Don't Advertise Your Holiday Haul at the Curb (2012)
Updated advice from former Baltimore County police Capt. Marty Lurz.
You may have done your Christmas shopping at Kohl's or Best Buy, but criminals prefer getting gift ideas from the streets, according to police. In what has become annually one of the most re-read commentaries on Patch, former Cockeysville Police Precinct Capt. Marty Lurz has one simple message for anyone who Santa favored this year: Don't advertise what you got for Christmas when taking out the trash. In a nutshell, you should discreetly dispose of that 50-inch flatscreen box, rather than just leaving the cardboard at the curb. Speaking of trash collection, click here. In Capt. Lurz's words: ... If you're a member of this communication tree, be it for either a long time or a very short time, you should be familiar with our efforts to "…
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amark
9:41 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
I don't. I just put it at the curb in front of my neighbor's house. more ›