In response to a brutal home invasion caught by a hidden camera earlier this summer, state lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill that would create stiffer penalties for those caught committing similar crimes. Assembly members Monday unanimously passed the "Home Invasion Bill," a proposal that would raise the crime of home invasion to a first-degree offense and require those convicted to face a...

Police Searching For Two Crooks Who Burglarized A South Florida Home. This is a story about two crooks who broke into a self for home. Their image is captured surveillance video, so it's only a matter of time before police catch them. "Surveillance video captured the image of two crooks using locksmith tools to break into a home near Northwest 36th Street...

Residential burglaries are plaguing Naperville with 12 occurring in less than two weeks, according to police. In half of those cases between Aug. 29 and Sept. 10, the burglars entered unlocked homes at night while the owners were sleeping, police said. In nearly all of the daytime cases, doors and windows were forced open. "We're thinking that there's probably a couple different...

more info here A Lancaster man stole thousands of dollars of items from a Providence Township home and left a note apologizing for the burglary, police said. William Harrison Rehm III, no age given, on Monday got into a home in the 100 block of Smithville Road through an unlocked basement window, state police Trooper Bertrum A. Jones said in a press...

The former chief deputy of the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday containing allegations that Sheriff Mike Tregre, his former boss, broke the law by rigging interview rooms with hidden cameras. In his suit, Tregg Wilson claims the cameras continuously videotaped the rooms, including privileged conversations between suspects and their attorneys. Wilson claims the cameras were...

Home burglaries when residents are sleeping are reported in Naperville, shortly after similar reports and arrests in Batavia. The rest of the story is HERE. Three people were arrested on charges related to Batavia home burglaries. It's important to note that, where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Naperville Patch is reporting a number of burglaries similar...