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The ownership of a Renoir painting stolen from a Baltimore museum 62 years ago will be decided by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria. The art, an 1879 piece called “Paysage bords de Seine,” was painted by the French impressionist on a linen napkin to impress a female friend, according to legend. It is believed to be worth at least $22,000, and possibly up to $100,000. And if the woman claiming ownership is to be believed, it was …

If you find an unattended purse or wallet lying around New York City, you might want to be extra careful about your next move. There’s a chance the NYPD is watching — and if they think you intend to pocket the money, you could go to jail. That’s what happened in 2010 to Bronx resident Deirdre Myers and her 15-year-old daughter, neither of whom even touched the money they were accused of trying to steal. Their arrests were the result …

A Texas couple whose personal property was mistakenly scooped up in a foreclosure happening next door have yet to get their things back and were told by police that it doesn’t count as theft.   No Fence Can Hold Them Back When workers from ironically-named Safeguard Properties, an Ohio company, showed up in Taylor, Texas, to ready the house next to Mike Moors’ property for foreclosure, they mistakenly also broke into his barn and took his boat, trailers and backhoe, …

  The holidays all too often become not just a time for giving, but a season for taking. And it’s not just the Grinch who’s stealing Christmas. Last year about $1.8 billion worth of merchandise was stolen in the month leading up to “the most wonderful time of the year.” Lawyers.com reporter Matt H. Mayes shows you actual store security video, where you can watch the thief’s red-handed larceny. He interviews attorney Steve Sitkoff, a partner at Takakjian & Sitkoff, …

Your parents probably told you never to talk to strangers. Fourteen Brooklyn gang members learned that lesson the hard way—and now they’re facing hard time in prison. New York City Police Officer Michael Rodrigues got a tip that the Brower Boys gang members might be responsible for a year-long rash of burglaries in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood. As the saying goes, you have to think like a criminal to catch a criminal. These criminals included a bunch of 18-year-old boys, …