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Police arrested the pair on charges of burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, criminal tampering, possession of burglar's tools, disorderly conduct and other offenses.
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Both face multiple charges -- including burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, violation of a local law, criminal tampering, disorderly conduct and possession of burglar's tools -- according to police.
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John Krasinski stars as a jet-setting art thief who steals priceless paintings to help uncover clues as to the whereabouts of the fabled Fountain of Youth.
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For the second time in just over a month, the owners of a Pokémon card shop in the Pico-Robertson area are cleaning up after thieves targeted their business.
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In the end, staff at the Capitol had to hire a safecracker and jimmy the thing.
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Following his Oscar-winning doc Navalny, Roher pivots to narrative features with this heist thriller about a gifted piano tuner turned safecracker.
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The robber then fled on foot each time.
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The Fort Worth Police Department has put out a public assistance request to find victims of a robber who is believed to have stolen more than 10 phones since early June.
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To begin with, the community is run by Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), surely the slickest scammer of old folks since John Mahoney’s nursing-home embezzler in 1989’s Say Anything.
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Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.
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“Picklock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picklock. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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