January 28, 2006
Harlem shoplifter sets underwear ablaze so he can make off with lingerie
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December 15, 2005
JFK baggage screeners steal credit card from firefighter, go on shopping spree
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November 19, 2005
NYT: String of burglaries causing jitters in Riverdale
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October 21, 2005
Serial burglar plagues women's apartments on UES and UWS
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January 28, 2005
Three "inoperable" handguns stolen from exhibit at Drug Enforcement Agency museum
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Spokesman: "It would take a person with extreme expertise to make them operable again, and we believe that person does not exist." But, they would probably be pretty convincing in a robbery attempt.
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January 14, 2005
Macy's "private policing" program to deter, apprehend shoplifters was based on racial profiling
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In NYC, nearly all suspects were handcuffed by Macy's security personnel. Spitzer has settled complaints.
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January 7, 2005
"Beloved" doorman held for robbing $250,000 in goods from his tenants
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January 6, 2005
16 suspects busted in motorcycle-theft ring
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December 23, 2004
NYDN profiles NYPD's anti-pickpocketing squads
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December 20, 2004
Mom, caught shoplifting at mall, leaps over second-floor railing into fountain below
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Was caught stuffing jacket under daughter's clothes; son taken in for disorderly/resisting. Woman sent to hospital with back injury.
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December 11, 2004
Thief steals $10K from Harlem elementary school
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December 10, 2004
Paroled burglar is suspected in 5 Brooklyn robberies
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Cops don't know where he is, though.
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December 5, 2004
Nigerian importer nabbed with warehouse full of appliances charged on stolen credit cards
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Was going to sell on Nigerian black market.
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December 4, 2004
Stakeout in Brooklyn ends with shootout on Upper West Side street
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Suspect shot by cops at 86th and CPW. Case began over stolen van.
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November 29, 2004
Ex-porn-magnate / ex-deli-greeter Al Goldstein arrested for shoplifting from Barnes and Noble
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November 18, 2004
Big car theft ring busted. 18 people involved, and 54 cars
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Police tricked them into moving operation into NYPD garage.
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November 10, 2004
Manhattan lawyer with gambling debts stole $800K from clients
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October 30, 2004
Five baggage handlers charged with stealing $25K worth of stuff from passengers
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September 30, 2004
Queens church secretary and husband busted for embezzling from parish
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Supported lavish lifestyle.
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September 25, 2004
Man accepts money for gym memberships, then flees with proceeds
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September 15, 2004
After-hours robbery of silver store nets $100,000 in goods
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Robbers cut through metal grating, smashed exterior display case.
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August 22, 2004
NYT on the scary past and present of Ocean House, state-run home for mentally ill in Queen
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August 12, 2004
Verizon worker heads >$50K payphone-coin-siphoning scheme
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He and buddies bought a Land Rover, Mercedes, plasma tv, etc.
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August 11, 2004
Airport security screeners busted for stealing baggage at JFK and LGA
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Note these are security personnel, not baggage handlers.
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