Sentences with phrase «burglars say»

Sixty percent of burglars say that the presence of an alarm makes them rethink their choice of target, so a fake alarm can still be a deterrent.

60 % of burglars said that they would choose another home if they saw an alarm system.

In the UNC Charlotte study, 68 % of burglars said that the chance of finding jewelry was a significant motivator in determining which homes to rob.

Not exact matches

Some of the experiences people started sharing were harrowing, like the time one user said he actually had the cops called on him when the neighbor mistook him for a burglar.

That's not much, when you consider that a burglar is likely to sweep up your entire jewelry box, she said.

But George Gascon, a district attorney in San Francisco, said in a recent press conference: «We have learned they have drivers who are convicted sex offenders, thieves, burglars, kidnappers, and a convicted murder.»

«The bad guys are always looking for vulnerable targets out there, jut like burglars cruise a neighbourhood and look for open windows and doors,» he said.

«Know this,» Jesus said: «A homeowner who knew exactly when a burglar was coming would not permit the house to be broken into.

Burglars on Wednesday broke into the youth baseball concession stand at Wing Park for the third time in three days, police said.

The burglar forced open the outer doors to the women's locker room and stole $ 40 in cash, police said.

The burglar had «manipulated» the restaurant's door lock to get in, he said.

Glen Ellyn — Burglars apparently broke into three vehicles parked in the 400 block of Roosevelt Road last week and stole stereo equipment valued at more than $ 1,500, police said.

The burglars smashed windows on the driver's side of a 1988 Renault Medallion, a 1985 Porsche 944 and a 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle to gain access to the stereo equipment, police said.

Bloomingdale — Burglars apparently smashed a window at the Glendale Golf Course Pro Shop, 5 N 181 Glen Ellyn Rd., over the weekend and stole an unknown amount of money from a vending machine, police said.

The burglar handcuffed the employee to a kitchen sink and made off with money from the restaurant's safe, using the employee's car to flee, Holmer said.

The burglar stole cash from a vending machine and smashed a window, police said.

Buffalo Grove — Burglars pried open the front doors of four businesses in the Chase Plaza Shopping Center Wednesday night or early Thursday and took an undetermined amount of cash, police said.

As lead investigator, Detective Sgt. Coffman and a task force also arrested a burglar who confessed to 150 burglaries in the northwest Chicago area, said Park Ridge Deputy Police Chief Larry Herzog.

Burglars stole a fax machine and a copying machine Tuesday from a construction trailer at 1045 S. Arlington Heights Rd.. A door had been forced open, police said.

«They're not little shoplifters or fare beaters, they're gangsters, they're murderers, they're rapists, they're burglars, they're violent thugs and they don't deserve to receive a pass from the New York State Legislature,» Fitzpatrick said.

Householders are extremely unlikely to be prosecuted for attacking burglars in their own home unless they go after them for revenge, the Director of Public Prosecutions said today.

This time last year, the Prime Minister said that burglars leave their human rights outside when they break into your house.

Burglars broke into the office of Brooklyn state Sen. Simcha Felder over the weekend — but that was just the appetizer, police said.

``... who's so busy yapping at passersby that when the burglar walks through the front door it's too tired to do anything about it,» Able said.

Burglars broke down a back door and got into a stairwell leading up to Felder's second - story office, police said.

«I think Donald Trump, he wants to have honest people, he doesn't wan na have killers, he doesn't wan na have terrorists, he doesn't wan na have burglars, doesn't wan na have people that are preying on other immigrants and preying on other people,» he said.

Last week Munir Hussain was sent to prison for inflicting violent vengeance on a particularly vicious burglar, and now Chris Grayling has said he wants to rip up the reasonable force test that restricts self - defence.

Another develops when a small number of criminals — say, a pair of burglars — go on a localized crime spree.

«You can detect a burglar, not by recognizing his face, but by a broken window,» he said.

Research lead Helen Skudder said: «This research highlights that burglar alarms and CCTV are far more carbon - intensive than door and window locks, and less effective from a security standpoint.

By saying «Can't wait to fly to New York for 2 weeks» on your Facebook page, you're basically telling the burglars it's open season on your house.

«A burglar can easily obtain credit card information, Social Security numbers or other identification information by going over personal documents in a home or stealing the family computer,» says Loretta Worters, vice president for the Insurance Information Institute.

Some burglars plan out their moves in advance (41 percent said they mostly struck on impulse), and they are getting smart about using social media to see which houses will be empty.

The burglar also took about $ 6 worth of change from the office «soda fund,» Hochbruckner said.Shelter officials say the burglar apparently entered the building by climbing in through one of the dog kennels.

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Critics say that the software may enable burglars to find out where targets live, or allow a new form of stalking where a «guy could take a picture of a girl in a bar and find out all sorts of information.»

Your client was a burglar who was caught red handed for the burglary with items in his trunk and DNA evidence in the house, but your client lied and said that the wife was dead when he entered the house.

About 13 % said they had installed new locks or security bars and 10 % had installed a burglar alarm or motion detector lights

Let's say a burglar steals your five - year - old flat - screen TV.

When applying for a home insurance quote, it is important that you provide accurate descriptions of locks on the house, make sure you use your burglar alarm if you have told your insurance company you have one (therefore reducing your premium), say if you use the property as a workplace, and once you have insurance, do not leave windows open when you are out / away from the property.

It's not unusual for burglars from South Florida to head north in order to ply their trade in more rural parts of the state, but one man and his accomplices made two big mistakes, a Central Florida sheriff said.

Whilst I like the idea, would I be right in saying that anyone (I.e. a burglar) with a pair of binoculars could watch you input your code?

It must be said that the USB cable looks rather odd, emerging from the chin of the camera and not out through the bracket, which also leaves it vulnerable to burglars, who might like to steal the camera itself.

She says she's scared of burglars.

«A burglar appreciates such kindness, but you will find it expensive when you have to replace all the locks after a break - in,» says Mike Fraser, former professional burglar and host of the BBC show «Beat the Burglar.burglar appreciates such kindness, but you will find it expensive when you have to replace all the locks after a break - in,» says Mike Fraser, former professional burglar and host of the BBC show «Beat the Burglar.burglar and host of the BBC show «Beat the Burglar.Burglar.»

I wonder how many Mark Realitys choose burglar types (those found guilty of skimming / stealing private MLS data from a contracted - for data base and thereafter uploading same illegally onto another, non-TREB web - site, resulting thereafter in the legally upheld expulsion of said burglar (s) from said TREB) to list their properties for sale on the cheap, with no cared - about protection whatsoever vis a vis potential privacy / legal issues?

Landscaping experts who've earned high marks from Angie's List members say overgrown bushes and shrubs are like welcome mats to burglars.