Posted on 05/30/2023 3:03:05 PM PDT by DFG
The Royse City Police Department is investigating two incidents of bank jugging over the last two weeks.
The latest occurred on Friday, May 19 when Liz Kayser was pumping gas at lunchtime at the Buc'ees in Royse City. Kayser had just come back from the bank nearby. Police believe she had been followed for 15 minutes between the bank, the gas station and along Interstate 30.
"[The theives] are looking for people that are walking out with bank envelopes," Royse City Police Officer Ryan Curtis said. "Try to conceal [the envelopes] the best that you can. Also, when you leave the bank see who follows you out of the bank."
Kayser told WFAA she didn't notice anything was out of the ordinary until she heard a window shatter and someone rummaging through her vehicle. Kayser was outside the vehicle at the time pumping gas.
"I knew when he was on the seat what he was after. I started screaming 'get out of my car, get out of my car,'" recalled Kayser.
Police in a social media post described jugging when "the criminals will sit at a distance from the bank and use binoculars to watch for people leaving with large envelopes or bank bags. The criminals will then follow the unsuspecting person from the bank and wait for them to stop at another business. When the person gets out of their car, the criminals break in and steal the money."
Royse City PD said there is surveillance showing a white minivan circling Kayser, attempting to stop three times to make the heist before stopping at the pump opposite her vehicle. The surveillance shows the thief's first attempt to get inside the vehicle but the door was locked.
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“Police say the suspected vehicle in this case is a newer white Chrysler Pacific Minivan, and that its license plate was stolen off a similar vehicle in Frisco.”
“Police say that Liz did the right thing, and, did not engage.”
Heck, Liz didn’t even realize a white minivan had pulled right next to her car, while she was pumping gas.
So, she leaves bank, having been spotted carrying either a bank envelope, or, bank bag….then, leaves her purse/money, new shoes, right in the passenger side, while pumping her gas.
Don’t be a Liz!
You don’t need a gun when pumping gas and an attempted robbery of you occurs. All you need is a cigarette lighter and a steady stream of gasoline towards the potential robber.....
Um, you don’t start screaming, you start shooting.
They also put a tag on your car so they don’t have to follow you so close.
Also, if you do go to the bank, you go straight home, and preferably your car is in the garage and close the door, and take the money out.
Then you go to your next place.
Wouldn’t that risk blowing everything up, including you?
You conceal the bank envelope before leaving the bank so they do not realize you withdrew money. If you do not have a purse, stick the envelope in your waistband or down in your bra (bras can hold more than one or two things, you know).
And, where ever you place it, don’t keep patting that spot, or looking in your purse, as you are walking to your car. That’s a dead giveaway that you withdrew money and where you placed it.
Also, even if you don’t want to carry a firearm, every woman should have a pocket-sized little stun-gun to carry with them. I have both a pink and a purple one and carry one in my pocket into any store. They double as flashlights—keep out of the reach of children—and are compact and easy to carry in a jacket pocket.
The fact that they don’t mention the race of the theives tells you the race of the theives.
If these “teens” had been shot, get ready for another George Floyd lie campaign, nationwide.
She should have sprayed fuel out of the gas hose on the scumbag.
And she definitely needs to increase her SA Factor as well as don’t leave a bag-o-cash on the seat.
I guess I should have read the Replies before Posting.
Nope, there's Youtube videos of that very scenario
I always take my wallet out of my purse and hide it while I’m getting gas so if a thief wants to grab my purse while I’m doing the gas, the good stuff won’t be in there. Also, I sit in my car with the doors locked and take the key with me when I get the pump out of the car and back in it’s place.
I was taught to never show what money I had. How is this not common-place knowledge?
Common sense isn’t so common anymore.
Exactly!!
You’re in TX, Liz!
🙃
Since I don’t smoke, I don’t carry around a lighter, but thank you for that information. With my luck, the gas would splash back on me, and no amount of money would be worth being burned.
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