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He told police Felice had been recently talking about doing "house licks" - a street term for home-invasion robberies - because Felice wanted to return to New York but didn't have money, charging papers say.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Had another gang of home-invasion thieves moved into the co-op?
Getting It Wrong vic fortezza 2011
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In January, police shot and killed three men: a man mistaken for a home-invasion robber, a masked carjacking suspect who fired at an officer after crashing a stolen minivan, and earlier this week, a 17-year-old who allegedly was beating an off-duty detective with a wooden cane in an attempted mugging.
Police Officer Is Wounded In Shooting Sean Gardiner 2012
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He was killed after interrupting a home-invasion robbery of a suspected marijuana dealer in his Cypress Hills apartment.
Police Officer Is Wounded In Shooting Sean Gardiner 2012
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Officer Peter Figoski, a 22-year veteran, was providing backup at the scene of a Brooklyn home-invasion robbery on Dec. 12 when he was shot and killed.
Drug Suspect Is Killed In Bronx Sean Gardiner 2012
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The incidents include a man holding a gun who was mistaken for an armed home-invasion robbery suspect, an off-duty officer returning fire on a masked man with a gun who had just crashed a stolen car, and a different off-duty officer who was beaten with a cane as he was being robbed by a teenager.
Police Probed In Shooting Death of Teen Sean Gardiner 2012
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Trespass Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman in a home-invasion thriller.
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If Hollywood had made this home-invasion thriller, Liam Neeson would likely come crashing through a ceiling light midway through the third act and reduce the bad guys to Jell-O.
BAM Gives a Megaphone to Cinema's Quieter Voices Steve Dollar 2011
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A decorated New York City police officer who chose to spend his entire 22-year career in the precinct with the city's highest crime rate was shot and killed by a gunman fleeing a home-invasion robbery in Brooklyn early Monday, police said.
Officer Killed in Brooklyn Robbery Sean Gardiner 2011
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Lamont Pride , 27 years old, told the officers who were driving him to Brooklyn Criminal Court on Dec. 13 that he was "sorry" for killing Officer Peter Figoski , a 22-year veteran who was providing back-up at the scene of a Brooklyn home-invasion robbery.
Accused Killer Said 'Sorry' After Arrest Pervaiz Shallwani 2012
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