City Hall & City Facilities Closed - Memorial Day
Friday May 25 | via City of San Carlos
San Carlos City Hall and City Facilities will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2012 in recognition of the Memorial Day holiday. Comment?
Cops: Tech Exec Built Stolen 'Legoland' in $2M Home
Friday May 25 | via Wired
On the surface, Thomas Langenbach had it all. A $2 million home with a killer view high up in the hills of San Carlos, California; a wife; two children; a nanny; and a prestigious job at technology giant SAP. Comment?
City Hall & City Facilities Closed - Memorial Day
Friday May 25 | via City of San Carlos
Brian Moura Assistant City Manager 600 Elm Street San Carlos, CA 94070 Phone: 802-4210 Fax: 595-6710 San Carlos City Hall and City Facilities will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2012 in recognition of the Memorial Day holiday. Comment?
Building owner interrupts burglary in unincorporated...
Thursday May 24 | via Marin Independent Journal
Deputies responded to 2907 El Camino Real in unincorporated San Mateo County at about 10:38 a.m., the sheriff's office said in a statement. Comment?
Second Lego bar-code switch scam
Thursday May 24 | via SFGate
A San Francisco man has been charged with stealing pricey "Star Wars" Lego sets from Target stores on the Peninsula by replacing the bar codes on the boxes with ones that gave him steep discounts, San Mateo County prosecutors said Thursday. Comment?
Cops: Alleged Lego Scammer Sold 2,100 Boxes Through ...
Thursday May 24 | via KSFO AM 560
The California software exec arrested for allegedly switching bar codes on high priced Lego sets resold them online through "TomsBrickyard," a site so popular with Lego buyers that they rated his service "excellent." Thomas Langenbach, who was the vice president of SAP Labs Integration and Certification Center in Palo Alto, was arrested on May 8 ... (more) Comment?
Alleged Lego Scammer Sold 2,100 Boxes Through...
Thursday May 24 | via ABC News
Silicon Valley executive Thomas Lagenbach, inset, has been accused of changing the barcodes on Legos to avoid paying full price. Comment?
Thursday May 24 | via San Mateo Daily Journal
Prosecutors have charged a San Francisco man in a string of Lego scams in which he allegedly swapped the actual bar code on a $139.99 Millenium Falcon set for a lower price sticker and made a profit by selling the building kits on eBay. Comment?
UPS driver accused of spying on bathing woman in San...
Wednesday May 23 | via KFMB-am
San Diego, California Talk Radio Station - 760 KFMB AM - 760kfmbUPS driver accused of spying on bathing woman in San Carlos SAN DIEGO - A UPS deliveryman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sneaking into a customer's San Carlos home after dropping off a package and spying on her as she took a bath, authorities reported. Comment?
DA: Lego barcode switch scam hits the Peninsula
Wednesday May 23 | via Santa Cruz Sentinel
Prosecutors announced Wednesday that a San Francisco man was charged with changing bar codes on pricey Star Wars Lego kits in order to buy them at a fraction of their true cost at Peninsula Target stores. Comment?
Silicon Valley Executive in LEGO Bar Code Scam
Wednesday May 23 | via The Epoch Times
An executive at a Silicon Valley software firm was charged with four felony counts of burglary for making his own bar-code stickers to steal boxes of LEGO at Target stores, according to reports. Comment?
Second Lego Scam, This Time on Peninsula
Wednesday May 23 | via NBC Bay Area
A man charged with switching barcodes and stealing Legos from Target didn't appear in a Redwood City courtroom Wednesday, two days after a San Carlos engineer was charged with a similar crime. Comment?
Stealing a Fortune One Lego Brick At a Time
Wednesday May 23 | via HolyCoast.com
A top Silicon Valley executive used high-tech trickery to pull off low-tech fraud -- printing his own bar codes to buy Legos at big discounts, then selling them on eBay, according to police. Comment?
Software Exec Charged in Lego Barcode Scam
Wednesday May 23 | via KSFO AM 560
A Silicon Valley executive has been charged with four felony counts of second degree burglary after allegedly creating his own barcodes and placing them on Lego toys at Target stores to get major discounts. Comment?
DA: Motive in Silicon Valley Lego barcode scheme may...
Wednesday May 23 | via Inside Bay Area
Following the arraignment of a top Silicon Valley executive on four felony counts of burglary for swapping barcodes on a treasure trove of Lego toys, there was no shortage of theories Tuesday about what would turn a highly-paid tech titan into a sophisticated serial sticker stealer. Comment?
Tuesday May 22 | via Inside Bay Area
Following the arraignment of a top Silicon Valley executive on four felony counts of burglary for swapping barcodes on a treasure trove of Lego toys, there was no shortage of theories Tuesday about what would turn a highly-paid tech titan into a sophisticated serial sticker stealer. Comment?
Silicon Valley executive nabbed over bizarre Lego sc...
Tuesday May 22 | via MyFoxAtlanta
Authorities were puzzling Tuesday over a bizarre case in which a high-flying Silicon Valley executive allegedly put fake bar codes on Lego sets, bought the toys at discounted prices and resold them online. Comment?
Silicon Valley executive accused of stealing Legos f...
Tuesday May 22 | via Los Angeles Times
Silicon Valley executive Thomas Langenbach, 47, was charged this week with four counts of second degree burglary after he allegedly put fake bar codes on Lego sets in Target stores so that they rung up at a deeply discounted price at the register. Comment?
Click It or Ticket Police Enforcement
Tuesday May 22 | via City of San Carlos
Brian Moura Assistant City Manager 600 Elm Street San Carlos, CA 94070 Phone: 802-4210 Fax: 595-6710 San Carlos Police will be participating in the 2012 National Click it or Ticket Campaign that runs from May 21 to June 3. During that time, all patrol units will devote additional attention and resources to enforcing seat belt and car seat ... (more) Comment?
Police Blotter, May 21-22: Live Snake Removed from R...
Monday May 21 | via Patch.com
Monday, May 21, 2012 9:29 a.m. - ID Theft - Occurred on Sail Fish Isle, Fcy. Front counter RP discovered unknown opened a cable account in his name in another state. Comment?