Binary bandit? Someone stealing of ones, zeros from homes

Monday, September 19, 2016

PHILADELPHIA -- Police are addressing an unusual crime spree: someone stealing ones and zeroes from addresses on people's homes. Meghan Haley said she noticed a zero missing and saw a woman stealing it on her surveillance video. Another woman heard a power drill and saw a man steal a number from her neighbor's home. Scott Fisher had a zero stolen. He said he doesn't know whether "someone is trying to send a message or someone just has an obsession with zeroes and ones."

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