Lindsey L. works in the tech industry, so she is used to making cybersecurity a top priority. One day, she plugged her cell phone in to sync her phone with the music on her computer. When she plugged her device in to sync it, she had to approve the connection. Trouble is, when she synced …
John C. lived in Texas and worked as a tax preparer. He operated a company that conducted virtual tax preparation with locations in Florida and Texas. But he was also a criminal. You see, John came up with a scheme to falsely create and submit tax returns on behalf of unsuspecting taxpayers. Taxpayers would contact …
Julie R. recently moved into a new apartment and was looking online for new furniture. Eventually, she found a nice sofa from a website that she had shopped with before. Everything looked legitimate, and the website had plenty of positive reviews. The problem was the website was fraudulent. You see, Julie was browsing a fake …
Vicky C. and her son Andrew live in the Pacific Palisades in California. When the wildfires broke out in the neighborhood, Vicky quickly picked up Andrew from school and raced toward their house. But the mother and son couldn’t drive to their house because of evacuations so they ran the last few miles by foot. …
Ivan is the name of a police K-9 search dog in Massachusetts. One day, a police officer in Lawrence, MA was on patrol when he responded to a call of gunshots being fired. The officer arrived at the scene of the gunshots and witnessed a vehicle speed away. He followed the speeding vehicle until one …
Josh T. lives in Destin, Florida. One day, he was standing outside a bank when a concerned citizen called the police to check on him. Police arrived to conduct a welfare check on Josh because he appeared to be passed out. After arriving, police asked Josh for his identification. Josh provided police with a social …
Unfortunately, Jerry M. lost everything in a house fire. This included dozens of firearms in his collection. However, one gun survived. It was in its case, and the case was melted shut. After breaking open the case, Jerry found his Glock 19 unscathed. There are plenty of stories about how durable Glock pistols are, but …
Jaclynn G. lives in Española, New Mexico. One afternoon Jaclynn was driving with her younger sister. As their Kia Optima passed a police camera it captured their car’s license plate. But the camera misread the license plate. The car’s actual plate was BLGP02, but the camera read it as BLGP07. So, the camera system alerted …
In the last decade, there have been over 62 vehicle ramming attacks around the world. Over 240 people have been killed in these attacks and thousands have been injured. No city is safe from these attacks, and they have occurred all over the world from London to most recently New Orleans. Sadly, these sorts of …
Sam N. works in the technology industry. Typically, he’s pretty good at spotting an online scam. But a recent scam was more advanced than even he expected. You see, Sam received an email account recovery notification for his Gmail account. He denied the request. Soon, he received a call with the caller ID “Google.” He …
During World War I, German snipers pushed around 30-pound steel shields. The shields were capable of stopping the .303 round that was used by British riflemen. The German snipers would move these shields into the middle of the battlefield, then engage the enemy while being protected. To combat this, the British troops requested safari or …
Eddie S. lives in Harris County, Texas. One evening, Eddie visited the El Ranchito Taqueria in southwest Houston. As he sat eating, a 30-year-old man stormed into the restaurant armed with a handgun. The masked robber went from customer to customer demanding their money and wallets at gunpoint. After collecting all the valuables, the robber …