Posted on 10/02/2024 1:50:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Several arrests have been made in connection with the flash-mob style robberies at 7-Eleven locations in Los Angeles after parents of some of the “youthful male” perpetrators spotted their kids in surveillance footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department.
Between Friday, July 12 and Friday, Sept. 20, there were 14 separate robberies across the 10 stores in LAPD’s Rampart, Hollywood, Wilshire and West L.A. divisions.
In each instance, the crew rolled up to the stores on bicycles during the evening hours and stole items, damaged property and left without paying, police said.
In a Sept. 26 news release, investigators said for the first time that the string of robberies was connected to one individual group and that 13 of the 14 robberies occurred on a Friday night.
During the Oct. 1 meeting of the L.A. Board of Police Commissioners, Assistant LAPD Chief Blake Chow told board members that surveillance footage and press releases given to the media late last month had an immediate impact and generated numerous tips from the public that led to arrests.
“On Sept 26, the Organized Retail Crime Task Force responded to the Northeast Area where a parent had brought their juvenile child in, who was involved in a flash robbery. The child was booked for robbery,” Chow said. “On Sept. 28, another parent in Southwest Area brought their child into the station. That juvenile was booked for robbery in connection with a 7-Eleven flash robbery. On Sept. 29, a similar situation occurred in 77th, where the parent turned the child in. That juvenile was also booked for robbery.”
Additionally, the assistant chief said that more arrests are anticipated as anonymous tips continue to come in and school resource officers work to identify other juveniles involved.
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Kudos to the parents!
Wow. A few actual parents who actually want to see their kids get straight before its too late. Good on them.
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good for those parents, little late to be parents, but it’s a start.
Should help to set some of the teens straight.
Well said.
And hopefully (pun intended) this trend continues.
“good for those parents, little late to be parents, but it’s a start”
Teenage peer pressure and a 40 oz King Cobra Malt liquor can ruin a parents reputation of parenting.
All those kids had a slight Indian accent?
“All those kids had a slight Indian accent?”
I knew sleepy Joe snuck over to FR on occasion! Fricking troll, LOL! /s
“the crew rolled up to the stores on bicycles during the evening hours “
Why didn’t the parents know where they were and what they were doing? I guarantee that my parents knew exactly where we were at any minute of any day.
Good for them
“Kudos to the parents!”
Two single parents. Probably unmarried moms.
My parents (Mom) never knew where my two brothers and I were at night when I was 13, she had to be at work. But none of us ever robbed anyone.
Parents turned them in. Any fathers in the bunch?
Parents get arrested for their kid’s crimes these days.
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