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Body awareness training.(body wise)
Myth: Pickpockets are petty, unskilled criminals.
Fact: They're master snatchers who can nab your wallet in about four seconds, according to Cedric Mitchell Sr., a Washington, D.C., metro transit detective. And many make a nice living doing so. "I know of one who put three kids through college with the money he stole," Mitchell says. But that cash doesn't have to come out of your pocket. We asked Mitchell for the best ways to make yourself an unlikely target.
* Bag Move
Hold your handbag as close to your body as possible, and keep at least one hand resting on top of it (consider a purse with a short strap, so it tucks neatly under your arm). Or choose a deep bag with a secure clasp or zipper, and make sure you close it all the way every time; also carry it in front of your body, not draped over one shoulder and falling by your hip. Keep cash and cards at the bottom of your purse, because "a pickpocket wants to be able to grab your wallet using two fingers," Mitchell says. That may seem like an obvious precaution, but according to a 2003 FBI bulletin, most pickpocket victims (the majority of whom were female) in railroad stations had their wallets exposed ...
- Parren Mitchell loses privacy suit against The Sun.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) March 25, 2004 700+ words
...purportedly amassed after his nephew, Michael B. Mitchell Sr., took control of his finances several years...family and friends, among whom were Michael Mitchell Sr., Clarence M. Mitchell III and his wife, Joyce Mitchell, and their...
- Mitchell, father renew their feud: Campaign told to leave office in rent...
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) September 5, 2007 700+ words
...campaign spending, Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr. ordered his son's mayoral campaign...building, charging that the younger Mitchell owes him $13,500 in back rent...and mayoral candidate Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. responded that Dr. Mitchell...
- Mitchell's father defends spending: Legal team says he appropriately used...
- News wire article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) August 7, 2007 700+ words
...mayoral candidacy, Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr. said through attorneys yesterday...attorneys who sat alongside the elder Mitchell at a news conference yesterday also...division of campaign finance. Mitchell, a well-known doctor of internal...
- LSU: Mitchell needs just 2 3-pointers to set the all-time LSU record.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire February 15, 2006 700+ words
...my name will be there, and they'll see the all-time 3-point leader." Both Mitchell and LSU coach John Brady said Mitchell's father, Darrel Mitchell, Sr., is the main reason he is such a good shooter. "He would get on me all the time...
- Mitchell wears his campaign boots.
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) September 7, 2007 700+ words
...city whole." Baltimore native Mitchell was born and raised in Baltimore...of Nannette and Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr., a social worker and physician...to politics from the beginning. Mitchell's grandfather is Clarence M...
- Dixon challenged on contributions: Mitchell urges mayor to decline funds from...
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) August 24, 2007 700+ words
...McKenna, Dixon's campaign manager, said Mitchell's announcement was an attempt to gain...McKenna also took a shot at a recent Mitchell campaign spending controversy. Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr. resigned as his son's campaign treasurer...
- Spending shifts focus of Mitchell campaign: Councilman says he disagreed with...
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) August 4, 2007 700+ words
...expenditure of funds related to the campaign." Mitchell's father, Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr., 65, resigned Thursday from his son's...errant spending. The campaign said the elder Mitchell -- who has not returned phone calls seeking...
- A day at Camp Mitchell: Camp Mitchell Day kicks off a fundraising effort to...
- Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA) September 23, 2006 700+ words
...remains. But members of the Camp Mitchell Foundation hope to return the camp...glory, starting with today's Camp Mitchell Day. The organization hopes the...of the camp isn't what Walton Mitchell Sr. envisioned when he deeded 10 acres...
- Incumbent's words about taxes prove memorable: Dawson challenges Mitchell in...
- News wire article from: Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC ) April 26, 2006 700+ words
...commitment. She will have to overcome Mitchell's powerful name recognition in...and gang-related activity, and Mitchell pays attention. He had never heard...District 2," Pruitt said. Norman A. Mitchell Sr. Age: 58. Family: Wife, Delmarcia...
- Dixon rakes in funds: Mayor's $1.2 million nearly double Mitchell's.
- News wire article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) August 10, 2007 700+ words
...being audited after a discovery that Mitchell's father made $40,000 in questionable expenditures. Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr., a well-known doctor of internal...Williams, campaign manager for Mitchell, said their figures showed "a...
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