fled after she reached behind her, grabbed his genitals, and... More »

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indecent exposure • Oregon • burglary • burglar • grandmother

(Newser) - A Maine man has been charged with drunken driving after police found him, intoxicated, atop an idling Zamboni ice-resurfacer, the Portland Press Herald reports. The man was found inside a building that appeared to have been burglarized and damaged; he was also charged with criminal mischief, burglary, and a... More »

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DUI • drunk driving • Maine • burglary • ice • Portland, Maine • parole violation • Zamboni • operating under the influence

 Paris: Gem 
 Thief  Was 
 No Stranger 

Heiress has suspects in mind

Dec 23, 08 7:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris Hilton is pretty sure she knows the burglar who stole $2 million in jewels from her home, E! Online reports. “I think whoever did this, definitely has been there before. We have some suspects that I'm thinking of,” said the heiress, adding that many of the stolen... More »

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Hollywood • crime • Paris Hilton • celebrity • burglary • jewels • jewelry

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