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This was sent in by anonymous, thanks for the heads up.

Authorities investigating the theft of high-speed Internet cable service yesterday seized modems and other computer equipment from homes in Toledo and surrounding suburbs.

Members of the Toledo police computer crimes task force and FBI agents served search warrants at 13 residences, including an apartment, a condominium, and single-family houses. Investigators believe cable modems that connect Buckeye Express customers to the Internet were altered, allowing computer users unauthorized access to excessive amounts of bandwidth.

Bart Beavers, a member of the task force based out of the FBI office in Toledo, said search warrants obtained for six other residences were not served because the occupants were not home or for various other reasons.

Task force members, assisted by area police departments, had search warrants for six residences in Sylvania Township, four each in Toledo and Sylvania, three in Oregon, and one each in Monclova Township and Perrysburg.

They searched all but three residences in Sylvania Township, two in Toledo, and the one in Monclova Township.

Buckeye Express is operated by Buckeye CableSystem, which is owned by Block Communications Inc., parent company of The Blade.

News source: toledoblade.com
View: FBI Targets

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• New player physics:
  
  
  
  • Three movement speeds: Creep, Walk, Run.
    
  • Leaning round corners
    
  • Mantling - pulling yourself up onto ledges
    
  • Climbing ladders and ropes
    
  
  
• New maps:
  
  
  
  • Thievery currently has 11 gorgeous maps, with more in production.
    
  • Environments offer a high degree of interactivity, with objects to pick up and use, levers to pull and extensive use of dynamic light.
    
  • Huge collection of custom textures
    
  • Over 125 objects modelled for items and scenery, e.g. crates, food, candlesticks, loot, etc.
    
  
  
• New player models:
  
  
  
  • Thief
    
  • Guard
    
  
  
• New weapons and equipment:
  
  
  
  • Bows and crossbows with a variety of special projectiles.
    
  • Melee weapons - with continous collision detection as the weapons swing, meaning if you swing a mace into a wall, you'll see it smash against the wall, rather than just playing an animation on top of the view.
    
  • Special items for the thieves and guards to use, e.g. flashbombs, caltrops, mines, flares, etc.
    
  
  
• New gametypes:
  
  
  
  • Two game modes:
    
    
    
    • Thieves vs Guards - the main game mode, where the team of thieves has to break into a well guarded location, steal the loot and escape, while avoiding the bloodthirsty guard team.
      
    • Thiefmatch - still in early stages of development, but this gametype puts the thieves competing against one another to complete the objectives.
      
    
    
  • Objectives - Thievery features a flexible objectives system where the mapper is free to script any objective he likes.
    
  • Solo Play - the game modes can all be played singleplayer, with you taking the role of a lone thief against AI guards.
    
  
  
• Improved sound system:
  
  
  
  • By default UT will play sounds right through walls, Thievery checks the flow of the sound through the level to decide if you can hear it or not.
    
  • Thievery features a large collection of sound effects:
    
    
    
    • Per surface sounds for footsteps, projectiles and other objects: Stone, metal, tile, wood, dirt, carpet, gravel, snow.
      
    • Ambient sounds and music
      
    • AI speech and player taunts
      
    
    
  
  
• Particle system:
  
  
  
  • Thievery uses a particle system coded by c0mpile (of Irrational Games) used for a variety of effects: Splashes of water, fire, rain, snow, etc.
    
  
  
• Complex AI:
  
  
  
  • Guards see things and hear noises, reacting as you'd expect.
    
  • Fully mapper customisable in appearance, skill, equipment, orders, etc.
    
  • Guard players can order AI guards in-game, getting them to guard key places, to patrol or follow.
    
  • A number of voice sets, with over 150 samples in each one.
    
  • Leaping, hissing spiders OF DEATH.
    
  
  
• Multiplayer:
  
  
  
  • All the above are network ready, and the slower paced, sneaky gameplay is easily playable even on a 56k.