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Young Punks Busted in Insane Serial Armed Robbery Spree Targeting 77 Bay Area Homes and Cars
New York Post ^ | Aug. 8, 2026 | Daniel Farr

Posted on 08/11/2026 5:54:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A pack of young punks allegedly turned the Bay Area into their personal smash-and-grab playground, hitting 77 homes and vehicles, ripping off power tools and guns, while using stolen rides to fuel the crime spree.

The four juveniles were blamed for 37 burglaries in Concord and roughly 40 more in other cities across Contra Costa and Solano counties, authorities said. Their alleged MO was simple and brazen: hit cars in the early-morning hours, grab garage-door openers and use them to get inside homes’ garages looking for more loot.

But the crew allegedly escalated from property crime to a far more chilling threat. In May, surveillance video caught armed suspects pointing a gun at the door between a garage and the home, apparently anticipating that someone inside might come out.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bayarea; crime; robbery

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1 posted on 08/11/2026 5:54:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Oh those zany kids....


2 posted on 08/11/2026 5:56:06 PM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: nickcarraway

“Their alleged MO was simple and brazen: hit cars in the early-morning hours, grab garage-door openers and use them to get inside homes’ garages looking for more loot.”

Are people really THAT DUMB as to leave the ‘key’ to their garage door sitting out in their car, likely in view?

Oh yeah, we’re talking the Bay Area.


3 posted on 08/11/2026 5:57:58 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: AppyPappy

The word zany is an adjective and a noun that describes something or someone amusingly wacky, crazy, or eccentric in a fun way. This was criminal. Hope you don’t have any “zany” kids.


4 posted on 08/11/2026 5:59:48 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: BobL

Yes, it is retardedly common here.

when I got in my house and was handed three of those, I tossed them in the house and got fob sized ones for my key chain, for this exact reason.


5 posted on 08/11/2026 6:05:51 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (A sinner saved by Jesus)
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To: BobL

My garage actually has cars in it.


6 posted on 08/11/2026 6:06:11 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: BobL
An insurance agent friend and I were talking about a wave of recent car thefts that happened in what were low-crime areas. He said that the majority of the thefts happened because the car was left unlocked with the key fob in the car. So yes, people are that dumb (or trusting, really).
7 posted on 08/11/2026 6:11:58 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Everyone that voted Trump/R in '24 needs to show up in '26.)
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To: maddog55

Come to Florida kiddies. My garage has two 100-pound Coonhounds in it. Just waiting. They eat lunch at all hours of the early morning. I hope y’all come down my street. I just hope.


8 posted on 08/11/2026 6:17:05 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: nickcarraway

“You’re under eighteen
You won’t be doin’ any time!

Hey!
Come out and play!”


9 posted on 08/11/2026 6:39:05 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (When your Supreme Leader is easily whacked by Jews, reconsider how Akhbar your Allah is!)
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Pictures of the “young punks” have been brought to you by the Equity Camera. The Equity Camera has been blurring, obscuring, and lightening the features of “teens,” people acting “randomly,” future sports stars, and aspiring rap artists since 2015. IMG-0150
10 posted on 08/11/2026 6:45:51 PM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christianity, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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To: maddog55

“My garage actually has cars in it.”

What are you, some kind of radical?


11 posted on 08/11/2026 6:56:27 PM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: maddog55

“ My garage actually has cars in it.”
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That’s positively UNAMERICAN!


12 posted on 08/11/2026 7:14:12 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAXq)
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To: Fungi

I hope that virtue signal made you feel good


13 posted on 08/11/2026 7:26:00 PM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Uncle Miltie
Well, you gotta keep 'em separated.


But they only do it because they have low self esteem.

14 posted on 08/11/2026 8:02:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Them. Avoid THEM.


15 posted on 08/11/2026 8:05:34 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: nickcarraway

Not a good ending if they try that at our house.

Someone is always home


16 posted on 08/11/2026 8:23:01 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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Be sure to be a good host;)


17 posted on 08/11/2026 8:33:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: AppyPappy

BOND, Need bond.


18 posted on 08/11/2026 9:34:12 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: hal ogen
Where I live they know enough to avoid us!
19 posted on 08/12/2026 4:35:37 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: Fungi

Some people forget the sarcasm tag because it is obvious.
Unfortunately, there are those who can’t recognize it.


20 posted on 08/12/2026 5:12:13 AM PDT by SouthWall (Every morning I awake wondering if Hillary has Espteened herself.)
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