A Washington home-invasion case that included an attempted burglary on Mercer Island has ended with a 25-year federal prison sentence for one crew member. Christopher Joseph Johnson, 24, was sentenced June 30 in U.S. District Court in Seattle for racketeering and conspiracy to commit RICO, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Federal prosecutors said Johnson …
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A Connecticut family returned from a day trip to Boston and found their Guilford home had been broken into, with a safe, jewelry, passports, and other valuables missing, according to police records. Guilford police responded to the Golden Hill Drive home around 11:45 p.m. on February 27 after a resident reported a smashed window and …
A New York jury has found a Long Island man guilty in a deed-theft case involving two Harlem brownstones worth about $4.7 million. Joseph Makhani, 63, of Kings Point, was convicted after a seven-week trial, according to the New York Attorney General’s Office. Prosecutors said Makhani used fraudulent deeds, false documents, shell companies, and court …
A New Jersey home burglary turned into a driveway car theft after police said two suspects entered a house through an unlocked door and stole vehicle keys from inside. Nutley police responded to a home on Carrie Court shortly before 1:30 a.m. on June 23 after a stolen vehicle was reported, according to The Observer. …
A reported home burglary in Los Angeles turned into a police pursuit that ended with a fiery crash in Beverly Grove, according to police. The burglary was reported around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Sunset Place Drive in the Sunset Plaza neighborhood, NBC Los Angeles reported. When officers arrived, police said three people …
New Orleans police are asking for help locating a man wanted in connection with a residential burglary caught on security video. The burglary happened around 1:32 a.m. on June 9 in the 4400 block of Gawain Drive, according to NOPD News. Investigators identified the wanted suspect as Kendrich Mackie, who was pictured in the department’s …
A neighbor dispute in a Georgia subdivision turned into an hours-long police standoff after officers said a man threatened a resident with a knife and then barricaded himself inside a home. Villa Rica police responded to the Liberty Pointe subdivision shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday after a resident called 911 about a dispute involving a …
Police in Concord, California, are warning homeowners after a series of residential and vehicle burglaries exposed a simple garage-security risk. The Concord Police Department said suspects have approached homes during the early morning hours, checked parked vehicles, and used garage door openers left inside unlocked cars to access garages, according to SFGate. Once inside, police …
A North Carolina man is being held without bond after deputies say he broke into an occupied Onslow County home and assaulted the homeowner. William Buie, 27, of Midway Park, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree burglary and simple assault, according to WCTI News 12. Charging documents allege Buie unlawfully entered a home on …
Seattle homeowners who are tired of repeated calls, texts, and emails from real estate solicitors could soon have a new way to say no. Councilmember Dionne Foster has introduced legislation that would create a “Do Not Solicit List” for homeowners who want to opt out of unwanted real estate communications, according to The Seattle Medium. …