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Union Square Chanel Store Rammed by Car In Apparent Smash-and-Grab Attempt

Yet another would-be smash-and-grab was unsuccessful at the Union Square Chanel store early Monday morning, though the would-be burglars did serious damage to the storefront, and police suspect the same burglars tried this again at a nearby McDonald’s.

Smash-and-Grabbers Loot Store While Pepper-Spraying Staff and Customers, In Orinda of All Places

You don’t often see smash-and-grab burglaries in the upscale Contra Costa County enclave of Orinda, but one happened there this weekend, as the perpetrators reportedly attacked staff and customers with pepper spray while stealing $100,000 worth of jewelry.

Sunday Links: Sebastopol Smash-And-Grab Thief Steals Candy, Leaves Trail For Police

SFPD announced a $250,000 reward in a 2006 unsolved murder case; an East Bay chiropractic school professor is being sued by students for alleged sexual misconduct; and authorities race to investigate an Alaska commuter plane crash that killed ten people.

Smash-and-Grab Burglars Ram Car Into Montclair Lucky Supermarket, Make Off With ATM

A string of car-ramming burglaries continued in Oakland early Thursday morning, as the Lucky Supermarket in Montclair was rammed into with a vehicle by a team of thieves who went straight for the ATM.

Burglars Ram Cars Into as Many as Ten Oakland Businesses In Weekend Smash-and-Grab Spree

There are reports that as many as ten Oakland businesses had their storefronts rammed into by cars over the weekend, stealing ATMs and more, and police say surveillance video suggests each smash-and-grab was pulled off by the same crew.

SF District Attorney Charges Two In Connection With Union Square Dior Store Burglary

Two suspects were charged and entered not-guilty pleas in connection with an October smash-and-grab burglary at the Union Square Christian Dior store, a heist that involved at least 10 individuals, and that resulted in the theft of nearly $300K in handbags.

Vehicle Rams Into Union Square Louis Vuitton In Attempted Smash-and-Grab, Thieves Fail to Steal Anything

Just two blocks from where smash-and-grab burglars rammed a car into the Union Square Dior store two weeks ago, another set of would-be thieves smashed their car into the Louis Vuitton, but were foiled from actually stealing anything in their attempted heist.

Union Square Dior Once Again Rammed Into by Car in Smash-and-Grab Burglary

Nearly one year to the day after thieves rammed a car into the Union Square Dior storefront, another car pulled the same scheme just before 3 am Friday morning, and the suspects are still at large.

Oakland’s ‘F*** Everyone Gang’ Accused of Stealing Nearly $1 Million in Merchandise In Just Two Months

One alleged gang member of something called the “F*** Everyone Gang” is in custody on charges of stealing $970,000 worth of merchandise, and police found him after he used his getaway vehicle in a music video.

Oakland Police Warn of Rise In Smash-and-Grabs of Occupied Vehicles

The Oakland Police Department says that it's deploying more officers in response to the uptick in crime, but department-wide response times still lag.

Two Suspects Charged In Smash-and-Grab Involving Car at Union Square Dior Store

The pair of suspects arrested in connection with last week's brazen smash-and-grab robbery at the Christian Dior store in Union Square — a robbery that involved ramming through the front gates and door of the store with a car — have now been charged.

Union Square Dior Store Rammed With Car In Burglary Heist, at Least Two Arrested

A brazen Thursday morning smash-and-grab at the Union Square Dior store was heavy on the smash, as burglars rammed a car into the store and stole a reported $270,000 in merchandise — but one of the getaway cars then crashed and the suspects in it were arrested.

One Union Square Smash-and-Grabber Sentenced To Three Years In Prison, In Harshest Sentence Yet

One of the many who participated in the infamous November 2021 Union Square smash-and-grab spree has reportedly received a three-year prison sentence, larger than the other sentences by magnitudes, but that’s likely because the suspect busted off his ankle monitor and committed more burglaries.

Fruitvale Avenue Ice Cream Shop Flavor Brigade Has Storefront Demolished In ATM Theft

Security camera video catches the entire heist, as two suspects plow a car through the front window and all the way into the back of a Lower Dimond’s ice cream shop Flavor Brigade, just to make off with an ATM machine.

Starbucks Near Oakland Airport an Apparent Hot Spot for Smash-and-Grab Thieves Right Now

Don't stop for coffee on your way to or from Oakland Airport with a car full of luggage, because opportunistic thieves may just smash in and grab it all.

Mission Street GameStop Hit by Flash Mob Robberies Three Times in Six Days

The flash mob-style burglaries we saw in Union Square last November popped up again on Mission Street, as the GameStop store suffered a reported three robberies in less than one week.

Cannabis Dispensaries Suffering Rash of Burglaries, Seemingly Indifferent Police Response

Your favorite marijuana shops are turning to armed security, high-tech glass, and even AI to stave off a surge of robberies amidst conspicuously slow-footed action from law enforcement.

Walnut Creek Nordstrom Flash-Mob Suspects Once Again Allowed To Walk Free After Computer Snafu

In the second accidental suspect release in two weeks, the mere three suspects arrested in the 80-member flash-mob Nordstrom heist are all released, but two of them apparently shouldn’t have been.

Police: Louis Vuitton Smash-and-Grab Was Coordinated on Snapchat

The gang of thieves in the infamous November 20 Union Square flash-mob robbery apparently didn’t even know each other, as law enforcement officials now say the crew was recruited via the disappearing message app Snapchat.

Contra Costa Sheriff May Have 'Accidentally Released' Nordstrom Flash-Mob Theft Suspect

The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office is “investigating the circumstances” around the release of a Nordstrom ransacking suspect, but the suspect’s mother puts it more bluntly, saying "He was accidentally released from jail."

Police Appear to Just Sit and Watch as NoPa Dispensary Gets Burglarized

Here’s a new wrinkle in the ongoing smash-and-grab robbery chronicles, as security video indicates SFPD sat and watched the robbery of a dispensary, not intervening until after the getaway vehicle drove off.

Union Square Smash-and-Grab Arrestees Range In Age From 23 to 53

SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced felony charges against nine individuals on Tuesday in connection with Friday's widespread robberies at Union Square retailers, and they range in age from 23 to 53.

'Caravans' of Cars With Some Armed Suspects Targeted Oakland Cannabis Businesses Amid Weekend Robberies

Mobs of organized thieves targeted retail businesses in multiple corners of the Bay Area. But some incidents in Oakland suggest a more loose affiliation between suspects, and group tactics that perhaps came together on social media.

Newsom Says Organized Smash-and-Grab Robbers Will Be Punished, Says Mayors Must 'Step Up'

Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday he was speaking as a victimized business owner himself when he made comments about last weekend's swarm of organized smash-and-grab robberies around the Bay.

[Update] Multiple Union Square Stores Hit By Smash-and-Grab Burglars Friday

More than a dozen individuals partook in a brazen burglary of the Louis Vuitton location at 233 Geary Street Friday night — taking most of the store's on-display inventory before police arrived. And that wasn't the only store robbed.