I am not sure if you are aware, but liquor theft by minors has seen a surge in the past couple of years. Why do you think that is? It can be for lack of other stimulants because the shocking number of youth using marijuana and prescription medication is off-the-charts! The goal to curb this trend i... [More]

Guarding our most valuable possessions is something all of us are concerned about. There is nothing more precious than our children. We have to be quite careful in who we trust with guarding our kids. That said, whoever we trust with our children, in our homes, has to be honorable and not steal. So... [More]

It is crazy what people do. Why would anyone film themselves having sex or take sexually provocative photos of themselves in this day and age? One young New Hampshire woman, whose laptop was stolen, is wishing she never had. For those of you who don’t know what it is, sextortion—it's no... [More]

When you engage in criminal activity, anything can happen. Sometimes it ends in tragedy. This is one of those times. An Arizona man has been booked on suspicion of murder after a bizarre chain of events involving the attempted theft of two paddleboats in a private pond south of Lake Pleasant, Arizo... [More]

Is it is just me or are there more stories lately about parents involving their children in shoplifting expeditions? As a counselor for stop theft classes I follow them more than most, and I have witnessed an abundance of stories involving parents and kids shoplifting. This is a truly disturbing st... [More]

They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Most fallen apples are rotten. This certainly is the case with the father-daughter theft duo in New Hampshire! A father and daughter were arrested Tuesday in an alleged theft scheme in which he would shoplift items from a local store and she ... [More]

I am sure it will come as no surprise that under the influence of drugs and alcohol poor decisions can be made. Take the case of 19-year-old Zachary Dunlop. The Nebraska teenager who broke into a house in Fremont while he was awaiting sentencing for a burglary was sentenced to prison. Judge Geoffr... [More]

It is certainly a parental nightmare to think of your child in trouble with the law. Most parents would do anything to keep their child out of trouble. Are you a parent? How far would you go? An Atlanta mother recognized her 15-year-old son from a surveillance video as the thief of a motorized scoo... [More]

Boys will be boys. Pranks are a part of most teenagers’ adolescence. If done legally, these pranks can be good-hearted fun that will provide memories for the rest of their lives. The operative word here is “legally.” Theft is never proper. Back when I was in high school it was cus... [More]