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More Bait Car Cases Dismissed in San Francisco Court

Gotcha. Or actually, not really. ​A year after truTV's Bait Car rolled into town to catch San Franciscans on camera "stealing" vehicles, more than half of the resulting criminal cases have been dismissed, the public defender's office says. We wrote a cover story on the police department's money-ma ... More >>

Jewel Thieves, Accused of 'Brazen' S.F. Burglary, Nabbed ... in Nebraska

We're not in Kansas anymore​Cops finally caught up with some local jewelry thieves as they cruised along Interstate 80 -- in the middle of Nebraska. The tale begins on the 300 block of 29th Avenue -- a quiet residential block near upscale Sea Cliff. Jewel thieves plotted what police are calling a ... More >>

'Bait Car' Conversations With Cops Likely To Be Revealed, Could Help Alleged Car Thieves

As they say, the devil is in the details.​The nitty-gritty details of the behind-the-scenes discussions between San Francisco police and truTV's "Bait Car" reality TV show will likely be revealed in court -- soon. On Thursday, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Andrew Cheng said he was granting a ... More >>

SF Woman Confronts Thief Driving Her Stolen Car

It's much easier than it seems​Some car thieves steal vehicles for money, others take them so they can run their own errands. Earlier this week, a woman was driving along California and Spruce Streets in the Laurel Heights neighborhood when she recognized a stranger driving her gray Subaru Outback ... More >>

Charges Dropped For Transgender Woman Arrested Outside Diva's On 'Bait Car'

Just kidding, this woman isn't a car thief after all. ​The transgender woman who was the first person arrested for stealing a car as part of the San Francisco Bait Car reality TV show isn't a thief after all. Prosecutors dropped the car theft charges against Joseph Bullard on Friday after intervie ... More >>

Bait Car Pays SFPD to Entice Drivers to Steal Cars

Just kidding, this woman isn't a car thief after all. ​The transgender woman who was the first person arrested for stealing a car as part of the San Francisco Bait Car reality TV show isn't a thief after all. Prosecutors dropped the car theft charges against Joseph Bullard on Friday after intervie ... More >>

Here Is the Reality: Media Experts Say 'Bait Car' TV Show Is Not Real Journalism

The Reality of Reality TV​On truTV's 'Bait Car' Monday night, the San Francisco police busted alleged car thieves on camera: a 15-year-old kid who had never driven before, a homeless man who rifled around for loose change in the glove department, and a man who told the cops that he was already on ... More >>

Cash Register Thefts: Foolish Criminals Plague San Francisco

Criminals' rule of thumb: Take the cash. Leave the register. ​Following a cash register theft on the 100 block of Chenery over the weekend and one at 301 Rolph in mid-October, yesterday's cash register heist in the 4700 block of Mission marks a trend. A stupid trend. Captain Louis Cassanego of the ... More >>

'Bait Car' comes to San Francisco

Criminals' rule of thumb: Take the cash. Leave the register. ​Following a cash register theft on the 100 block of Chenery over the weekend and one at 301 Rolph in mid-October, yesterday's cash register heist in the 4700 block of Mission marks a trend. A stupid trend. Captain Louis Cassanego of the ... More >>

Statewide, Crime Is Down, Down, Down. Locally? *Mostly* Down.

'Cut it out!' 'Okay.' ​According to a preliminary Attorney General's report on crime from January to June of last year, things are on the up and up. Well, make that the down and down. On the statewide level, the number of reported crimes declined in every category from the 2008 totals. Read the fo ... More >>

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'Cut it out!' 'Okay.' ​According to a preliminary Attorney General's report on crime from January to June of last year, things are on the up and up. Well, make that the down and down. On the statewide level, the number of reported crimes declined in every category from the 2008 totals. Read the fo ... More >>

Heist a Crow

'Cut it out!' 'Okay.' ​According to a preliminary Attorney General's report on crime from January to June of last year, things are on the up and up. Well, make that the down and down. On the statewide level, the number of reported crimes declined in every category from the 2008 totals. Read the fo ... More >>

Oh, the Humanity of a Heist

Joseph Gordon-Levitt awes again in this character-driven theft thriller

A Gem of a Caper

Bags of jewels stolen. Two brothers in custody. The store owner implicated. Who done it?

It's a Crime

Spike Lee's Inside Man plots the heist of your moviegoing dollars

Keira Get Your Gun

Domino chronicles the life of a model turned bounty hunter

Faker's Dozen

A rare superior sequel, Ocean's Twelve entertains with cinematic sleight of hand

Redemption Thong

Salma's shorts get top billing in an otherwise unwatchable caper

Dammit, Mamet!

Based on Spartan, the master of macho dialogue has lost his touch

Fatale Detraction

Beyond cheap turn-ons, there's nothing to recommend Brian De Palma's latest

The Perfect Crime

For 20 years, South American thieves have been stealing millions of dollars in gems and jewelry from traveling salespeople in San Francisco. And no one -- not the cops, jewelers, or insurance companies -- has the slightest idea how to stop them.

Thick as Thieves

Rififi isn't monumental -- it's just manly good fun

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Rififi isn't monumental -- it's just manly good fun