Tag Archives: robbery

Scam team kidnaps elderly woman, rob and beat her

A pair of scam artists from Southern California are now sitting in the Sacramento County Jail after kidnapping and assaulting a 70-year-old woman who they were trying to swindle out of thousands of dollars. A witness who saw the suspects … Continue reading

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“KISS” Bandit looks more like “Insane Clown Posse” fan to me

The Sacramento Police Department is looking for a robbery suspect who held up two businesses in North Sacramento at gunpoint earlier this week, but the description that they’ve distributed to the local media outlets only shows that the organization may … Continue reading

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Help! My wife and kids are being held hostage! I need all your money! SIKE

Robbery at NotePoint from SacMav Rapid Media on Vimeo. This guy thought he had a fool-proof plan; walk into a business and hand a clerk a note saying that if they didn’t give him all their money, kidnappers would hurt … Continue reading

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Recently released “non-violent offender” rapes Downtown Sacramento woman

A Sacramento man who has been arrested 14 times in the past ten years is back in custody this afternoon after investigators say he forced his way into a Downtown Sacramento home and raped the woman inside. According to a … Continue reading

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Melees at the Malls

Over the past two days a pair of combative individuals has kept the Sacramento Police Department busy at the city’s major shopping malls. In both cases, young men armed with handguns tested the training of local law enforcement officers. On … Continue reading

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Police arrest three in connection to a rash of smash-and-grab robberies

The Sacramento Police Department has arrested three men that they believe may be connected to a string of recent late-night smash-and-grab robberies at several local businesses. An observant graveyard-shift Home Depot employee witnessed the trio as they broke through the glass door … Continue reading

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Good Samaritan assaulted, robbed after stopping to jump a car battery

An area man ended up in the hospital requiring stitches to his face after he was jumped and robbed by five men.  The man was driving down Del Paso Blvd Sunday night around 11 when a woman flagged him down claiming … Continue reading

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Band of kids pull off late-night crime spree

A group of three male juveniles believed to be between the ages of 12 and 16 are still on the loose after pulling off a series of late-night armed robberies early Sunday. The first holdup occurred at 2 a.m. when … Continue reading

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Haggin Oaks robbery leads to golf cart-jacking, chase, & shots being fired

A man was arrested near a local golf course after he robbed a concessions vehicle at gunpoint and “cart-jacked” it in an attempt to get away. Shortly after 5 p.m. an unidentified man used a gun to hold up the … Continue reading

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Shirtless man enters K-Mart, steals shirt, goes crazy

Everybody has seen the “No Shoes, No Shirt, No service” sign. Apparently one man in Rancho Cordova was determined to obey with this timeless tradition, even if it meant stealing the shirt to comply. Sheriff deputies were called out to … Continue reading

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Crime “spree” ends with robber shot in the gut

An 18 year-old man who is believed to be connected to as many as three robberies in the Sacramento area on Saturday afternoon ended up at Kaiser South after his last would-be victim shot him in the gut. Sheriff deputies … Continue reading

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Bold thieves trick trusting residents

In a disturbing trend that’s been making the rounds in the news lately, sacpd.org is reporting again this morning that a team of bold thieves are tricking Sacramento residents into giving them access to their property under the ruse that they … Continue reading

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