Josh L. lives in Pennsylvania. One day he was chopping up furniture with an ax so that it would be easier to dispose of. While Josh was outside, his neighbor Ken P. walked up the driveway and struck up a conversation. The two men had been longtime friends, so it wasn’t unusual to visit when …
With any new technology, there is always a dark side that criminals will look to expose. As you know, such is the case with “smart” devices that millions of people use in their homes. One common smart device that hackers will look to exploit is a video doorbell. Tens of millions of Americans have smart …
A Bakersfield, California man was at his home one afternoon, working in his garage. He was going in and out of his house and left the garage door open. Unfortunately, a man living in a nearby sober house left his residential treatment center and entered the house with the open garage. The escapee grabbed a …
Susan M. and her husband have owned guns for years, but Susan wasn’t always comfortable with guns because she didn’t go to the shooting range very often. However, her husband traveled for work and when he would go out of town, he would leave a gun for Susan. One night, Susan and her husband were …
Brian M. likes to use his smartphone to take pictures, so he downloaded a camera app that he used to edit and filter pictures. The app called Beauty Plus, was a top app, and has been downloaded by hundreds of millions of people. But Brian didn’t know the camera app was doing a lot more …
Alan R. lives in Shasta County, California. One day, he was sitting at a park when a group of teenagers stole his motorized scooter. Alan said, “I saw them at the Circle K and walked up to them.” As Alan approached the teens one of them pulled out a gun and started firing shots at …
Albert A. was born in Italy and came to the U.S. in 1919. He grew up on the streets of Manhattan and worked at the docks. While working at the docks, Albert killed at least one man. At the time, the ports were controlled by the mob who used it as a front for criminal …
Decades ago, a man named Jules D. started a life of self-sufficiency. He decided to grow his own food because he was concerned about what was being put into his children’s food. Eventually, Jules and his three adult children took their idea to the heart of Southern California. The family purchased a 4,000-square-foot lot in …
Most people are familiar with the Chinese company Huawei Technologies. The company operates in over 170 countries, employ over 100,000 engineers around the globe, and has over $100 billion in annual revenue. Huawei has over 140 mobile and fixed broadband networks. They also offer consultant and management services. In addition, the company sells smartphones, …
Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was a one-eyed, one-handed, British war hero. He fought for the British in major conflicts spanning six decades, including World War I and II. Adrian was originally from Brussels, but at the start of World War I, he became a naturalized British subject. During the war, he was shot in …