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New DNA Test Gives the Age of the Criminal

A new DNA test makes it possible to estimate the age of a criminal by the blood he/she left behind, thus narrowing down the range of possible suspects.The test was developed by Manfred Kayser from the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues, and they say that their method needs...

26 November 2010
09:04 GMT

Husband Posts Open Letter to iPhone Thief

Some folks sit at home and weep, when something is stolen from them. Others go straight to the police hoping the authorities will get a lead and catch the criminals. But one easy-going guy – Mark Bazer of The Baltimore Sun – decided to write an open letter to the person who snagged his wife’s iPhone...

8 January 2010
09:10 GMT

First Criminal Case of Domain Name Theft Is Underway

New Jersey authorities have decided to charge Daniel Gonclaves with several domain theft-related felonies. The 25-year-old computer geek is accused of stealing the P2P.com domain name from Marc Ostrofsky, Lesli and Albert Angel in 2006, which he later sold to NBA superstar Mark Madsen for 110,000 dollars.Besides this...

5 August 2009
10:44 GMT

22-Year-Old Faces 20 Years in Jail!

Crime doesn't pay! Marten Casarez is a 22-year-old man from Mansfield that got involved in identity theft. But he was no small crook, he took the identities of more than 1.00 men and women from 33 states, as the Star-Telegram informs. As you might have imagined, the Police nabbed the guy and he's facing lot...

3 October 2007
04:58 GMT

Is Your Picture on the Web?

On September 9, outside the Georgetown University campus, near the intersection of 36th and O streets in the Georgetown neighborhood, a 19-year-old student was attacked. Police have confirmed that the victim suffered cuts and bruises to the face and also had a thumb broken in the attack. The victim said that the atta...

30 September 2007
16:58 GMT

YouTube Fights for Law and Order

The famous video sharing platform YouTube has often some another goal than sharing clips with other Internet users. For example, a lot of consumers are using YouTube to publish their stories and require other users' help. But the most interesting purpose of the Google service was revealed by the police officers ...

23 July 2007
10:44 GMT

The Perfect Crime

There is no such thing as perfect crime, an undetectable crime where the killer gets away free. This is more fiction than reality, as most criminals are given away by even the simplest clues. There has been an increasing complexity in the way murderers kill their victims. One of the first things a criminal tries to d...

11 May 2007
06:03 GMT

How to Define a Serial Rapist?

Hard days for rapists...Now, in 18 US states, if a convicted sexual offender is found at the psychiatric assessment as prone to relapse, he could be locked up indefinitely in a secure mental facility. Thousands of rapists who have already served their jail terms are kept incarcerated in mental institutions, but there...

10 March 2007
07:56 GMT

Are Face Reconstructions Effective in Catching Criminals?

The sinister faces of the criminals look at you from facial composites. You know from movies how gifted artists make them in just a few minutes with just a pencil and a piece of paper. In fact, most police unities employ computer software, with a vast sample of facial traits (eyes, ears, hair and so on) at their disp...

10 March 2007
04:48 GMT

YouTube Helps Police Catch Criminals

YouTube is more than a popular video service and this statement is demonstrated periodically by new and interesting cases. As you know, YouTube allows users to upload, share and comment videos with other members of the community. Sometimes, it is more than a video service, allowing authorities to arrest criminals, fi...

5 March 2007
08:40 GMT


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