investigation

  1. Cops: High school students planned to torture, kill and dismember another boy

    Two 16-year-old high-school students were planning to torture, kill and dismember another boy, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said. One of the boys had a "dismemberment" kit in his car trunk. Read Full Story: Link Removed
  2. Double amputee Iraq war veteran dies after he was flung off roller coaster at 50 mph

    Sergeant James Hackemer, 29, died after falling from the Ride of Steel roller coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park, Syracuse, New York They're questioning why he was allowed on the ride in the first place. Read Full...
  3. Miami man charged with manipulating fuel pumps, selling 'fill ups' in St. Lucie

    FORT PIERCE — A Miami man was arrested this week after a police investigation into damage to several St. Lucie County gas stations' fuel pumps that allowed thousands of dollars worth of fuel to be dispensed for free, according to recently released records. Read Full Story: Link Removed -...
  4. Woman sought in robbery spree in Hollywood, Miramar, Pembroke Pines [VIDEO]

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  5. Sex offender admits exposing self at stores (100 times or so)

    Allentown police received a report of a man exposing himself on Sept. 11 at the Kmart at 1502 S. Fourth St. Police spoke to a security guard who said a man was following a girl throughout the store and exposed himself in front of her and might have touched her. They should have gave him 44...
  6. Windows 7 Man infects college PCs to steal huge database

    A former college student has admitted taking part in a criminal scheme that used malware to steal and sell large databases of faculty and alumni, change grades, and siphon funds from other students' accounts. He used thumbdrives with malware he created to compromise the machines. At first, I...
  7. Met Police arrest alleged hacker in Essex

    The Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has Link Removed that it has arrested a 19 year old man. Intelligence learned of an address, then seized the computer for forensic examination. Read Full Story: Met Police arrest alleged hacker in Essex - The H Security: News and Features
  8. Windows 7 LulzSec calls on everyone to attack government assets

    LulzSec has launched a new hacking campaign dubbed Operation Anti-Security and calls on everyone, supporters and enemies alike, to attack Web sites belonging to any government agency or government-friendly organization This sounds very serious. Banks and large corporations seem to be their...
  9. Windows 7 China urged to help in Senate counterfeit probe

    The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee urged China to allow investigators to travel to the Chinese mainland to probe reports that Chinese-made counterfeit parts are making their way into U.S. weapons systems, and other electronics, Reuters reported June 14. I have always tried to stay away...
  10. Windows 7 Codemasters been hacked?

    Guy's check your email accounts. Today I received an email from codemasters: Keep safe!
  11. Police: Mac technician installed spyware to photograph women

    IDG News Service - He was hired to fix their computers, but police say that Trevor Harwell instead installed spyware software that took candid photos of his clients in various states of undress. Harwell had been a Macintosh specialist with a Los Angeles-area home computer repair company...
  12. Microsoft fingers Russians over Rustock spam botnet

    The Rustock botnet, taken down earlier this year in a Microsoft-led action, appears to have been operated by Russians according to evidence collected by the company. Court action by Microsoft saw the Rustock botnet taken offline in March, causing an almost immediate drop in global spam...
  13. Floating Corpses Rise During Spring Months

    NEW YORK -- It is a stomach-churning sign of spring, as reliable as cherry blossoms or allergy attacks: reports of dead bodies rising to the surface of New York's harbor and rivers as the water warms with the season, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. More of these so-called floaters...
  14. Cannibal shot after 'dinner' pulls out

    A Swiss man who had agreed to be killed and eaten by a Slovak cannibal reported the plan to the police and helped them catch his would-be murderer. According to Swiss and Slovak reports, the unidentified Swiss man agreed to the bizarre attempted murder after he met his Slovak would-be...
  15. Exclusive: Pornography found in bin Laden hideout: officials

    (Reuters) - A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video...
  16. Google takes surprise $500M charge over DOJ ad investigation

    Google’s Form 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Link Removed, contains an unexpected $500 million charge for the first quarter that wasn’t reported in the company’s quarterly results. The filing says the charge was taken this month, and applied to the quarter ended...
  17. [OH, COME ON!] Alligator was only to impress women, man tells police ....

    A man arrested for keeping an alligator in his kitchen has told police he did it because the reptile impressed women. Police raided a property in Ford Heights, Illinois after receiving a tip-off that Dewayne Yarbrough had an alligator in his home. It is not clear who the information came...
  18. Woman Arrested After Allegedly Bragging About Beating On Facebook

    A 26-year-old Chicago woman, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly smashing a glass into another woman's face at a bar fight in the Gold Coast. She apparently didn't make it too hard for detectives to crack the case, bragging about the attack on Facebook the next day. The Chicago...
  19. Sony hires private dicks

    Sam Spade to investigate Sony has gone all film noire and hired a bunch of private dicks to sort out its security woes. Apparently the offices of Guidance Software and Data Forte, were approached by a broad who said they worked for one of the largest hardware companies in the world...
  20. Neighbors reported a bad smell and police arrested a 63-year-old man on a parole violation

    Neighbors reported a bad smell and police arrested a 63-year-old man on a parole violation Link Removed - Invalid URL Santa Cruz Police arrested I. John Clauer, 63, of the 1100 block of East Cliff Drive Tuesday after they were called to his apartment to investigate a bad smell...