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There is no small amount of absurdity in a policeman's life. At 10:39 p.m., we got a call in the Savin Hill area of Dorchester. A woman had reported hearing a burglar inside her building, and as we pulled up in front of the dilapidated three-story apartment house, flashing the spotlight against its facade, our stomachs knotted in tension...
Houston Bureau Chief David Jackson, who interviewed local police and prosecutors, encountered crime victims' resentment even while off his job. "During jury selection last month, nearly half of the group of prospective jurors indicated we had been burglarized," he recalls. "Many could barely mask their impatience with the criminal justice system. After watching them, the accused burglar evidently felt he had little chance of a sympathetic verdict. He changed his plea to guilty...
...defense of property is when someone invades a house. In most states the inhabitant can handle an intruder any way he wishes. Says Berger: "Under the law, your home is indeed your castle." When Louisiana passed such a law in 1983, attorneys referred to it as the "shoot-the-burglar" bill...
...unidentified burglar took a wallet and a Seiko watch from an unattended locker at the Indoor Athletic Building (IAB) Wednesday afternoon. The value of the watch and wallet, which contained cash and credit cards, was estimated at $200. According to University Police records, there are no suspects in the case...
...burglar made off with a suitcase, a backpack, a sports bag and two briefcases containing credit cards, bank books, and checkbooks. The victims, two females and a male, were at the Boathouse Bar at the time of the crime...