1.   Among the felonies that qualify as third strikes are auto theft, petty theft with a prior felony conviction, and most drug crimes.

2.   As a result the FBI did not take terrorism as seriously as they took crimes such as interstate auto theft, Livingstone said.

3.   At stake is the Quebec drug trade as well as prostitution, smuggling, auto theft, extortion and other rackets worth tens of millions of dollars annually.

4.   Auto theft is a deportable offense, but a state judge later vacated the charge, court records showed.

5.   Ayres and Levitt estimate that every three devices installed in a central city eliminate one auto theft.

6.   A variety of offenses, including auto theft, resulted in a six-month banishment to Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile detention center near Malibu.

7.   Brye said he has used numerous aliases throughout his criminal career, which has included arrests for property crimes, auto theft and criminal trespass.

8.   Burdine, a private duty nurse, had past convictions for auto theft, burglary and sodomy.

9.   Burglary, robbery, auto thefts and other crimes have also fallen dramatically.

10.   But as auto thefts and overall crime rose, Taylor said, the city decided something needed to be done.