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 ...

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 ...

Police in Wisconsin are searching for a 22-year-old woman convicted in the 2014 “Slender Man” stabbing after she cut off her ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...