“Even before someone carefully removed a windowpane from a secluded Buckhead home here one rainy June night and slipped away with a 1734 silver mug that had belonged to George II, it was clear to detectives that a meticulous thief with a singular obsession was stealing the great silver pieces of the Old South. For months, exquisite sterling silver collections had been disappearing, taken in the dead of night from historic homes in Charleston and Belle Meade, Tenn. The police did not at first connect the thefts, some of which initially went unnoticed even by the owners. But as the burglaries piled up, a retired New Jersey detective watching reports on the Internet recognized a familiar pattern.”
Related posts:
China’s manufacturing slumps in August
Michigan’s 4.375% Yield on School Notes Shows Detroit Stigma
Vietnam's stock market making a comeback
McCain says he feels ‘lonely’ on Syria stance
Red-light cameras under scrutiny in state legislatures
Court orders UK to hold inquiries into illegal civilian deaths during Iraq War
Hollywood filmmakers engage in ‘artistic surrender’ to keep markets in China open
I Bought Everything on My Christmas List with Bitcoin
Thousands march through Moscow against Putin
Executions in US drop close to 20-year low in 2013
3,600 new laws in three years as EU strangles UK firms [2013]
Judge fires 34-year court employee for providing document that helped free innocent man
Truck owner wants DEA to pay up after botched sting
French officials furious at Economist "time-bomb" taunt
Swiss banks face massive fines over Americans’ untaxed bank accounts