#anonymous-tips tag

Brooklyn Cyclist Pushed Off Bike; NYPD Seeks Suspect

A 67-year-old cyclist was pushed off his bicycle in Brooklyn, and an unidentified suspect remains at large as Crime Stoppers seeks tips for an arrest.

Privacy professionals

fromTechRepublic

1 month ago

Millions of Anonymous Student and Crime Tips Exposed in Major Data Breach

Sensitive data from a crime tip platform was exposed, raising concerns about the safety and privacy of users relying on such systems.

US news

fromLos Angeles Times

2 months ago

Savannah Guthrie renews plea for her mother Nancy's return as search for clues continues

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was kidnapped from her Tucson home on February 1; her daughter Savannah is offering $1 million for her safe return despite over 1,500 FBI tips and no DNA matches with known criminals.

fromHoodline

2 months ago

Crown Heights Slashing: NYPD Seeks Tips, $3,500 Reward

NYPD Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help after a 37-year-old man was slashed inside a Crown Heights apartment building earlier this year. Police say the attack happened inside 401 Schenectady Avenue on Jan. 16 at about 10:25 p.m., leaving the victim with a hand wound and an attacker who is still unidentified. The department put out a wanted alert on X on Feb. 22, offering up to $3,500 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment.

New York City

Law

fromwww.amny.com

5 months ago

NYC Civil rights attorneys troubled by appeals court ruling lowering bar for police stops based on anonymous phone tips | amNewYork

A 5-2 Court of Appeals decision allows anonymous phone tips claiming personal knowledge of a crime to justify police car stops under a totality-of-circumstances standard.

US politics

fromStreetsblog

7 months ago

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train - Streetsblog USA

ProPublica launched a Washington Metro ad campaign urging federal workers to send anonymous Signal tips to surface restricted or obscured government stories.