SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

There has been a recent string of serial sexual assaults across the city of Tulsa, OK . Police have connected at least 8 different assaults on women. Seven of the 8 victims have been women between the ages of 50 and 79. We’ve created a crime list for these assaults, check out a screen shot below and view the interactive crime list here . The Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan notes that a serial rapist is not common in Tulsa and there are 50 people dedicated to the task force that will be searching for the assailant. The assailant usually breaks in through the back of a residence preferring to stay quiet and out of the light. He does not typically make noise by breaking windows or doors. And sometimes he uses a knife to threaten victims once he has gained entry. The police aren’t sure of a good description of the suspect yet - he has been described as Hispanic, black with light skin, or white in his 20-40’s, so police are asking for residents to stay vigilant and conti

Check out the SpotCrime crime listing for the spree of robberies that recently hit south west Baltimore.  The suspects targeted businesses in Lakeland and Landsdowne, MD located in Baltimore City and Baltimore County .  Both the County and City departments worked on the investigation.  A tip from the public led to the arrests! Seeing these robberies on a map makes it apparent they were connected because they happened in close proximity to each other.  This is a good tactic to note when checking out crime maps for your own community watch - pay attention to any reoccurring crimes in close proximity of each other, then keep an eye out.  It's probable that the same crime will happen again, committed by the same person.  Sometimes this is typical with car thefts and burglaries too - the criminal hits multiple times in the same area.  Your community watch group may be able to spot them in action with enough time to call the local police department to catch them. Want to make your

The more innovative and popular Apple products get, the more crimes we see surrounding their products. Check out the SpotCrime crime listing below of thefts, robberies, burglaries, and even assaults and shootings over iPhones and iPads! SpotCrime Crime Listing of iPhone and iPad thefts, burglaries, robberies, assaults, and shootings.  To view the entire crime list, click here .  To learn how to make your very own SpotCrime Crime Listing, click here . Thanks to iCloud.com and websites like Lookout , you're easily able to locate a device if lost or stolen (assuming you've registered your device with the websites) On iCloud, all you have to do to locate a device is click on the ' Find my iPhone ' link on the main page and sign in. When I used iCloud.com to locate my iPad, iCloud pinpointed the house on a Google map where my iPad was hiding.  No worries, I wasn't a victim of an iCrime and I didn't lose my iPad. I was curious to see how accurate iCloud w