BURGLARY popularity and BURGLARY trends

ALL Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams has become the victim of a burglary, his home broken into while playing for the Waikato Chiefs in Super 15.

ALL Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams has become the victim of a burglary, saying he returned home yesterday after playing for the Waikato Chiefs in Super 15 to discover his house had been broken into.

An inmate who escaped nearly 30 years ago was captured Thursday in Azusa, authorities said. Carlos Campos, 50, was convicted of second-degree burglary in Los Angeles County. He escaped in August 1983 while on a work furlough program, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. While on the run, Campos lived as Carlos Hererra, an identity he purchased, authorities s...

A Silicon Valley software executive faces felony burglary charges after police said he used fake barcodes to score major discounts — on Legos.

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad police on Wednesday claimed to have recovered stolen items worth more than Rs 90,132,500 during current year, besides resolving 220 cases successfully, a police spokesman said. According to details, Islamabad police resolved a total of 220 theft and burglary cases and 127 accused were arrested, besides a total recovery of worth Rs 90,132,500 from them. City Zone police ...

Thomas Langenbach, 47, of German database company faces four felony counts of burglary that could net him up to five years in prison

Calls to the national Crime Victims helpline this year reflect an increase in burglary, theft and fraud-related crimes, the organisation has reported.

Well this is rich. NBC Bay Area reports that Thomas Langenbach, identified as a VP at SAP's Palo Alto Integration and Certification Center, has been charged with four felony counts of burglary over ill-gotten LEGOs. Authorities say the German software engineer generated his own fake bar codes, printed stickers with them, then slapped those cheaper [...]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Police in southwest Idaho say a man chose briefs over boxers to wear on his head as he held up a coffee shop and stole a safe....

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's D.C. home was burglarized earlier this month -- in February, Breyer was robbed while vacationing in the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Community leaders said Andrew Blomberg should have been convicted of assaulting Chad Holley, a Houston, Texas, teen who was fleeing police after a burglary.

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- The U.S. Amateur trophy is among the artifacts missing after a burglar broke into the U.S. Golf Association Museum in northern New Jersey....

Defendant allegedly broke into victim's apartment and assaulted her as she slept.

OREM, Utah -- An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework at the crime scene.Police in Orem say they tracked a USB drive found at the burglarized home to Dallas Naljahih. They say the computer hard drive contained his homework and was in a backpack abandoned in the backyard.Read More...More on Dumb Criminals

Jennifer Hudson's ex-brother-in-law, William Balfour, was found guilty for murdering her mother Darnell Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and 7-year-old nephew Julian King over three years ago. The jury talked it over for 18 hours and declared his ass guilty of three counts of first-degree murder. The jury also found William guilty of home invasion and residentia...

Troubled ex-NFL quarterback facing felony burglary and drug charges with prison time in Texas also a possibility.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Former Washington State and NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has reached a plea agreement on drug and burglary charges in Montana.

BAHAWALNAGAR - Seven people including four cops received acid burns when they attempted to capture a burglar here in Haroonabad on Thursday.  According to detail, the Haroonabad City Police personnel were on routine patrol at around 2am when they got a tip-off about a burglary in a shop located at Chamman Bazaar Grain Market Haroonabad. The police personnel rushed to the scene and ...

BAHAWALNAGAR - Seven people including four cops received acid burns when they attempted to capture a burglar here in Haroonabad on Thursday.  According to detail, the Haroonabad City Police personnel were on routine patrol at around 2am when they got a tip-off about a burglary in a shop located at Chamman Bazaar Grain Market Haroonabad. The police personnel rushed to the scene and ...

BAHAWALNAGAR - Seven people including four cops received acid burns when they attempted to capture a burglar here in Haroonabad on Thursday.  According to detail, the Haroonabad City Police personnel were on routine patrol at around 2am when they got a tip-off about a burglary in a shop located at Chamman Bazaar Grain Market Haroonabad. The police personnel rushed to the scene and ...

Gordon Thompson, 34, was sentenced at the Old Bailey for arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered at House of Reeves in Croydon, south London, and burglary.

Gordon Thompson, 34, jailed for eleven and a half years for arson that caused blaze at Reeves furniture shop in 2011 riotsA looter has been jailed for 11 and a half years for starting a huge fire that destroyed an 140-year-old furniture shop during last summer's riots.Gordon Thompson, 34, was sentenced at the Old Bailey for arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered at House of Reev...

A millionaire's daughter who drove looters around London during last summer's riots is convicted of burglary.

Fourteen years ago, Ryan Leaf was riding high. Selected by the San Diego Chargers with the No. 2 overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft, Leaf signed a four-year, $31.25 million contract including a $11.25 million signing bonus. Read full article >>

NFL washout Ryan Leaf was arrested this morning in Montana ... the 2nd time he's been taken into custody in less than a week. According to the Central Montana Drug Force ... the former QB was busted for burglary, theft, two counts of criminal…

A woman has been charged with aggravated burglary at the London home of media and music mogul Simon Cowell, the Metropolitan Police says.

What should you read this weekend? That infamous burglary and the Godfather of Soul are among USA TODAY's picks for book lovers.

This reverse domain hijacking trend is getting out of hand. Not that it comes as a surprise. With the high value of generic domain names, more over-reaching corporations with no right to generic names, are attempting to steal them through the UDRP process rather than pay for assets that belong to someone else.

Our iPads, plasma televisions, smartphones and laptops have driven up the cost of theft claims by 18% in just two years - the biggest jump in a decade.

Between 1909 and 1912, Detective Inspector Robert Mather of the Manchester Police kept scrupulous notes on 65 characters from the city's criminal underworld; DI Mather's 57-page pocket notebook is set to go on sale on March 27 at Bonhams auctioneers in London

The Spartacus: Vengeance actress is charged with burglary after boarding the ship Friday in New Zealand

Xena: Warrior Princess" star turned eco-champion Lucy Lawless and her fellow Greenpeace protesters were charged with burglary Monday after illegally occupying a Shell oil exploration ship, press.co.nz reported.

A QUAINT village in West Yorkshire one of the worst burglary hotspots in the whole of Britain, a survey claims

TEEN allegedly terrified residents in Brisbane's north by breaking into homes and allegedly wielding a replica gun.

chrb writes "Asim Kauser, a 25-year-old British man, has been jailed for two years and three months for downloading recipes on how to make bombs and the toxin ricin. Police discovered the materials on a USB stick Asim's father gave to them following a burglary at the Kauser family home. Asim pled guilty and claimed that he only downloaded the materials because he was curious. A North West Count...

(Reuters) - One of two men charged with abducting a Montana teacher reported missing and presumed dead was previously convicted in Florida of nearly a dozen crimes, including burglary and drug offenses, and served time in that state's prison system, legal records show.

A Michigan woman was devastated when she discovered that her son's remains in an urn were gone.

Colton Harris-Moore pleaded guilty Friday to burglary and theft charges in the Barefoot Bandit case.

Housebreaking or burglary was experienced at least once by 4.5% of households in 2010, according to Statistics SA's Victims of Crime Survey 2011, released yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A San Francisco woman accused of breaking into the hotel room of "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is facing trial on charges of first-degree burglary and receiving stolen property....

A thief broke into the shot stopper's apartment and made off with tens of thousands of euros worth of jewellery and watches.