Since the 1800s, the Italian Mafia have been some of most notorious of all organized criminal societies.
Thieves have moved from designer sneakers to iPods and they aren't playing around. Here are tips for keeping yourself and your iPod safe.
At San Quentin State Prison during the 1950s a renegade motorcycle gang with strong Irish roots formed the Diamond Tooth Gang, which in the 1960s became known as Blue Bird. By the end of the 1960s, the gang adopted the name by which it is known today, the Aryan Brotherhood. Read more...More About Gangs:
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Police with bloodhounds searched near the maximum-security Indiana State Prison in Michigan City for three escaped convicts, two of them convicted killers, who escaped through underground tunnels and pipes.
Missing are Mark Booher (pictured L-R), Charles Smith and Lance Battreal. Booher, 46, and Smith, 48, are both from New Castle. Battreal, 45, is from Rockport. Read more...
In an effort to reduce auto theft, many police departments utilize decoy cars, or bait cars, which are equipped with cameras and tracking equipment. The program is supposed to deter would-be car thieves because the programs are widely publicized.
Poll: Is the practice of using "bait cars" to catch car thieves a deterrent to crime or is it entrapment?
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