The Twin Cities home where Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday was broken into overnight Wednesday, police say. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “political assassination.” Brooklyn…
Hong Kong police have arrested a domestic helper for allegedly stealing more than HK$203,000 (US$26,025) in cash from her employer’s flat in Happy Valley. The woman was detained on Sunday night, hours after her 63-year-old employer reported the theft at upmarket development The Leighton Hill. The helper, 43, was accused of stealing HK$200,000 in Hong…
About 300 staff members working in an office of the AXA multinational insurance company in Hong Kong have lost as much as HK$150,000 (US$19,290) in a burglary. An employee discovered that money previously stored in a drawer at the AXA customer service centre on the 20th floor of Tower 2 of Times Square in Causeway…
Hong Kong police have arrested four mainland Chinese linked to a burglary gang from Guangxi autonomous region on suspicion of stealing jewellery and cash worth HK$375,000 (US$48,200) from luxury residences between January and April. Lam King-nin, a senior inspector from the Western district crime squad, said on Friday the suspects, who entered the city illegally…
Luxury goods retailer Ginza Xiaoma has shared more details about the 66 Hermes handbags taken during a burglary at its Hong Kong store, with most of the stolen goods coming from the highly popular Kelly and Birkin lines. The company also reiterated on Wednesday night that it had fully compensated clients who had entrusted their…
Police are investigating a burglary minutes from Prince William and Princess Kate’s house and within the Windsor Castle estate. A pick-up truck and a quad bike were taken in the night time raid through the closest exit to William and Kate’s Adelaide Cottage. The Sun, which broke the story, reported the couple and their three…
Hong Kong police have launched a citywide search for a burglar who took advantage of deserted streets during Tropical Storm Toraji, when the No 8 typhoon warning signal was issued in the city, to break into a kindergarten and steal more than HK$6,600 (US$850) in cash. A source familiar with the case said surveillance cameras…
Burglary cases in Hong Kong have begun to decline following targeted air and ground operations over the summer, with associated losses in the first nine months of this year down 48 per cent year on year, the police chief has said. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee on Saturday also reiterated the need to engage…
Former Hong Kong police chief Andy Tsang Wai-hung’s home has been burgled, the Post has learned. The extent of the potential losses remained unclear as of Monday night. Police vehicles were spotted at Hong Lok Yuen, a residential estate in Tai Po where Tsang was believed to live. Investigators reportedly asked his neighbours for security…