VIDEO: Oakland Removes Traffic Lights to Thwart Rampant Copper Wire Theft
Officials in Oakland, California, removed traffic lights from an intersection and replaced them with stop signs amid rampant thefts some attribute to a homeless encampment.

Officials in Oakland, California, removed traffic lights from an intersection and replaced them with stop signs amid rampant thefts some attribute to a homeless encampment.
A now former United States Postal Service (USPS) worker has been sentenced after being convicted of stealing mail in Rochester, New York.
An international jewel thief, wanted by Interpol for theft in South Korea, was reportedly released into the United States late last year after arriving at the southern border near San Diego, California.
A 32-year-old police officer in Gurnee, Illinois, is accused of stealing items from a local Walmart on Sunday afternoon.
A Chicago woman bravely defended herself from a suspected thief on Wednesday by grabbing his gun after three other people were robbed near her university’s campus just minutes apart.
An illegal alien from Romania has been convicted of using electronic devices to break into ATM machines to steal money from public assistance benefits accounts meant to help low-income families in California.
A New York City resident — fed up with his packages being stolen —staged fake parcels to lure a porch pirate and hold him accountable.
Officers said the theft uncovered a larger theft ring that included shoplifting from Walmarts in Jasper, Evansville, and Newburgh.
Two Ohio women have been charged for allegedly using the deceased body of an elderly man to withdraw money from his bank account.
A man in Chicago accused of robbing an elderly person after his mother turned him in to law enforcement has been sentenced.
A group of Chicago teens were caught on surveillance cameras breaking into a luxury Wisconsin vehicle dealership and speeding away with over half a million dollars worth of cars, leading police on a 40-mile chase.
Officials are asking Chicagoans to help them identify a fake mailman who has been accused of making pretend rounds in the city’s downtown area.
A man is accused of shoplifting numerous times in Chicago after he was released due to Illinois’ elimination of cash bail.
Police are searching for the suspect accused of stealing $450 from a Girl Scout selling cookies in Fort Worth, Texas.
A Humble, Texas, man chased down an individual who had allegedly stolen his barbeque pit early Sunday morning, then shot and killed him.
Police arrested a suspect Wednesday after a brazen theft inside an Apple Store in Berkeley, California, where shocked customers watched.
A Texas woman may wind up with a 142-year prison sentence after investigators say she defrauded the U.S. Army out of $100 million.
Neighbors in the Montreal West area of Quebec, Canada, have been targeted by thieves nabbing deliveries off their porches, but law enforcement has warned sharing video of a suspect could get citizens in trouble.
Three workers at an Academy Sports + Outdoors store in Metairie, Louisiana, were reportedly fired for trying to stop a shoplifter who fled with a gun on December 16.
A local Oregon newspaper has been forced to lay off its entire staff after discovering rampant embezzlement by a former employee, effectively shutting down the publication’s printing after forty years.
A teenager is accused of robbing another teen of his French bulldog at gunpoint on Christmas in New York City.
A man is accused of stealing a live fish from a pond at Bass Pro Shops in Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday.
A young bank teller in Houston, Texas, is accused of stealing $180,000 from an elderly customer with whom she built a rapport.
A Florida man who got the “Waffle House” logo tattooed on his calf at a parlor in St. Petersburg is accused of not paying for it.
New York retailers, who have lost $4.4 billion to theft, are blasting Gov. Kathy Hochul after she vetoed measures to tackle the issue.
A couple of thieves armed with a gun snatched two expensive Rolex watches and a gold chain from two victims in Manhattan last week, police said.
Walmart employees complain of “safety issues” stemming from shoplifters as the big-box chain introduces more anti-theft measures.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that President Joe Biden’s approval ratings are low “Because it just doesn’t feel good when you see tents everywhere on the street. It just doesn’t feel like the country’s
On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN Primetime,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed acknowledged that the city has “been far too lenient” on drugs, but also responded to Target closing stores in the city by stating that “people don’t necessarily shop in
On Thursday’s edition of WABC’s “Sid & Friends in the Morning,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) reacted to Target closing one of its locations in the city due to theft by stating that more work needs to be
A video clip appears to have caught the moment TSA agents allegedly stole from passengers at Miami International Airport.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that there should have been more guardrails on COVID relief, including the relief provisions passed in 2020, and “we could have prevented more of” the fraud on the
Police have arrested a woman for allegedly setting fire to a Target in Southern California in an attempt to cover up the theft of baby formula.
High-end retail shops in California’s iconic Beverly Hills have reportedly begun to shutter their doors amid an epidemic of robberies.
A Giant grocery store in Southeast Washington, DC, has removed name brands like Advil, Colgate, and Tide from its shelves to better prevent a spike in theft.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) discussed theft of COVID relief money and stated that part of the problem is that the size of programs
A flash mob stole thousands of dollars in power tools from a Home Depot in Long Beach, continuing the epidemic of organized retail theft.
From wheeling stolen merchandise out of a Burlington store to swiping a package from a FedEx driver, thieves in America are growing bold.
A gang of thieves ransacked an East Los Angeles Nike store over the weekend, stealing an estimated $1,000 in merchandise.
The owner of a stolen Ford truck tracked the vehicle to the south side of a mall parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, then killed the alleged thief during a shootout Thursday afternoon.