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Several neighborhoods in San Francisco and Oakland had the most postal worker robberies in California in 2023, according to data from the U.S. Postal Service. According to the data analyzed by ABC7, about 61% of the 145 reported postal robberies across the state last year happened in the Bay Area. Robberies of postal carriers and drivers have increased across the country in recent years. Thieves, often armed with guns or other weapons, have stolen mail carriers’ master keys to gain access to large groups of mailboxes. The robberies have become an increasing concern since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic...

The fact that the hordes of new arrivals know all the loopholes and legal angles to scam our immigration laws and maximize benefits on our welfare system, while the working American does not, is really quite astounding, and tells me that there have to be a number of lawyers involved, telling these people what they can do to cheat American citizens out of a country. Check out this story, reported by the New York Post yesterday: Two New York City men staged armed robberies at convenience stores and fast food joints across the United States to scheme immigration benefits, federal...

Fifteen robberies in four hours? During the middle of the day? Yep. That’s what happened today. And why not? It’s Chicago, and nobody in a position of authority or responsibility seems inclined to do much about it. Police did track down a car that was used in most, if not all, of Tuesday’s robberies. The robberies came in two waves, with the first starting around 11:15 p.m. outside a bank in the 4500 block of West North Avenue. In a scenario that would unfold more than a dozen more times within a few hours, men jumped out of a car...

Tony Vaughn’s favorite part about delivering mail is also what opens him up to danger when he’s on the job. “We’re out in the community, we’re part of the community. We take pride and sometimes personal ownership of these routes. We see kids grow up, and meet neighbors. And the neighbors look out for us,” Vaughn said. Right now, they could really use people looking out for them. After serving as a carrier for almost 40 years, Vaughn is now the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ local branch. He’s worried for his colleagues. “Letter carriers are getting...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - More details have emerged after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department police arrested a suspect in connection with half a dozen robberies that targeted casino cages. According to an arrest report from Las Vegas police, the six robberies happened between November 16, 2022, and April 19, at properties across the valley: The suspect, identified as D’Shante Styles, 33, of Las Vegas, was arrested on April 20 and is facing multiple charges, including several counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary with a deadly weapon and grand larceny of motor vehicles, police say. Detectives from...

The cops call the crime “jugging.” It involves stalking someone who took cash out of a bank until their next stop, when predator meets prey. It struck last month in Houston, when a man followed a woman 23 miles and then attacked her, stealing thousands of dollars and leaving her in a wheelchair. Now, from Richardson, Texas, comes the story of a nurse who managed to outrun a man in what police believe was an attempted jugging ... Video of the Monday incident was caught on a home security camera. Ricky would not share his last name with the station,...

A man is back in jail, charged with committing several armed robberies in three days. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said 33-year-old Branon Purcell was targeting convenience stores all across the city. JSO said Purcell faces 11 counts of armed robbery at 10 different businesses. “Purcell is no stranger to criminal activity as he had just been released from Florida State prison 21 days, 21 days before this arrest.” Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said. Action News Jax told you back in 2016 when Purcell admitted to 10 armed robberies in Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Neptune Beach, according to officers. He served...

Business owners in Houston, Texas, say that a crime spree described as a "relentless wave" of robberies is forcing them to sleep at their businesses overnight armed with guns. Coaches Pub owner Robert Curry told KHOU-TV that he saved up money for many years and moved to Houston to purchase a bar and accomplish his dream. “I lived in my RV for the first four months that I was here in Houston to get it started,” Curry said. “And honestly, it was my baby.” But just eight months later, he says that a string of robberies might put him out...

NEW YORK - The NYPD is searching for a trio of men who managed to steal $300,000 in cash from an armored truck outside of a bank in Brooklyn on Friday. The brazen robbery happened at around 1 p.m. in Sunset Park, in front of a Chase Bank....

ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — An Orlando man was arrested this past Wednesday after being connected to a pair of robberies, according to police. NBC affiliate WESH reported that Orlando police first began their investigation when a TD Bank was robbed by a man wearing a hat that said “police” and a pair of sunglasses. Detectives said the teller told them the robber handed the teller a note with the words “assault” and ” money” on it before running off after getting the cash. Two days later, a Circle K was robbed. This time, a store clerk was handed a note...

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon admitted that theft has become a major issue for the chain.. he said that woke district attorneys' policies need to be 'corrected' or the company will be forced to raise prices or shut stores.. McMillon did not specify which locations have experienced the record-high level of shoplifting, but stores in LA have had to lock up most of their inventory.. Robberies there are up over 10%; critics blame DA George Gascon's policies.. ... Target, also revealed that shoplifting at its stores had jumped more than 50 percent year on year, leading to more than $400 million...

TORONTO—An embarrassing crime wave has taken Toronto by storm as criminals, emboldened by Canada's ban on handguns, have begun holding up businesses armed with nothing but finger guns. Tim Hortons, a popular Canadian cafe, is reportedly among the hardest hit. Authorities confirm that the cashiers of Tim Hortons are routinely held at finger-point and forced to empty hundreds of dollars into cartoonish money bags. By the time police arrive on the scene the robbers are long gone. "It's absolutely terrible," said Constable Evans. "Since these thieves are using finger guns there's no chance of them leaving additional evidence at the...

For the past seven weeks, Donna Martin has kept vigil at the bedside of her son, Christopher Charles Martin. Some days Christopher, 27, is able to move his limbs and his eyes, and Martin believes he is trying to comfort her when he hears her cry. “Christopher has always been a protector,” said Martin. “He is very protective of me, and all of his family members.” An entrepreneur and musician who performs under the name Donn Sway, Christopher founded a mentoring business to help boys who want to play college football assemble their college application materials. He also helped take...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- New details are emerging about a violent robbery on the doorstep of a Los Angeles home, in which the victims were beaten and robbed of jewelry and a "large amount of money." Police say the robbery happened on the evening of Nov. 26 at a home on Fuller Avenue in the Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles...The victims had walked home after dining at a restaurant in the area, police say. As they got home, several suspects wearing vests with the word "police" on them and displaying some type of badge showed up. At least one had...

[...] “We're going to be making some changes to Union Square and how cars are able to access,” [SF Mayor London Breed] told reporters after the burglaries. “There will be limited access in terms of when you come to this area.” [...] It seems as though the Union Square police takeover is a test balloon for an ostensibly liberal city fully ceding to capital and conservative talking points — the natural result of months and months of fear mongering about Business Owner Rights and crime and especially bogeyman District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who’s facing a recall effort. Contrary to the...

Crime in Democrat-run New York City rose during the month of September as Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) is reportedly in the early stages of assembling a gubernatorial campaign. Stark data released by the NYPD Wednesday shows crime rose 2.6 percent overall in September 2021 compared to the same month in 2020, with an extra 243 incidents reported. The biggest increase was for felonious assault – or assault with a dangerous weapon – which surged by a shocking 18.5 percent from 1,802 in September 2020 to 2,135 in September 2021, as New Yorkers have been plagued by random attacks in...

They call her Assata Shakur but, no matter the name by which she’s known, Chesimard is a homegrown – and unrepentant -- American terrorist. JoAnne Chesimard: BLM unashamedly embraces her and, recently, the New York City school system decided to incorporate her so-called wisdom into its curriculum. Therefore, it is more imperative than ever to shine a bright light upon the life, times, and accomplishments of one JoAnne Deborah Chesimard, a.k.a., Assata Olugbala Shakur. If you are, like me, of a certain age and grew up or lived in New Jersey during the 1970s and 1980’s, the name JoAnne Chesimard...

PHILADELPHIA - In the middle of the unrest in Philadelphia, city police are investigating after a van full of explosives and suspicious equipment was found. The van was found on Logan Circle. WPVI reports police recovered propane tanks, torches, and possible dynamite sticks from it. The bomb squad is now investigating. Police haven't said who owns the van, or if any arrests have been made.

"Looters Have Blown Up 50 Philadelphia ATMs with Dynamite Since Saturday – One Looter Blew Himself Up – Bombings Also Reported in Pittsburgh and MinneapolisJacqui Heinrich reported tonight on FOX News there have now been 50 ATMs blown up by looters so far this week. There have been 30 calls to police on attempted ATM bombings. Federal investigators are looking at this as a coordinated effort to bomb ATMs for cash.

Scandinavian country’s problems with migrant crime being buried.. The Swedish government told the country’s main authority on crime to “correct” their reports in order to cover-up “politically sensitive” data, according to a study by Linköping University. Sweden’s Crime Prevention Council (Brå) censored their own statistics after political pressure from higher-ups ... Brå personnel were summoned to the Justice Ministry to change their findings and that a “silence culture” based on “political steering” has been created. “A number of interviewees testify, among other things, about how Brå’s management directly applied pressure on them to change their findings which, for political, ideological...