Tag: thefts
Beekeepers turn to anti-theft technology as hive thefts rise
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But as almond trees start to bloom, blanketing entire valleys in white and pink flowers, so begin beehive thefts that have become so prevalent that beekeepers are now turning to GPS tracking devices, surveillance cam...
LA train robberies: Stolen rail cargo thefts include guns, police chief says
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LOS ANGELES — Thieves breaking into freight trains in Los Angeles have stolen guns from cargo containers, police Chief Michel Moore said. Moore told the city’s board of civilian police commissioners on Monday that "t...
‘Significant uptick in crime’ alarms city’s citizens who describe thefts, violence
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"When you're constantly hearing people's cars being broken into or someone randomly being attacked … it's a shocker," a security officer, Donfred Metayer, said. From 2020 to 2021, Denver property crime increased near...
LA train thefts: DA Gascon responds to Union Pacific concerns
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In December 2021, Adrian Guerrero, UP's state director of public affairs in California, sent a letter to the district attorney pointing to rising retail theft crime in LA County over the past year as part of the reas...
Los Angeles train thefts: Union Pacific urges DA Gascon to ‘reconsider’ directive dismissing misdemeanors
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Their request comes after Los Angeles photojournalist John Schreiber shared footage of train tracks belonging to UP in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles and described "looted packages as far as the eye ...
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...
Carjackings, vehicle thefts skyrocketing across the country
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"In 2020, Chicago carjackings were up a staggering 134%, with 1,416 people being forcibly removed from their vehicle," the National Insurance Crime Bureau reports. "This trend has continued in 2021, with Chicago seei...
San Francisco Target theft suspect arrested for alleged thefts of more than $40G from store
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Aziza Graves was arrested at the same Target at the Stonestown Galleria where she is alleged to have been involved in 120 theft incidents. The thefts occurred between October 2020 and November of this year, prosecuto...
Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado lead 11% spike in vehicle thefts
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The full-size pickups topped the National Insurance Crime Bureau's "Hot Wheels" list of most-stolen vehicles for 2020, a year that saw an 11% overall rise in vehicle theft reports. The annual study is based on vehicl...
Serial San Francisco shoplifting suspect caught on video charged with multiple retail thefts
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The charges against Jean Lugo-Romero, 40, include petty theft, grand theft, several counts of second-degree robbery, second-degree burglary and commercial shoplifting, the San Francisco District Attorney's office sai...
Dutch police arrest suspect in thefts of Van Gogh, Frans Hals paintings
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Police spokeswoman Maren Wonder announced on video Tuesday that the man was arrested in Baarn, a municipality about 25 miles southeast of Amsterdam, according to Reuters. No details were released about the unnamed su...