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Man arrested for selling $50 3D-printed machine gun conversion kits to undercover cops — ‘Glock switches’ turn pistols into fully-automatic weapons (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: glock switches, atf, 3d-printed firearms

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SpaceX Manager Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing a Tesla Contractor Over Karaoke Performance (futurism.com)

2026-09-17 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: spacex, tesla, kyle gonzalez

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Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun — Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-13 | by Mark Tyson | tags: waymo, robotaxi, san francisco police

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Belgian-Chinese semiconductor researcher arrested over alleged GaN trade-secret theft — prosecutors suspect BelGaN insiders transferred chip IP to China before the company collapsed (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Etiido Uko | get Anker Nano 65W GaN charger → | tags: belgan, gallium nitride, gankool

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Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Flaming Projectile at Flock Cameras, Melting Them Into Slag (futurism.com)

2026-09-07 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock, automatic license plate readers, deflock

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Man Arrested After Showing Up at Police Station With a Truck Full of Flock Cameras (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-04 | tags: police station, flock cameras, livestreaming

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Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested (wired.com)

2026-09-03 | by Brian Barrett | tags: kalshi, polymarket, uncanny valley

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Arrested for a Late Manuscript: Seicho Matsumoto's 'Tokyo Express' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-03 | by Joel J Miller | get Tokyo Express Seicho Matsumoto → | tags: seicho matsumoto, tokyo express, kyushu

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Two Alleged ‘TeamPCP’ Hackers Arrested in Australia (krebsonsecurity.com)

2026-08-27 | tags: teampcp, cybercrime, open-source software

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Teacher Arrested for Clapping Against Data Centers Gets All Charges Dropped (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | tags: teacher, data centers, arrest

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Mayor Livid When Even More Police Are Arrested for Using Flock Database Inappropriately (futurism.com)

2026-08-26 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock, license plate readers, savannah

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The Owner of the 49ers Was Arrested in Ohio For ‘Possessing Criminal Tools’ — Here’s What We Know (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | by Jon Small | tags: 49ers, john york, ohio

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Four former police employees arrested over alleged misuse of Flock license plate cameras (techspot.com)

2026-08-24 | by Rob Thubron | tags: flock safety, license plate reader, savannah police

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Hackers arrested over €30M bank fraud exploiting service provider flaw (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-14 | tags: commerzbank, bka, software vulnerability

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Protesters Arrested After Storming OpenAI Lobbying Office (futurism.com)

2026-08-11 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: openai, chatgpt, gallup building

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Over 70% of Americans oppose AI data centers; US protests intensify as more arrests are being made — almost 40 arrested this year in backlash to AI factory buildout (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-10 | by Jon Martindale | tags: ai data centers, nashville zoo, freddie o'connell

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More Police Officers Fired, Investigated, or Arrested for Misusing Flock Camera Systems (slashdot.org)

2026-08-08 | by Posted | tags: department, flock, investigation

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At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking 'petty rules' — most taken into custody acted peacefully (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: data centers, oklahoma, kansas

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The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data centers, protests, tech companies

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61-Year-Old Japanese Man Arrested After Decade of Rocking Too Hard (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: japanese man, rock music, police arrest

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Teacher arrested for clapping in support of opposition at an AI data center meeting — gigawatt-scale project gets approved anyway despite community resistance (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai data center, emporia kansas, lux claridge

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Teacher arrested for clapping in support of speaker opposing data center (techspot.com)

2026-07-28 | by Rob Thubron | tags: data center, flint hills digital campus, lyon county

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Someone Was Arrested at a Public Meeting For the Crime of Anti-Data Center Clapping (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: lux claridge, data center, public meeting

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High School Teacher Arrested for Clapping in Support of Anti-Data Center Activists (futurism.com)

2026-07-27 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data center, emporia city commission, lyon county

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Florida man arrested after allegedly stealing $220,000 in crypto using malware hidden in Steam Games — 8,000 devices infected (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Luke James | tags: steam games, valve, bitcoin

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Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in crypto using Steam game malware (theverge.com)

2026-07-17 | by Emma Roth | tags: steam, valve, crypto

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People Keep Sneaking Into an Empty IBM Campus - and Then Getting Arrested (slashdot.org)

2026-07-11 | by Posted | tags: capacity, capacity rest, human

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Spain arrests suspected member of pro-Russian hacktivist groups (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-07 | get Cybersecurity Defense Kit → | tags: announcement, arrested, carr

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Windows 11 identifier code used to track Scattered Spider perp after Microsoft shared info with FBI — 19-year-old US-Estonian hacker arrested over alleged ties to infamous extortion group (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Hassam Nasir | get Microsoft Windows 11 Digital License → | tags: device, gdid, hardware

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Danish Privacy Activist Arrested for Posting Prime Minister’s Phone Number (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-22 | get Privacy Protection Smartphone Case → | tags: danish privacy, prime minister, police