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US Sounds Alarm Over Tourist Crime In Popular Tropical Getaway US Sounds Alarm Over Tourist Crime In Popular Tropical Getaway
US Sounds Alarm Over Tourist Crime In Popular Tropical Getaway A popular Central American getaway spot is under new scrutiny after US officials warned that criminals are increasingly targeting tourists and foreign residents with robberies and extortion schemes. In a security alert issued on Tuesday, Nov. 25, the US Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica, said it is tracking a rise in property crimes, financial crimes, and robberies affecting foreigners across the country, including US citizens.  The alert describes criminal gangs targeting foreign-owned homes and businesses for break-ins and extortion. It also details cases in which foreign residents and…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Credit Card Skimmer Devices Placed At PA Walmarts Leads To 20-Year-Old's Arrest: Police Credit Card Skimmer Devices Placed At PA Walmarts Leads To 20-Year-Old's Arrest: Police
Credit Card Skimmer Devices Placed At PA Walmarts Leads To 20-Year-Old's Arrest: Police A multi-county credit card skimming operation led to the arrest of a 20-year-old man after devices were found at Walmarts in Carlisle and Camp Hill, police announced on Tuesday, March 11. Additional skimming devices have also been discovered at an ATM in Harrisburg, a Sheetz in York County, and a Royal Farms store in Delaware County. Marcus Sorin Covaci was identified as one of two suspects accused of installing skimmer devices on registers, according to Carlisle and Lower Allen Township police. The first device was discovered at the Walmart on 60 Noble Blvd. in Carlisle on Monday, N…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
$29K Counterfeit Check In Kennett Square Borough's Account Leads To Arrest Years Later: Police $29K Counterfeit Check In Kennett Square Borough's Account Leads To Arrest Years Later: Police
$29K Counterfeit Check In Kennett Square Borough's Account Leads To Arrest Years Later: Police A Kennett Square man accused of attempting to deposit a $29,950 counterfeit check "against Kennett Square Borough's internal financial accounts" has been arrested, police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Nathaniel Tyree Curtis, 30, was taken into custody by the Kennett Square Police Department on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, after being transported from Philadelphia to Chester County Prison. The arrest followed an investigation into an attempted fraudulent deposit that targeted Kennett Square Borough’s financial accounts, police said. Curtis allegedly deposited an altered check worth $29,950…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Police FINALLY Remove Skimmer Redditors Warned About At PA Sheetz PNC ATM Police FINALLY Remove Skimmer Redditors Warned About At PA Sheetz PNC ATM
Police Finally Remove Skimmer Redditors Warned About At PA Sheetz PNC ATM A skimmer at Sheetz that Redditors warned people about three months ago was removed on Thursday, Sept. 12, police announced.   The skimmer was found on the PNC ATM at the Sheetz located at 1205 Lancaster Road in Manheim, police explained.  "If you used the ATM machine located inside the store over the past month, please review your bank transactions and report any fraudulent or suspicious activity to your bank and local police department," the police said.  Redditor users in the Lancaster subreddit have been posting about this since June.  The first post reads: "…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Berks Thieves Used Stolen Truck To Rip ATM From Ground, Troopers Say Berks Thieves Used Stolen Truck To Rip ATM From Ground, Troopers Say
Berks Thieves Used Stolen Truck To Rip ATM From Ground, Troopers Say State police are investigating a theft from an ATM at a Berks County bank.  The three suspects drove a stolen truck to First Citizens Community Bank in Tulpehocken Township around 3 a.m. on May 6, troopers said in a release.  They pried open the top panel and bottom door of a drive-up ATM, fastened a tow hook and chain inside the door, then accelerated the truck forward to remove the ATM from its concrete base, police said.  Once it was on the ground, they removed the cash from the ATM, according to investigators. Police said the trio fled in an SUV, possibly …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Thieves Remove ATM From Fishtown Gas Station: Philadelphia PD Thieves Remove ATM From Fishtown Gas Station: Philadelphia PD
Thieves Remove ATM From Fishtown Gas Station: Philadelphia PD Detectives are looking for two men who stole an ATM from outside a Philadelphia gas station on Thursday morning, June 6.  Police said it happened at a Karko on the 2300 block of Aramingo Avenue just before 4 a.m. The suspects backed a white Ford truck up to the storefront, loaded up the ATM, then fled south on Aramingo, authorities said.  Anyone with information is asked to call East Detectives at 215-686-3243. To submit an anonymous tip, call 215-686-8477.

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
'Give Me Your Money Or I'll Kill You': Gunpoint Bicycle Robbery Suspect Caught In Eastern PA 'Give Me Your Money Or I'll Kill You': Gunpoint Bicycle Robbery Suspect Caught In Eastern PA
'Give Me Your Money Or I'll Kill You': Gunpoint Bicycle Robbery Suspect Caught In Eastern PA A suspect is in custody after robbing a Bensalem bicyclist at gunpoint, township police say. Antwan Clayton Jones, 42, of Ellenville, New York, is charged with robbery, terroristic threats, and related counts, the department wrote in a release.  It happened on Monday, July 31 in the parking lot of the Street Road Kohl's, police said.  The victim had just withdrawn cash from an ATM and was beginning to ride away on his bike when a man pulled up in a car and hopped out brandishing a gun, investigators wrote.  "Give me your money or I'll kill you," the robber said while pointi…

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by Mac Bullock