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  2. Snatch theft - Wikipedia

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    A drawing illustrating snatch thieves stealing a purse from a woman via motorbike. These types of mopeds are typically used by snatch thieves. Snatch theft is a criminal act, common in Southeast Asia, South America, and Southern Europe, [citation needed] of forcefully stealing a pedestrian's personal property by employing rob-and-run tactics.

  3. Property crime - Wikipedia

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    Motor vehicle theft is a common form of property crime, often perpetrated by youths for joyriding. The FBI includes attempted motor vehicle thefts in its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) definition. The FBI includes attempted motor vehicle thefts in its Uniform Crime Report (UCR) definition.

  4. Motor vehicle theft - Wikipedia

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    A car with one of its windows broken. Motor vehicle theft or car theft (also known as a grand theft auto in the United States) is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle. In 2020, there were 810,400 vehicles reported stolen in the United States, up from 724,872 in 2019. [1]

  5. Robbery - Wikipedia

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    Force used after the theft is complete will not turn the theft into a robbery. The words "or immediately after" that appeared in section 23(1)(b) of the Larceny Act 1916 were deliberately omitted from section 8(1). [11] The book Archbold said that the facts in R v Harman, [12] which did not amount to robbery in 1620, would not amount to robbery ...

  6. Carjacking - Wikipedia

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    The word is a portmanteau of car and hijacking.The term was coined by reporter Scott Bowles and editor E. J. Mitchell with The Detroit News in 1991. [4] [5] [6] The News first used the term in a report on the murder of Ruth Wahl, a 22-year-old Detroit drugstore cashier who was killed when she would not surrender her Suzuki Sidekick, and in an investigative report examining the rash of what ...

  7. Florida man attacks elderly woman, robs her of lottery ... - AOL

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    The Orange County Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for Fleury on charges of robbery, sudden snatching and battery on a person 65 or older. Information on his whereabouts can be called ...

  8. Crime pattern theory - Wikipedia

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    Crime pattern theory is a way of explaining why people commit crimes in certain areas.. Crime is not random, it is either planned or opportunistic. [citation needed]According to the theory crime happens when the activity space of a victim or target intersects with the activity space of an offender.

  9. 'This is just theft': California couple falls prey to serial ...

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    A couple from Sacramento, California, fell prey to a pair of serial squatters who left their property in a state of disrepair after months of living there rent-free.