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Major Retailers Now Using License Plate Readers In Parking Lots: What To Know
A quick shopping trip may now leave behind more than a receipt.
Automated license plate readers are being used in parking lots at some major retailers, including Home Depot, Lowe’s, Walmart, Target, and Costco, according to multiple reports.
The systems, known as ALPRs, use cameras and software to capture license plate numbers from vehicles as they enter, leave, or pass through parking areas.
Retailers say the technology is being used for security, theft prevention, and public safety. Privacy advocates say shoppers may not know when their plate is being scanned, how long the data is kept, …
Webster Man Accused Of Attempted Murder, Mayhem After Months Of Brutal Assaults: Police
A Massachusetts man faces nearly two dozen charges after police say he carried out a string of brutal assaults over several months that left a victim hospitalized with injuries so severe they required multiple surgeries to repair the damage.
Robert Copper, 32, of Webster, is accused of strangling and assaulting a victim multiple times, hitting them with objects, and holding them against their will, according to police.
The investigation began Saturday, May 2, when Webster Police Officer Alex Johnson started looking into reports of repeated violent attacks involving Copper, authorities said.…
New England Man Accused Of Posing As Teen To Exploit Pennsylvania Girl Turns Self In: Police
A New England man is accused of posing as a teenager online to sexually exploit a Pennsylvania girl, police announced on Friday, April 24.
John Pulk, 33, of Maine, turned himself in following the investigation, according to the police.
Pulk is charged with sexual abuse of children, unlawful contact with a minor, and related offenses, Lower Southampton Township Police said.
Investigators determined Pulk allegedly posed as a 16-year-old boy on social media before contacting a juvenile female from Bucks County, authorities detailed. He is accused of soliciting explicit images from the girl, l…
Western Mass Ex-Police Chief Embezzled $19K In Overtime Fraud Scheme, Prosecutors Say
A former Massachusetts police chief is now facing criminal charges after investigators say he illegally collected nearly $20,000 in fraudulent overtime.
K. Scott Kelly, 46, of Mauldin, South Carolina, the former chief of the Adams Police Department, was indicted by a grand jury on charges related to the alleged scheme, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said.
The charges include procurement fraud, making a false claim to an employer, and larceny over $1,200 by a single scheme. Each charge carries a potential sentence of up to five years in state prison or 2.5 years in a house o…
Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Reveals Chilling Details In Guilty Plea
Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders on Wednesday, April 8, more than three decades after the first victim’s body was found.
Heuermann, a 62-year-old Massapequa Park native, also revealed to investigators how he killed eight women: Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Sandra Costilla, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, and Karen Vergata.
All the way back in November 1993, Heuermann arranged a meeting with a 28-year-old Costilla, picked her up, and strangled her, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said…
Savannah Guthrie's Ex-Fighter Pilot Brother Issues Direct Message To Kidnappers In New Video
NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's family is making a new, urgent plea to the kidnappers of their mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, as the days since her abduction stretch on.
In a new video shared on Savannah’s Instagram page on Thursday, Feb. 6, her brother, Camron Guthrie, issued a direct message to Nancy’s captors, imploring them to make contact with the family.
“This is Camron Guthrie. I’m speaking for the Guthrie family,” he said in the video. “Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out and …
Delaware State Trooper Shot, Killed At DMV Was 10-Year Veteran, New Dad Ty Snook
Delaware State Police (DSP) have identified the trooper shot and killed while working an overtime assignment at a Wilmington Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) facility as Corporal Grade One Matthew T. “Ty” Snook.
Snook, 34, of Hockessin, DE, a 10-year veteran of the DSP, was working an overtime shift when he was shot by a 44-year-old customer who walked into the at the Karen L. Johnson DMV in Wilmington, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23, DSP said. Snook pushed an employee out of the way at which point the gunman shot him again, killing him, police said.
A New Castle County police officer shot…
