Robbery

Some thieves are going back to the old Wild West-style train robberies outside both the busy ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, delaying retail shipments of items like at-home COVID-19 tests, fishing lures plus parcels from Amazon, REI and UPS.

Reigning 'Jeopardy!' champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year’s weekend in Oakland, California.

Two home invaders got greedy in more ways than one during a recent burglary in Winchester, Virginia after reports say the perps ordered a pizza to the residence before robbing it of money, jewelry and other valuables.

Up to 10 people went inside a California Home Depot on Friday night and took off with various tools.

More than 80 people bum rushed and robbed a Nordstrom in Walnut Creek, California Saturday night, making off with stolen goods and fleeing in getaway cars.

The congregation at Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church in Tennessee came face-to-face with a gun-wielding robber during a recent Sunday service, and the person who ended up being their savior was none other than the pastor himself.

Atlanta rapper Young Thug said an apartment concierge let an unknown person take his Louis Vuitton bag holding about 200 unreleased songs and more than $100,000 worth of jewelry and cash.

A man in Michigan said he won $30,000 playing the lottery, bought a $20,000 gold chain and then had it stolen at a gas station on Detroit’s west side.

Anyone can get got, even during a pandemic. Kansas City Chief's running back Damien Williams was robbed at an Airbnb he was staying at in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper YG was arrested Friday at his Los Angeles home on suspicion of robbery just two days before he is scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards, officials said. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies took YG, whose real name is Keenon Jackson, into custody at his Chatsworth home as they served […]

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Four people, including a UPS driver, were killed Thursday after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy Florida intersection during rush hour, the FBI said. Both robbers were shot and killed, and the fourth victim was in a nearby vehicle […]

OAKWOOD, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say a man called out of his Steak ‘n Shake job because he was “intoxicated,” then showed up anyway and demanded money while holding a co-worker at gunpoint. The Gainesville Times reports 20-year-old Kentarias Gowans, of Flowery Branch, is charged with offenses including aggravated assault. Oakwood Police investigator Todd Templeton […]