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How to use the word thefts in a Sentence?

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I think last year we indicted about 650 felony cases and probably, I would say probably 500 of those were either meth cases, drug cases, or they were the copper thefts, forgeries, burglaries, things like that. But, we know in looking at it that the person is an addict.

John Kimbrough

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're seeing auto thefts as a big one that's just astronomically gone up.

Tyson Worrell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Focusing exclusively on the criminal and completely excluding public safety and the victim leads to horrible consequences, like the murder of Brianna [Kupfer]. We have also seen the results of ‘cite and release’ all over California with massive smash-and- grabs and train thefts and robberies. So always citing out a person who commits an assault, which is many times violent, is dangerous and against public safety.

Jonathan Hatami

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The author is basically saying every defendant should be released pretrial no matter the underlying charge, no matter any public safety concerns because all defendants are innocent until proven guilty, focusing exclusively on the criminal and completely excluding public safety and the victim leads to horrible consequences, like the murder of Brianna [Kupfer]. We have also seen the results of ‘cite and release’ all over California with massive smash-and- grabs and train thefts and robberies. So always citing out a person who commits an assault, which is many times violent, is dangerous and against public safety.

Jonathan Hatami

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What has happened on this stretch of the Union Pacific railroad is unacceptable, we are committed to an all-of-government approach to prevent thefts, prosecute the criminals involved, and clean up local communities.

Gavin Newsom

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

While this case remains very active and we continue to follow up with information obtained during interviews, we can tie Mr. Bufkin to thefts in at least 11 break-ins in the Highlands area, while we have solved multiple thefts in our area, some items recovered are from thefts that have not been discovered by homeowners and therefore have not been reported.

Sheriff Robert Holland

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

People see the ability to commit these' smash-and-grab incidents' knowing that there is little consequence, especially if the thefts are kept below the threshold of a felony offense, it's easy, it's fast, and the payback is good.

Lynda Buel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

For me, I would get the deterrent factor if someone’s thefts were getting worse or higher in value, but the lack of discretion is what bothers me. It’s problematic because it doesn’t factor in the amount.

Brandon Flood

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unfortunately, because arrests happen in less than 3 percent of reported thefts, these cases are rarely presented to us for prosecution — and when they are, we prosecute the vast majority of them, but because arrests are so infrequent, our office has been proactively partnering with stores like Walgreens on prevention programs as well as partnering with other jurisdictions — which last year, led to the recovery of over $ 11 million in stolen merchandise.

Chesa Boudin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Not just people taking a couple or three, I mean just actual thefts of those products.

Andrew Cuomo

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Bail reform is not the only problem here. The double-digit increases in shootings, robberies, burglaryand thefts arent the product of any single law or policy, they are all the result of failed leadership and a political culture that denigrates and devalues the work police officers do.

President Patrick Lynch

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Even without the two biggest thefts and scams, we are still witnessing many multi-million dollar crimes, there is a relatively consistent increase in criminal activity year over year and we don't expect that to change overnight.

Dave Jevans

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Today's attackers are patient and willing to spend more time waiting for a payout, not only have we seen more and more $100 million thefts and scams, those responsible are acting carefully, only cashing out small amounts to stay under the radar.

Dave Jevans

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have a team in London that scout the dark web for any use of cryptocurrency. They began doing this for XRP as well, the type of activities they found were primarily scams, like Ponzi scams, thefts. A smaller category is the sale of credit card details.

Tom Robinson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Companies should see that Chinese officials are seeking to acquire their intellectual property, not only through hacking, but also through the recruitment of insiders, companies should also see that working together with federal law enforcement authorities, as in this case, those attempted thefts can be thwarted and foreign actors can be brought to trial for their actions.

Ben Glassman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As CEO, these thefts occurred during my tenure, and I want to sincerely apologize to each and every one of our users, unfortunately, while all our measures helped Yahoo successfully defend against the barrage of attacks by both private and state-sponsored hackers, Russian agents intruded on our systems and stole our users’ data.

Marissa Mayer

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We take these thefts very seriously. It is important for us to work with the firearms industry to make sure that they do properly secure their weapons. This particular federal firearms licensee had a very significant security system in place.

The ATF

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

To me, the most important part is that they are following through on the FESAP recommendations of greater transparency. Also good to know there were no losses or thefts of select agents this year.

Scott Becker

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Curtsinger was involved in numerous thefts of Pappy Van Winkle, as well as Eagle Rare bourbon, both in bottles and barrels.

Pat Melton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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