Over the last couple of decades, the GPS ankle bracelet has quietly become a common technology that most U.S. citizens accept as a part of "house arrest" legal judgments. But would we be so accepting ...

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DEL MAR, Calif. (CBS 8) - The murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King, allegedly by a registered sex offender, has generated calls for tougher laws dealing with convicted criminals. One change being ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A week after a judge removed an ankle bracelet from a man accused of assaulting his girlfriend, Rochester police say the man killed his girlfriend. The story by News10NBC Chief ...

To keep tabs on gangs in Multnomah County, Ore., the Department of Community Justice is moving beyond basic ankle bracelets to devices that can pinpoint exact locations in real time. The county Board ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Defendants in Springfield District Court have been accused of stealing hundreds of items recently, from a lawn mower, a set of bongo drums and sex toys to $5,000 in cash and 32 packages ...

DOZENS of accused and convicted criminals have removed their GPS tracking bracelets, with the SA Corrections Department revealing the devices can be cut off with standard scissors. A department ...

Anyone concerned about their family members location and security may be interested in a range of smart jewelry created by the designers at CARRAT. The minimalist GPS tracking bracelet and emergency ...

BOSTON - Patrick Mendoza, a controversial Boston restaurant owner, has been arrested again, this time for allegedly trying to cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet. Mendoza, 55, is a co-owner of ...

This is thanks to a partnership promised by Sheriff Mike Chitwood following the recent drowning deaths of children in the community. The bracelets were donated to the families by a company called ...

RUSKIN, Fla. — When a 9-year-old boy with autism went missing this weekend in Ruskin, one lifesaving tool helped Hillsborough County deputies find him within minutes. The child’s mother, Erica Rodgers ...

California sex offenders who serve their time are released on parole and only those considered high risk are given a GPS tracker. Now we know that thousands simply take them off. The jump in the ...