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Summer in the City: A Recipe for a Rise in Home Invasions
Posted August 9th, 2009 by Chad
Ingredients: Mix together some heat, a dash of school vacation, an empty apartment and a pinch of overly revealing status updates on social media sites (“@all I’m on vacation! Yay 2 weeks off!”) and we’re all served up a rise in home invasions.
It’s food for thought: according to FBI crime statistics, more crimes are reported in July and August—the hottest months of the year.
Now the issue is more relevant than ever, as the newly minted social-media world is making it very easy for crooks to target empty homes.
