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California police searching for smash-and-grab robbers who broke display cases with hammers at Kay Jewelers
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The incident was reported just before 7 p.m. at a Kay Jewelers in the Brea Mall, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, police said. The male suspects used hammers to break display cases at the jewelry st...
Chicago security guard thwarts broad daylight smash-and-grab at high-end jewelry store: police
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The attempted heist happened just before 12:30 p.m. at the Marshall Pierce & Company jewelry store in the 900 block of North Michigan Avenue in the city’s Magnificent Mile neighborhood, Chicago police said. ELDER...
Chicago man allegedly led high-end smash-and-grab crew that dumped cash registers on Gov. Pritzker’s block
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Tacarre Harper, 27, was charged with nine felony counts of burglary in connection to organized retail thefts that occurred throughout the city between November 2021 and January 6, the Chicago Police Department said. ...
Smash-and-grab thieves strike multiple DC-area eyeglass stores in broad daylight
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At least three optical stores were targeted in broad daylight during business hours in January. The thieves posed as customers and asked questions about designer frames before shattering glass cases with hammers, WRC...
Chicago police nab smash-and-grab suspect allegedly behind theft of at least $2M in luxury watches: Officials
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Carlos Valliant, 38, was arrested in Hammond, Indiana, on Thursday and was extradited back to Chicago on charges of theft and unauthorized control of items worth more than $ 500,000 to $ 1 million and burglary, bot...
California jewelry store owner takes matters into his own hands and stops smash-and-grab attempt
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The attempted smash-and-grab robbery of the Maaz Jewelers store happened on Jan. 21 at 1:06 p.m. inside the Tanforan Mall., according to a press release by the San Bruno Police Department. Five males approached the s...
Smash-and-grab robbers terrorize California jewelry store employees: ‘Weren’t sure if they were going to die’
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BLACK LA RESIDENTS LACK ACCESS TO GUNS AS WEALTHY RUSH TO BUY FIREARMS AMID CRIME WAVE: ACTIVISTS Owner of "Heart of Gold" in San Jose, Eric Orozco, joined "Fox & Friends First" on Wednesday to discuss the incid...
Grassley demands briefing from DHS, DOJ on strategy to combat spike in smash-and-grab attacks across US
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Smash-and-grab looters have been targeting stores across the nation in recent weeks, robbing retailers of thousands of dollars in merchandise in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, New York and ...
Gavin Newsom’s plan to stop California’s smash-and-grab thefts: Spend $300M
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Under the three-year plan, the money would finance a crackdown on organized crime rings, which are believed to be carrying out the crimes. "The issue of crime and violence is top of mind all throughout not only the s...
Los Angeles cell phone stores ransacked by smash-and-grab thieves, LAPD to increase patrols and add detectives
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The thefts all occurred in the city's San Fernando Valley area, the LAPD told Fox News. All involved at least three suspects but no arrests have been made. CALIFORNIA WOULD-BE VICTIM MANAGES TO GET ROBBERS' GUN, USE...
LA county sheriff rips AOC’s dismissal of smash-and-grab robberies as a ‘jedi mind trick’
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Ocasio-Cortez recently told The Washington Times that "a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are actually not panning out," naming a "Walgreens in California that cited the issue but didn't have the "d...
San Francisco police lt. blames ACLU for string of smash-and-grab robberies: ‘Protecting the criminals’
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"They now seem to be taking the side of the people who commit the crime instead of the victims who continue being victimized," Lieutenant Tracy McCray told Fox News host Tucker Carlson. "If someone attacks someone, t...
California state, federal politicians silent after AOC doubts existence of smash-and-grab robberies
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"We have to talk about specifics because, for example, we’re actually seeing a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out," Ocasio-Cortez told The Washington Times in an interview...
NY Democrat rips AOC’s denial of rise in smash-and-grab robberies: ‘She’s a danger’
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GOP, BUSINESSES SLAM AOC FOR DOUBTING EXISTENCE OF SMASH-AND-GRAB ROBBERIES: ‘TONE-DEAF AND OFFENSIVE’ Former New York assemblyman Dov Hikind joined "Fox & Friends First" on Monday to discuss her remarks, as man...
Los Angeles police investigating jewelry store smash-and-grab robbery caught on video: report
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The incident happened at the Del Amo Plaza shopping center in Rancho Dominguez, according to KABC. A video posted on TikTok and Twitter purportedly showing the robbery unfold depicts one individual breaking a glass ...
California city spending federal COVID funds on license plate readers to deter smash-and-grab mobs
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The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allocate $ 250,000 toward license plate readers. Though the details are still being worked out, the money will come from federal COVID-19 relief funds. ...