theft
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“I call this an emergent crime,” said Ben Stickle, a criminal justice professor at Middle Tennessee State University, who has studied metal theft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
For a city that’s espoused much pride in its military history, the nature of the theft was as much an insult as it was an injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Among the witnesses this week will be a senior garda officer who is expected to provide initial evidence about the theft of the car used in the explosion.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
EBT cards are more susceptible to theft because most don't have a chip, only a magnetic strip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
In the Mona Lisa theft, we can see this toxic way of thinking in action.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Detectives combed through video surveillance footage and identified a suspect, Sean Paul Green, whom prosecutors allege was also responsible for the bronze thefts in Tustin and other cities, including Long Beach and Huntington Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
As part of a crackdown targeting mobile phone thefts - which in London often involve such bikes - they claim it has helped cut offences by 13,000 in a year.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The companies giving evidence to the committee rejected the suggestion they were profiting from phone thefts.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The recent spate of thefts is worrying officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She told them a number of other stories about art thefts, some of the plottings ingenious and some a mess.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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