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🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Section of Raposo Tavares in São Paulo gains cameras that catch cellphone use and lack of seatbelt

The Raposo Tavares highway in São Paulo will install AI cameras to detect drivers using cellphones and passengers without seatbelts.

Mar 18 • 13:10 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

The battle against the cellphone

The Buenos Aires legislature has enacted a law banning cellphones in primary schools to aid student focus and promote interactive activities.

Mar 13 • 03:05 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Man arrested for faking cellphone robbery in Paraíba do Sul

A 35-year-old man was arrested for staging a high-value cellphone robbery in Paraíba do Sul, Brazil.

Mar 12 • 20:25 UTC
🇨🇦 Global News
National & Local

Calgary teen arrested following armed robbery of cellphones

A teenager in Calgary has been arrested and charged in connection with an armed robbery at a cellphone store.

Mar 5 • 19:49 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Miriam Leitão: Cellphones of Daniel Vorcaro contained threats to alleged adversaries, including journalists

Daniel Vorcaro's cellphones revealed threats against perceived adversaries, including journalists, according to journalist Miriam Leitão.

Mar 4 • 12:05 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

My Cell Phone Program recovered more than 13 thousand devices in Ceará in almost two years

The My Cell Phone Program in Ceará has successfully recovered over 13,000 stolen or lost devices in nearly two years.

Mar 3 • 18:50 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
Crime & Justice

‘El Congo’ cellphones corner the presumed assassins of Carlos Manzo; contacts and details will be revealed

The investigation into the homicide of Carlos Manzo has reached a crucial phase following the arrest of a suspect known as ‘El Congo’, whose seized cellphones may provide significant evidence.

Mar 3 • 00:33 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Did it ring? Cellphones in SC receive alert simultaneous with the start of Brazil's largest disaster drill

Residents of Santa Catarina received an emergency alert on their cellphones as they participated in Brazil's largest disaster drill.

Mar 1 • 15:13 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Police are targets of operation for suspected smuggling of cell phones to inmates in prison in MT

At least six people, including two prison officers, are being investigated for allegedly smuggling cell phones into a prison in Várzea Grande, Brazil, leading to a police operation.

Feb 27 • 14:15 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

The Summer of the Cat Man

The article reflects on the unique experience at a performance by Argentine choreographer Ana María Stekelman, marking the opening of the Ballet Contemporáneo season, where the audience remained entirely distraction-free from cellphones, culminating in a distinctive sound during applause.

Feb 19 • 03:01 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Court orders couple arrested for cellphone theft during Florianópolis carnival to return home to RS

A couple arrested for stealing 16 cellphones during the Florianópolis carnival has been ordered by the court to return to their home in Rio Grande do Sul.

Feb 16 • 16:32 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Dressed as Scooby-Doo characters, police arrest suspects in cellphone theft in downtown SP

Police disguised as Scooby-Doo characters arrested three suspects for stealing cellphones during a Carnival block in downtown São Paulo.

Feb 14 • 22:15 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Operation arrests two suspects of using store to supply mobiles to faction in prisons of MT

Brazilian police arrested two individuals suspected of using a cellphone store as a front for supplying mobile phones to a criminal faction operating in prisons.

Feb 12 • 11:58 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

With cellphone, college looks like high school, with student unfocused and teacher begging for attention

A professor at a leading Brazilian college struggled to maintain students' attention during class as they were preoccupied with their cellphones.

Feb 8 • 13:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Brazilian medical student in Paraguay arrested for the second time in a week transporting over 100 irregular cellphones in PR

A Brazilian medical student in Paraguay was arrested for the second time in a week for transporting 151 cellphones without proof of proper importation.

Feb 5 • 14:45 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Ex-congressional IT aide accused of stealing 240 government phones and selling them at pawn shop

A former congressional IT aide is accused of stealing 240 taxpayer-funded cellphones valued at over $150,000 and selling them at a pawn shop in Maryland.

Jan 13 • 00:15 UTC

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