(Via Fark) WTOP (Washington, DC) stuns with Putting Boxes Curbside an Invitation for Holiday Theft:
When new big screen TV owners or new computer owners put boxes curbside, it may be an advertisement for holiday thieves.The poster on Fark suggested that it was just easier to put the boxes in front of your neighbor's house.
Most of us just take the boxes to the curb and leave them for trash pickup day. But while those boxes sit on the street, they're giving potential crooks a clue at what's inside your home.
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So rather than leave the Play Station box in plain view, police suggest you break down the boxes, put them in garbage bags, then put the bags inside trash cans.
