Posted on 04/12/2022 1:14:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
More than a dozen Los Angeles gangs are targeting some of the city's wealthiest residents in a new and aggressive manner, sending out crews in multiple cars to find, follow and rob people driving high-end vehicles or wearing expensive jewelry, according to police.
In many cases, they're making off with designer handbags, diamond-studded watches and other items worth tens of thousands of dollars — if not more — and then peddling them to black-market buyers who are willing to turn a blind eye to the underlying violence, police said.
In some cases, suspects have been arrested but then released from custody -- only to commit additional robberies, police said.
Those are among the conclusions of a Los Angeles Police Department task force convened at the end of last year to identify the cause of a sudden surge in "follow home," or "follow off," robberies, so called because victims are robbed soon after leaving luxury boutiques and hotels, ritzy restaurants, trendy nightclubs and other locations where the gangs are scouting for targets.
According to Capt. Jonathan Tippet, who spearheads the task force, police have identified at least 17 gangs, most based out of South L.A. and operating independently, that are involved. There were 165 such robberies in 2021 and 56 so far this year, he said, including several over the weekend.
The area with the most robberies during that time was the LAPD's Hollywood Division, with 50, followed by 46 in the Wilshire Division and 40 in the Central Division, which includes downtown. The Pacific Division had 17, West L.A. 15, North Hollywood 14 and Topanga 11.
Tippet did not say how many robberies police attributed to which gangs, but said individuals allegedly affiliated with both the Bloods and Crips have been identified among the culprits.
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Soon they'll be necklacing the real housewives of orange county.
LOL, “privateers”...:)
>>>Obviously the safest places in CA are SF & LA counties.>>>
Obviously.....In all serious, California really is 2 states and it needs to be divided in 2. LA and San Fran along the coast, a liberal bastion. Rural has millions of conservatives sane rational reasonable patriots.
More than a dozen Los Angeles gangs are targeting some of the city's wealthiest residents in a new and aggressive manner, sending out crews in multiple cars to find, follow and rob people driving high-end vehicles or wearing expensive jewelry, according to police.
Chances are they will be robbing fellow gang members.
Just hang out on rodeo drive. It’s a great place to target the rich.
Elect Democrats and get chaos in their wake...Reap what you sow...
They don’t even have to follow: the busboys and valets at those ritzy places have gang tattoos all over their hands. I’m sure they notify their homies with a quick text when a likely mark is on its way to the car.
A liberal is just a conservative who has never been mugged.
So who did these rich ‘victims’ vote for...
Yup,
.
Cash Is King!
It Did,
Till I Left——HA!
Jim Cirillo. He was in a boatload of shootouts.
Bew hew.
Sure, Slimes.
Did they ever release the 0bama speech tape?
Under your plan, the libs get the beautiful coastline :-(
California public schools have fewer students and no one seems to know why. Main concern is losing $.
Sounds like the warnings they gave the wealthy and tourists visiting Caracas, Venezuela years ago. Dress shabby, no jewelry, don’t carry expensive cameras, no fancy shoes.
Why bother sending them to boring indoctrination centers where they learn nothing but hate. Poor education begets crime. It is the easiest way to get stuff when there is no future but waiting for handouts from the tyrants in charge.
Another interesting tidbit is that a CCW license is good state-wide. So if you maintain a residence in a rural county and the sheriff is liberal about issuance, then you have a license that's also good for you carrying in LA and SF.
At one point there was an issue where rural sheriffs would issue a license to non-residents who applied there, but California closed that loophole.
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