Were most often looking for cash. Thats changed and now they dont even have to break in pkg nat locked doornat open doornat locked doornat open door in this parking lot we found about three out of every ten cars werent even locked. Cedar Rapids Police say in nearly half of all home burglaries crooks just walked in. Greg 5 22 35 weve seen almost a doubling of the counterfeit and forgery cases. Greg beulow its all connected in addition to jewelry and electronics thieves are now looking for check books. Greg beulow crpd spokesman 5 23 39 then taking those checks, forging them, writing names, writing amounts and having them able to steal cash so really its almost like a double whammy. Police also warn not to put checks in outgoing mail those red flags tell thieves they can grab and copy them. Elaina 5 42 09 we encourage our customers to use quality special safety paper. At fairfax state savings [no audio] used or copied. She says its also good protection to have a bank that knows you. Elai
Cedar Rapids Police say half of targeted homes and cars arent even locked. In addition to that, police saieves arent just looking for cash and electronics anymore. The cases of counterfeit and forged checks have doubled in the last year. Investigators say some checks are washed or erased and then copied or forged for huge amounts. Banks encourage customers to use checks with high quality paper and even ink thats hard to erase. They say also helps to have a bank that knows you. Were always looking for anything that might be out of the norm for ou say theres a big gap in checking sequence for example or a large amount thats been written on an account that our customer typically wouldnt do. Thats a red flag for us and we want to investigate that and take extra precautions. Police are also warning its not a good idea to mail checks from an unlocked mailbox. They say the red flag telling the letter carrier theres mail to take, can also tip off thieves who steal and duplicate the checks. Pol
Morning. It taste just like starbucks. Youre going to watt want starbucks or some coffee peerk we or 30 right now in cedar rapids the Doppler Radar is quiet and clear. Not much going on yet we do look for moisture as we head through the later afternoon and evening. It is pretty quiet and a little breezy, 34 with cloudy skies. 35 waterloo depute dubuque, we will be windy today. Cloudy skies on the satellite and a little moisture west of i 35. Here is your planet. As you see it we have a cloudy start to the day. A little rain and snow on into the evening. Good news is there is not much in the way for acumen kate does 6 a one is the type. Lets look at the drive in the morning commute. Lets look at the roadways. I 380 at 42nd street for the most part congestions are starting. With the usual hustle and bustle. It begins on an early wednesday morning. Not much on the way of payment right now. The map looks pretty good. As you can see all the way from laporte city to korbel and iowa city we h
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