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Dec 27, 2009 5:01 PM CST

Cops Quiz Ex in Jon Gosselin Break-In

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin's former girlfriend has been questioned by police investigating a break-in at the former reality TV star's Manhattan apartment. Hailey Glassman was interviewed with her lawyer present after Gosselin reported that his home, which he used to share with Glassman, had been ransacked, Radar reports. An NYPD rep said:...

Burglar Knifes
Jon Gosselin's
NYC Apartment

LOST HIS MING VASE

Dec 27, 2009 12:00 PM CST

Burglar Knifes Jon Gosselin's NYC Apartment

Perp sliced and diced all Jon's stuff, left love note

(Newser) - In the ever-more-tragic saga that is Jon Gosselin's trainwreck of a life, some "sick perpetrator" wielding a "butcher knife" sliced and diced his Manhattan bachelor pad. The slash-happy burglar carved his "shoes, shirts, luggage, bed, curtain, rugs, and other furnishings" to shreds, made off with his TV,...

Thieves Loot Lohan's Home

Aug 23, 2009 5:12 PM CDT

Thieves Loot Lohan's Home

(Newser) - Three men were caught on tape breaking into Lindsay Lohan’s Hollywood Hills house this morning, TMZ reports. The actress discovered the burglary when she came home at 3am, then called her father. "The safe was ripped out of the wall, and the door was off the hinges and...

Watergate 'Plumber'
Barker Dead at 92

OBITUARY

Jun 6, 2009 2:00 PM CDT

Watergate 'Plumber' Barker Dead at 92

(Newser) - Talk about an eventful life. Bernard Barker, one of the Watergate burglars as well as one of the leaders of the Bay of Pigs invasion, is dead at age 92, the Miami Herald reports. Barker worked for the CIA as a protege of Howard Hunt, flew bombers in WWII, served...

Cheap 'Bump Keys'
Ease Break-Ins

May 24, 2008 5:26 PM CDT

Cheap 'Bump Keys' Ease Break-Ins

With bump of a hammer, tool opens most doors

(Newser) - A special key now widely available online can make it simple to break into homes, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The $3 “bump key”—a longtime tool of locksmiths—can open most locks with the aid of a bump from a hammer. “A motivated individual with some...