#armed-robbery

#armed-robbery

A robbery suspect posing as a delivery person forced their way into a victim's home Saturday morning at gunpoint, and made off with a major crypto haul. In what was pretty clearly a planned and targeted robbery, San Francisco police say that the suspect knocked on the victim's door or rang their doorbell near 18th and Dolores streets at around 6:45 am Saturday, pretending to be a food delivery person.

Boston police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the suspects allegedly involved in a violent Nov. 4 armed robbery in which the victim was run over by a car. Around 10:44 p.m., the two suspects allegedly robbed the victim of his gold chains near 100 Washington St. in Dorchester, police say. At least one assailant was carrying a knife, police said. The victim was repeatedly punched and kicked and run over by a small red Chevrolet vehicle, for which the license plate number is unknown, police say.

"These are seasoned criminals," he said.

Six people armed with military-grade weapons used explosives to break into a gold refining laboratory in Lyon, slightly injuring five employees in the latest high-profile daytime heist to hit France. The audacious raid in the eastern city took place on Thursday afternoon, with police quickly arresting the suspected perpetrators and recovering the loot estimated at €12 million, officials said. Five employees of Laboratoires Pourquery were "slightly injured in the explosion" and three were taken to hospital for checks, the regional prefecture told AFP.

Surveillance video shows the victim who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons getting into his car after work when another vehicle pulled up and blocked him. Three hooded, masked men jumped out, yanked him from the driver's seat and beat him, repeatedly pistol-whipping and punching him before fleeing with the watch, according to the victim and Irvine police, who took a report.

just after 11:15 a.m. on Oct. 15 when the frightening incident occurred. The suspect, unknown to the victim, came from behind and grabbed the unsuspecting woman, placing a black firearm to her head as he demanded her belongings. Police said he snagged two purses from the victim. Among the personal items inside the purses were a cellphone, wallet, documents, credit cards, jewelry, and $120 in cash.

Multiple people wearing masks and brandishing handguns ran into Heller Jewelers at the City Center Bishop Ranch shopping mall at 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road at around 1:50 p.m. Footage from the scene shows the robbers using tools, including a hammer, a tire iron and a pick axe, to smash glass countertops so they could pull out merchandise in a "takeover-style armed robbery," according to police.

According to Gothamist, a woman living in the Cypress Hill public housing complex in Brooklyn was relieved of more than $200,000 worth of money and jewelry after two men posed as NYCHA employees and entered her home at gunpoint to commit the robbery on Aug. 11. How they knew this particular person was balling while living in the projects is anyone's guess, but they definitely hit a sweet lick as they made off with $7,000 in cash and roughly $200,000 in jewelry.

Randolph police responded to the AI Prime gas station at 304 Union St. for a report of an armed robbery on Saturday around 8:15 p.m., the department said. The suspect, later identified as McDonald, was reported to have been wearing a black mask and was carrying a semiautomatic handgun. He fled on foot, according to police.

An 18-year-old man and a teenage boy have been arrested in connection with an alleged armed robbery of three people, including two minors, moments after a middle school promotion event in Stockton.

Jeremy Dante Love Fisher, 28, of Pacifica, entered a no-contest plea to armed robbery and using a deadly weapon, resulting in a guilty verdict by the judge.

The released videos provide clear evidence of Vargas holding a gun during a high-stakes police pursuit.

Lalance Smith was found guilty of first-degree murder and multiple firearm charges, following the 2019 fatal shooting of Arnold Woodrum during an armed robbery.