Robberies are up by 32% so far this year in Oakland, and thieves are very specific about how and who they are going after.
The Oakland Police Department sent out an alert about an alarming trend.Robberies are up by 32% so far this year and thieves are very specific about how and who they are going after.Oakland police said they have seen an increase in smash and grabs, specifically targeting parked cars with drivers still inside their cars. One Oakland woman KPIX talked to said the thieves were quick and precise with how they carried out the crime.Aria has lived in the Highland Park neighborhood all her life.
I was honking and everything and I think I scared them away when I started honking because he looked startled. He jumped away and left in the getaway car.'They took off with her purse but luckily she wasn't injured. Aria immediately called police. 'It took a while to even get through the calling system,' Aria said. 'And when they did, they said that they had 200 pending calls ahead of me, but they did receive a lot of reports of the same suspects already.
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