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The suspects two Vallejo men, a Pittsburg man and a San Leandro man were charged with a Jan. 14 incident where plainclothes officers allegedly witnessed the foursome leave a smoke shop, rob someone of an Acura, then drive to a gas station and commit an armed robbery. At that point, uniformed officers showed up and arrested the men, according to court records.

BROOKLYN, NY - An NYPD recruit is facing multiple criminal charges after being arrested in Brooklyn late Sunday afternoon, police said. Eray Celiksoy, 21, was arrested Sunday around 7:40 p.m. in Brooklyn's 61st Precinct, which covers the southern part of the borough, including Kings Bay, Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach, according to the NYPD. Police shared few details about the incident that led to Celiksoy's arrest but said he has been charged with robbery, strangulation, and assault

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OAKLAND A city resident has been arrested and charged with using a pistol to beat a woman and rob her of $400 after paying her for sex, according to court records. Alexander Stovall, 43, was charged with robbery and assault with a firearm on Jan. 26. Authorities allege that nine days before the case was filed, Stovall met a woman on the 700 block of International Boulevard, an area known for prostitution, and paid her $200.

According to police sources, the victim, a 15-year-old boy, entered the Carey Gardens NYCHA apartment building located at 2832 West 23rd St. in Coney Island just before 5 p.m. on Jan. 17. The boy had scheduled a meet-up over social media to sell his jacket. Instead, sources said, he walked into a trap. Upon arriving at the location, cops said, four suspects ambushed the teen, demanding all of his belongings and threatening to stab him.

BROOKLYN, NY - A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a robbery that left a 10-year-old victim shaken but unharmed on Christmas Day, according to the New York City Police Department. Police said the incident occurred around 5:52 p.m. on Thursday, December 25, in front of 1534 42nd Street within the 66th Precinct. The victim was walking when the suspect approached, grabbed him by the arm, and forcibly took imitation or play money from him before fleeing southbound on 42nd Street.

A convicted murderer and a second prisoner who absconded from prison on New Year's Day have been arrested, police have said. Avon and Somerset Police said both Armstrong and Washbourne had been arrested on Wednesday. Armstrong, who was convicted of murdering someone during a robbery in Warwickshire in 2009, was arrested by Warwickshire Police officers near Henley-in-Arden train station just before 12pm. A member of the public had reported seeing Armstrong, who is now in police custody.

Police have released images of suspects wanted in connection with a knife attack on a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a robbery on the London Underground. Another passenger tried to help but was attacked by the group, who slashed him with a knife and left a cut above his eyebrow. The group then fled Northwick Park Underground station having stolen the man's bag.

EAST PALO ALTO - A Peninsula man was arrested in connection with a robbery in East Palo Alto and an attempted robbery in Palo Alto on Sunday, according to authorities. The robbery happened at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto and the attempted robbery happened near the intersection of Lytton Avenue and Webster Street in Palo Alto, the East Palo Alto and Palo Alto police departments said in a joint news release. Both incidents were reported around 10:15 a.m. Sunday.

Tyrone Richards, 31, and Anton Clarke-Butcher, 24, have each been charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of administering a noxious substance after an incident at the London airport on Sunday, HM Courts and Tribunal Service staff said. They are due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Five people were taken to hospital, all of whom have since been discharged.

Alameda County prosecutors have struck plea deals with two alleged robbers, both of whom were accused of luring their victims into a false sense of security with the help of a suspected prostitute. In one case, Nicholas Lewis, 31, was sentenced to nine days he already served in jail plus probation after pleading no contest to grand theft. In another, Luis Silva, 24, also pleaded no contest to grand theft for a two-year probation term, court records show.

Police are appealing for information after a man was pushed down the stairs and robbed at Waterloo station. The man was walking towards the Bakerloo Line platforms when he was attacked and had his wallet stolen by a group of men at around 6.20am on Friday, November 21, police said. Detectives have released images of four men they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. CCTV images show four black men wearing thick winter coats with their hoods up.

Footage posted online showed a man being hit with a trouser belt and reportedly forced to transfer money from his bank account. The incident is said to have taken place at The Tannery in the city's Bath Lane on November 21. On the same night, officers were told a group of men had then visited a second address 13 miles away in Harborough District and demanded those inside transfer money to them and hand over designer clothing.

BROOKLYN, NY - Police are seeking two suspects who robbed an 18-year-old man after threatening him and simulating a firearm earlier this month in the Bay Ridge area. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on November 15 near 85th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway, according to the NYPD. Investigators said the victim was approached by two unidentified men who demanded his belongings and pretended to have a gun.

Reuters A man has been charged with robbery and attempted robbery after more than 30,000 worth of iPhones were stolen from an Apple store. Avram Stoica, 20, of no fixed abode, allegedly targeted the new iPhone 17 phones at the company's store at the Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock, Essex, on 22 September. He is also charged with attempted robbery, following reports of an attempt to rob an Apple store in Brent Cross,

A pair of knife-wielding robbers in London were tackled to the ground and arrested by the Metropolitan Police in just eight minutes following a chase. Footage released by the force on Thursday (20 November) shows officers running after the two suspects, one on foot and one on an e-bike, after they received reports from distressed victims who had been robbed at knife-point.

Four Bay Area men have been charged in a 19-felony complaint with crimes related to their alleged participation in a series of home burglaries and robberies that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in valuables and cash, court records show. Randy Taylor, 27, of Fairfield, Terrell Mackey, 30, of San Francisco, Armani McFarland, 31, of Antioch, and Dajuan Menifee, 27, of San Francisco, were charged on Nov. 10 with a mix of burglary and robbery counts.

At the beginning of the clip, the silver four-door sedan could be seen backing into a parking spot in front of Accolades Vape and Tobacco Shop in Warrenton, Virginia. As FOX 5 reporter Shomari Stone noted in the segment, the car was designed to fit five passengers. As the clip progressed, five people emerged from the back seats alone. Then, the trunk pops open to reveal two more suspects climbing out. The final two suspects in the driver's seat and front passenger seat brought the total to nine nearly twice what the car was designed to hold.