Home Security

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. -- A Warner Robins man was arrested last Thursday at a carwash while vacuuming up broken glass from a window that had been shot out three hours earlier by a Bleckley County homeowner who thwarted a burglary in progress, authorities said.

Inside the car were stolen financial documents belonging to the Bleckley County resident as well as stolen computers, jewelry, guns, cameras and cash from burglaries in Houston County, Harlowe said.

LPD patrol catches burglar

About 99 percent of the time, an alarm means nothing. Most of the time something harmless has tripped the alarm. But each time the Laurel Police Department receives an alarm call, the officers approach the area as if there really is someone inside. Early Friday morning, that attention to detail paid off in the apprehension of a man who authorities said was in the process of burglarizing a local business.

Mayor Street Attends Forum On City Violence

As the number of murders in Philadelphia grows, Philadelphia Mayor John Street attended a forum to discuss ways of combating city violence Friday.Mayor Street met with police, city officials and members of the community during the United We Stand For Safer Streets Forum at the Sheraton Hotel in Center City.Just over three weeks into 2007 there have been a reported 26 homicides in the city.It isnt a policing problem, it is a jobs problem, it is a social problem. Part of this problem is the deterioration of the family, part of it is the drugs that we see all over the streets, said Mayor Street.The goal of Fridays forum is to create a strategic plan for public safety, increasing arrests and creating a safer environment for city residents.Mayor Street said more police patrols are not the answer as 137 homicides last year occurred inside the home.Most of the homicides that occur in the city today are homicides among and between family, friends and acquaintances.

Male drivers more dangerous than women

WASHINGTON -- That age-old stereotype about dangerous women drivers is shattered in a big new traffic analysis: Male drivers have a 77 percent higher risk of dying in a car accident than women, based on miles driven.And the author of the research says he takes it to heart when he travels - his wife takes the wheel."I put a mitt in my mouth and ride shotgun," said David Gerard, a Carnegie Mellon University researcher who co-authored a major new U.S. road risk analysis.The study holds plenty of surprises.-The highway death rate is higher for cautious 82-year-old women than for risk-taking 16-year-old boys.-New England is the safest region for drivers - despite all those stories about crazy Boston drivers.-The safest passenger is a youngster strapped in a car seat and being driven during morning rush hour.The findings are from Traffic STATS, a detailed and searchable new risk analysis of road fatality statistics by Carnegie Mellon for the American Automobile Association.

There seems to be a D in Indianapolis

It's something of a head-scratcher: For 16 games, the Indianapolis Colts' run defense was monumentally bad, and then, once the postseason began, it became amazingly good.

"We're playing a little better, number one," Indy coach Tony Dungy said. "Number two, we've been better on third down. A lot of times the difference is that they'll convert some third downs to keep drives going.