Boynton Beach homeowners making certain storm-hardening or energy-efficiency upgrades may be able to get their city building permit fees refunded, but the program is temporary. The city has launched a Building Permit Fee Rebate Program that refunds 100% of city-imposed building permit fees for qualifying improvements on homesteaded residential properties, according to Boca Post. The…
A stolen-vehicle pursuit in Philadelphia ended behind homes in Bridesburg after police say a suspect hid in a neighbor’s backyard area. The suspect, described by police as a 29-year-old man, was taken into custody shortly before noon Wednesday on the 2900 block of Hedley Street, according to 6abc. Chopper 6 footage showed officers surrounding the…
Three homes in the same Chesterfield County, Virginia, neighborhood were targeted by false emergency calls within six hours, sending armed police to residents’ doors and leaving homeowners shaken. The incidents happened Tuesday around Alfaree Road and nearby Dermotte Court, according to WTVR. Police said the calls were swatting incidents, a dangerous hoax where someone makes…
A 12-year-old New Hampshire boy was home alone on a video chat when police say three masked intruders armed with baseball bats broke through the front door. The reported home invasion happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, on Beatrice Street in Danville, according to NBC Miami. Police said the intruders were trying to find…
A Pennsylvania yard trespassing dispute has turned into a criminal case after state police say a man returned with a firearm and fired toward a home. The incident happened May 17 along Taylor Avenue in Falls Creek Borough, according to GANT News. Pennsylvania State Police in DuBois filed charges against 49-year-old Herbert Deforest Murray III…
A North Coventry Township woman says a wanted man came through her back door and stayed inside her home for roughly 40 minutes during a police chase. The woman, identified by 6abc only as Pat, said the man suddenly appeared in her kitchen Monday night. Police sources identified him as 40-year-old Joshua McFadden. Pat told…
An 80-year-old Los Angeles County homeowner who needed a minor roof repair will finally be able to take her case against the county to trial, her lawyers say. Alma Foster has spent more than seven years fighting a debt tied to Los Angeles County’s Property Assessed Clean Energy program, known as PACE, according to Neighborhood…
A Collinsville, Illinois, homeowner says a water main break sent water, gravel, and debris crashing into her property Monday morning, damaging both her home and her vehicle. Jenille Reese told First Alert 4 that she first thought it had started storming or hailing outside. Then her youngest daughter ran in and told her the pipe…
A Kentucky homeowner came home from work to a reported break-in, and deputies say that discovery became part of a multi-day search that ended with an hours-long standoff near Knottsville. The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as 45-year-old Tony Ingram of Owensboro, according to 14 News. Deputies and the Western Kentucky U.S. Marshals…