![]() ![]() A vehicle search uncovered two loaded handguns, including one that was "ghost gun" with its serial number removed and a 30-round high-capacity magazine.Īs officers conducted their investigation, they learned the occupants were associated to three more subjects in a second vehicle at an adjacent shopping center. Police initiated a high-risk and took the two occupants into custody. Later Saturday, officers located the suspect vehicle associated with the crime on Los Gatos Boulevard. Walnut Creek Apple store robbery suspects arrested in Los Gatos. ![]() Police did not provide details on the robbery at the Walnut Creek Apple store beyond the fact that the "grab and run" happened sometime Saturday morning. The Los Gatos-Monte Serano Police Department posted on Facebook about the arrests Saturday evening. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.:LOS GATOS - Police in Los Gatos arrested two people Saturday suspected of stealing items from an Apple store in Walnut Creek, according to authorities. The city recorded 3,709 retail theft complaints in August, the most the boroughs have ever seen in a single month. “Insanity,” the top cop tweeted earlier this month in response to a Post exposé about a prolific Queens shoplifter who was arrested 46 times in 2021, only to be released to continue stealing under Albany’s bail reform overhaul. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea has blamed the shoplifting surge on the state’s “disastrous bail reform law.” Courtesy of Lyanne Melendez/KGO- Law enforcement officials claim the shoplifting is due to San Francisco changing theft of less than $950 worth of goods to a misdemeanor. A shoplifter on a bike stealing items from a San Francisco Walgreens. “They’ve all been stolen,” a CVS employee said. ![]() Last week, The Post visited a dozen Walgreens, CVS, Duane Reade and Rite Aid locations to find largely barren shelves where staples like tampons, toothpaste, face wash and hand sanitizer should have been stocked. “I am completely devastated by this news – this Walgreens is less than a mile from seven schools and has been a staple for seniors, families and children for decades,” Ahsha Safai tweeted Tuesday.ĭrug store theft in New York City has spiraled into a similar crisis. Walgreens announced that it will be closing five additional locations in San Francisco due to an increase in “organized retail crime.” Photo by Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The retailer had previously shuttered 17 stores in San Francisco during the past five years, Fox News reported.Ī member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors said the new closures will “significantly impact” the community. During this time to help combat this issue, we increased our investments in security measures in stores across the city to 46 times our chain average in an effort to provide a safe environment.” “Retail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to five times our chain average. “Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,” Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso told the outlet. San Fran shoplifters have been emboldened by a referendum that lowered the penalty for stealing goods worth less than $950 from a felony to a misdemeanor, cops and prosecutors have said.Ī spokesperson for the company confirmed the latest closures to SFGate. Walgreens is closing five more San Francisco locations as drug stores from the Bay Area to the Big Apple are besieged by rampant shoplifting and lax enforcement. Shoplifting crisis is so bad shoppers struggling to find non-locked-up items Queens pol demands CVS end lax security, crack down on shopliftersīrazen bandit uses blowtorch to steal $448 in skin care products from NYC Walgreens: video Journalist witnesses 3 thefts in 30 minutes during segment at most-robbed Walgreens in US ![]()
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