NAPLES, Fla. – Viankynet Picon was celebrating her birthday at Fujiyama last Friday when surveillance cameras caught a woman snatch her purse from the back of her seat. The best way to protect yourself from similar theft is to keep your valuables less exposed, says Chris Knott with Naples Security Solutions.
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