LA battles spate of 'burglary tourists' as marauding gangs from Chile, Ecuador Colombia and Peru jet in on 90-day visas and ransack millionaire mansions before fleeing back to South America
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Daily Mail ^
| 3/18/24 | Stephen M. Lepore
The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a task force to try to crack down on 'burglary tourists' who use the US tourism visa system to commit crimes. Cunning
criminals from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru target wealthy neighborhoods in places with relaxed criminal justice laws to conduct home burglaries - before returning home with the loot while out on bail. The troubling trend of 'lanzas internacionales' - translated to 'international thieves' - dates back at least two years across America, while the problem has also reared its ugly head in the United Kingdom. Authorities in Los Angeles announced the...
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Philadelphia looters ransack locally owned pharmacy with axes, hammers — cause $150K in damage, theft
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NY Post ^
| 10/11/2023 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
Surveillance video shows a group of thieves ransacking a local Philadelphia pharmacy while armed with axes and hammers during a wild night of looting across the City of Brotherly Love. The Philadelphia Police Department Northwest Detective Division released footage from September 26 in an attempt to identify suspects who are wanted by
police for looting commercial properties. The group of alleged thieves stole “all medication” from a local mom-and-pop pharmacy, police said. Law enforcement said that estimated damages and theft are $150,000. Police say that the group of looters ransacked Fairmount Pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 10:50 p.m.
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Over 100 masked 'teens' ransack Philadelphia stores, arrests are made, police say
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Channel 3000 News/AP ^
| September 27, 2023 | AP Staff
PHILADELPHIA — Groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in Philadelphia's Center City, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, although police made several arrests, authorities and witnesses said. An
Apple Store was hit at around 8 p.m. Tuesday and police chased fleeing teenagers, recovering dropped iPhones and a "pile of iPads" at one spot, a police statement said. More than 100 people who appeared to be teenagers stole from a Lululemon store, NBC10 Philadelphia reported, citing a police officer. Video posted on social media showed masked people in hoodies running out of Lululemon and police officers grabbing several and tackling...
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‘FREE iPHONES! FREE iPHONES!’ Thugs Ransack Philly Apple Store, Attack Police
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Todd Starnes ^
| 26 September 2023 | Todd Starnes
DEVELOPING STORY: Hundreds, if not thousands, of teenagers are rioting tonight across Philadelphia. There are reports that thugs are throwing bottles and fighting with police. Video,
which you can watch below, shows teenage thugs pillaging and plundering an Apple store. “Free iphones,” one of the thugs shouted. Click here to read more about why they are looting. Looting was also reported in North Philadelphia where thieves struck retail stores like GameStop and Walmart. SkyFOX hovered over a Family Dollar in West Philadelphia that appeared to have been pillaged by looters. There are reports of more than 200 robberies, shootings and...
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Teenage Thugs Ransack NYC Chinese Restaurant As City Becomes “Less And Less Safe”
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The American Tribune ^
| March 9th, 2023 | Todd
A large group of teenagers ransacked a Chinese restaurant in Queens, New York the other night in a video now gone viral, with those affected by the wanton destruction lamenting the fact their city is falling apart by crime and that the criminal thugs who carried out the heinous acts will not
face justice. The group of teens was still on the loose as of this writing. A dramatic video that first went viral on WeChat before later appearing on Twitter captured the large group of suspects leaving the destroyed restaurant. Chairs, tables, and pretty much everything that could be...
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Teenagers ransack Queens seafood restaurant, police searching for suspects
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Fox News ^
| 3/8/2023 | Landon Mion
A large group of teenagers ransacked a restaurant in Queens, New York, and the suspects are reportedly still on the loose. The
suspects entered Fish Village in College Point on Saturday morning and began trashing the place without saying anything, the restaurant's manager told WABC.
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Watch: Rioters ransack President's Palace in Brazil
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Arutz Sheva ^
| 18/1/23
The former president will be investigated for his role in the Jan. 8 riots in which supporters ransacked official residence of new leader.
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Looters Ransack Stores As Deadly Blizzard Buries Buffalo
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Police Tribune ^
| December 27, 2022 | Holly Matkin
Looters Ransack Stores As Deadly Blizzard Buries Buffalo Holly Matkin December 27, 2022 Buffalo, NY – Throngs of looters ransacked stores and destroyed businesses as they tore through the Buffalo area in the midst of a massive winter storm over the weekend (videos below). “People
who are out looting when people are losing their lives in this harsh winter storm are absolutely reprehensible,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said during a joint news conference with New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Monday afternoon, according to The Buffalo News. “I don’t know how these people can...
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Watch rampaging youths ransack Philadelphia Wawa, twerk on counter
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NY Post ^
| 25 Sep 2022 | Allie Griffin
Dozens of rampaging youths trashed a Wawa convenience store in northeast Philadelphia Saturday night — hurling food and drinks at one another as one belligerent young woman twerked on a counter, video of the chaos shows. The
rowdy group of about 100 young people were captured on video — shot inside the chain location at 7001 Roosevelt Blvd. — as they ransacked the shop at about 8:20 p.m. and recorded the pandemonium on their phones. An employee filming the wild scene from behind a sandwich counter in the store can be heard scolding the vandals. “You’re all stupid,” he said...
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Vandals Ransack Sculpture Residency in Upstate New York
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hyperallergic.com ^
| August 28, 2022 | Elaine Velie
Sculpture Space, a residency program for sculptors in Utica, New York, was ransacked and severely damaged by vandals in the early hours of Sunday, August 28. The
Utica Police Department told Hyperallergic that an investigation is ongoing. The motive for the attack remains unclear. Several donated pieces of artwork for an upcoming charity auction were damaged or destroyed in the raid, Sculpture Space said in a Facebook statement today. The 44-year-old organization provides up to 25 artists-in-residence annually with housing, studio space, and equipment. The damage to the arts center, located in an old industrial plant, is extensive. According to...
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Shocking moment mob of looters RANSACK and destroy 7-Eleven store in Democrat-led LA, leaving store worker fearing for his life
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Daily Mail ^
| 19 August 2022 | EMMA JAMES
More than 100 people descended on the store in Los Angeles, California, on August 15 They ransacked the store while shouting at each other, throwing items across the counter One member of staff said that he feared for his life, and put up 'no resistance' to the looters LAPD are appealing for
anyone with information about the incident to come forward
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VIDEO: ‘Flash Mob’ Looters Ransack LA Convenient Store after Street Takeover
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Rumble ^
On August 15 around 12:40am a street takeover initiated at Figueroa and El Segundo. The spectators then formed a ‘flash mob’ of looters and rushed a nearby 7-Eleven.
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Moment brazen smash and grab robbers ransack glasses store in Virginia and steal more than $20,000 in merchandise
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Daily Mail UK ^
| May 8, 2022 | Alastair Talbot
A group of smash and grab robbers raided a Virginia eyeglass store and stole more than $20,000 of products. This
week, Fairfax County released in-store surveillance footage of four men raiding a MyEyeDr. store near Richmond Highway in Alexandria at about 6.30pm on April 19. The suspects are all black men and are believed to be between the ages of 17 and 23. A fifth suspect, who was the group's getaway driver, is also wanted by police. The men are believed to have fled in an older-model black Toyota Camry with tinted windows and black hubcaps. Detectives are following up...
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Looters Ransack Numerous Retailers Across Country Throughout Thanksgiving Week
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Breitbart ^
| 11/28/2021 | NICK GILBERTSON
Groups of looters ransacked shopping centers and retailers around the country throughout Thanksgiving week following last weekend’s full-fledged stealing bonanza in California’s Bay Area. A Sunglass Hut at the Del Monte shopping center in Monterey, California, was hit by a group of four on Friday, who stole an estimated $30,000 in sunglasses,
police confirmed to KSBW.
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80 burglars ransack Nordstrom with weapons: 'It was like a scene out of a movie' [Walnut Creek, CA]
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The Washington Examiner ^
| 21 November 2021 | Matthew Miller, Social Media Producer
Approximately 80 looters in ski masks reportedly robbed a Nordstrom near San Francisco while wielding crowbars on Saturday night. A
local restaurant owner recounted the shocking scene that occurred in Walnut Creek around 9 p.m., explaining that 50-80 people were involved with the brazen robbery. “I probably saw 50-80 people in like ski masks with crowbars, a bunch of weapons,” said local PF Chang's manager Brett Barrette, CBS San Francisco Bay Area reported . “They were looting the Nordstrom.”...
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About 80 thieves ransack department store near San Francisco
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The Associated Press ^
| November 21, 2021
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) — About 80 people, some wearing ski masks and wielding crow bars, ransacked a high-end department store in the San Francisco Bay Area, stealing merchandise before fleeing in cars waiting outside, police and witnesses said. Three
people were arrested while the majority got away after the large-scale theft Saturday night shocked shoppers at the Nordstrom in Walnut Creek, police said. NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez tweeted that she saw the thieves rush into the store in the downtown shopping district in the city some 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco. “About 25 cars...
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‘It Was Insane’; Dozens Of Looters Ransack Walnut Creek Nordstrom Store-(not looters organized gangs)
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KPIX.com CBS ^
| 11/20/21
WALNUT CREEK (CBS SF) — Dozens of looters swarmed into the Nordstrom store in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday night, terrorizing shoppers, ripping off bag loads of merchandise and ransacking shelves before fleeing in a several vehicles waiting for them on the street. Walnut
Creek Lt. Ryan Hibbs told KPIX 5 that police began receiving calls about the looting at around 9 p.m. He said there were approximately 80 individuals who ran into the store and began looting and smashing shelves. Video shot at the scene shows the masked looters streaming out of the store, carrying bags and boxes, jumping into...
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Rampant Taliban ransack the palatial home of top Afghan warlord and US ally General Dostum amid claims fighters have reached the outskirts of Kabul which will fall in HOURS while Brits and Americans evacuate
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Daily Mail UK ^
| 14 Aug 2021 | Tom Pyman
Insurgents tightened grip on Afghanistan by capturing Mazar-e-Sharif - a heavily defended city in the north Fighters were then filmed raiding the luxurious home of infamous warlord Army Marshal Rashid Dostum In a statement last night, US President Joe Biden blamed Donald Trump and the Afghan army for the carnage He said
he 'will not pass this war onto a fifth president' and criticsed the Afghan Army for failing to fight Taliban fighters have invaded the palatial home of top Afghan warlord and US ally and videoed themselves lounging on his gold furniture and inspecting his golden tea set -...
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Looters ransack San Francisco Neiman Marcus in broad daylight (Video at link)
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Washington Examiner ^
| July 6, 2021 | Jake Dima
Looters were captured on video Monday ransacking a Neiman Marcus in San Francisco as thefts continue to plague businesses in the area. At
least nine suspects smashed display cases, snatched handbags, and jetted out of the building before law enforcement arrived to the scene at about 6 p.m., according to footage. The suspects were seen running out of the store with their hands full of merchandise before entering an apparent getaway car that sped off down a busy intersection. A man was caught on video in June filling a garbage bag with what appeared to be hair products before leaving...
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Afghans looters ransack Bagram air base and hawk basketballs, stereo speakers, laptops, and bicycle helmets after US troops bugged out in the dead of night
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Daily Mail ^
Afghan locals started hawking contraband after looters ransacked Bagram air base over the weekend Bicycles, helmet, laptop computers, and other pieces of scrap were sold after the looting over the weekend Massive base includes 50-bed hospital and giant hangar size tents filled with supplies such as furniture Americans also left a fleet
of SUVs without the keys to start them as well as hundreds of armored vehicles Since 2001, Bagram airbase north of Kabul has served as a linchpin for the US war in Afghanistan At its peak in 2012, Bagram saw more than 100,000 U.S. and NATO troops pass...
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