Coronavirus masks a boon for crooks who hide their faces

Malaysia News News

Coronavirus masks a boon for crooks who hide their faces
Malaysia Latest News,Malaysia Headlines
  • 📰 AP
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 16 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 51%

There's a troubling new reality for law enforcement in the age of the coronavirus. Masks are allowing robbers to blend in like concerned accountants, nurses and store clerks. People in masks and latex gloves are finding their way into more crime reports.

and then as a requirement imposed by governmental agencies and businesses. And people with masks — as well as latex gloves — have found their way into more and more crime reports.

These days, they can keep the masks on and blend in easily with or without being “captured” in images. It’s less likely now that other shoppers would “stare at them, just making mental notes of what they look like,” Nuñez said. “If they look like everybody else walking in, they may not do that at all.”

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

AP /  🏆 728. in US

Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Behind the story: How we reported from a COVID-19 unitBehind the story: How we reported from a COVID-19 unitFace shields, double masks, gloves and shoe covers: How we covered patients infected with the coronavirus.
Read more »

Ivanka Trump Says She 'Always' Wears a Mask Around Her Dad & Others Are Told to Do So, TooIvanka Trump Says She 'Always' Wears a Mask Around Her Dad & Others Are Told to Do So, TooIvanka Trump says she 'always' wears a face mask around Donald Trump and that others in close contact with the president during the novel coronavirus pandemic are instructed to do so
Read more »

Essential Politics: Can't mask partisanshipEssential Politics: Can't mask partisanshipDemocrats wonder how Trump can hang on amid more than 86,000 deaths and a collapsing economy. Look no farther than the mask on your face — or not.
Read more »

Crowds pack Wisconsin bars hours after court stops coronavirus stay-at-home orderCrowds pack Wisconsin bars hours after court stops coronavirus stay-at-home orderHours after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state&39;s stay-at-home order, bars were packed with crowds forgoing masks and social distancing recommendations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more »



Render Time: 2025-04-03 13:21:42