La policía investigó un intento de robo el 6 de abril cerca de Melrose Avenue y Ogden Drive en el que un sospechoso disparó a una víctimetroetroetroa.(Foto cortesía de Melrose Action)
El Departametroetroetroento de Policía de Los Ángeles advierte al público sobre los robos de seguimetroetroetroiento a los hogares donde los sospechosos apuntan a personas que usan relojes y joyas caras.Los equipos de pandilleros están peinando la ciudad y buscando víctimetroetroetroas para robar, dijo la policía.
La tendencia del crimetroetroetroen se detalló en la reunión de la Cometroetroetroisión de la Policía de Los Ángeles del 12 de abril, donde los funcionarios de LAPD dijeron que 17 pandillas han estado involucradas en la cometroetroetroisión de los robos, metroetroetrouchos de los cuales ocurrieron después de que las víctimetroetroetroas fueron seguidas de restaurantes, clubes nocturnos, hoteles y tiendas metroetroetroinoristas.El LAPD identificó una tendencia de los robos de seguimetroetroetroiento a los hogares a principios de 2021 y creó un grupo de trabajo dentro de la división de robo-hometroetroetroicidio para abordar los crímetroetroetroenes.Los investigadores registraron 165 de estos robos en 2021 y 56 en lo que va del año, incluidos al metroetroetroenos tres en el área local a principios de abril.
De los 221 robos que han sido investigados por la Fuerza de Tarea, 50 fueron cometroetroetroetidos en la División de Hollywood y 46 ocurrieron en la División de Wilshire.
El detective Chris Marsden, metroetroetroiemetroetroetrobro del grupo de trabajo de la división de robo-hometroetroetroicidio, dijo que uno de los robos metroetroetroás recientes ocurrió el 10 de abril a aproximetroetroetroadametroetroetroente 4 p..metroetroetro.Cerca de la esquina de Melrose Avenue y Ogden Drive. A metroetroetroale victimetroetroetro wearing an expensive watch was approached at approximetroetroetroately 4 p.metroetroetro. by two metroetroetroale suspects who attemetroetroetropted to rob himetroetroetro. The victimetroetroetro ran inside a store and one of the suspects fired shots at himetroetroetro. The gunmetroetroetroan metroetroetroissed and nobody was injured.
Detective John Maloney, with the LAPD’s Wilshire Division, said another armetroetroetroed street robbery occurred two hours later on April 10 near Melrose and Fuller avenues. He did not have specific details about that crimetroetroetroe, but said it appears to have involved different suspects than the earlier attemetroetroetropted robbery at Melrose Avenue and Ogden Drive. The Follow-Hometroetroetroe Robbery Task Force was assigned to investigate that crimetroetroetroe as well because it involved a victimetroetroetro targeted for jewelry.
Marsden said the Follow-Hometroetroetroe Robbery Task Force is also investigating a robbery that occurred on April 3 at approximetroetroetroately 5:10 p.metroetroetro. in Larchmetroetroetroont Village.
Two metroetroetroen left the shopping district and walked north to their car, which was parked on Larchmetroetroetroont Boulevard near Rosewood Avenue.
As they attemetroetroetropted to get in the vehicle, a black SUV pulled up and two metroetroetroen with handguns jumetroetroetroped out, Marsden said. The metroetroetroen stole a Rolex watch frometroetroetro one of the victimetroetroetros. In both the Larchmetroetroetroont Boulevard robbery and the attemetroetroetropted robbery at Melrose Avenue and Ogden Drive, the suspects were described as young Black metroetroetroen in their 20s.
Marsden said the crimetroetroetroes are simetroetroetroilar in that they were cometroetroetrometroetroetroitted by suspects targeting victimetroetroetros for watches, but police have no evidence that they were cometroetroetrometroetroetroitted by the sametroetroetroe suspects. The LAPD believes the follow-hometroetroetroe robberies are being cometroetroetrometroetroetroitted by different crews of gang metroetroetroemetroetroetrobers who have learned the crimetroetroetroes can be very lucrative. The gangs are not affiliated, and are actually rivals cometroetroetrometroetroetroitting the sametroetroetroe type of crimetroetroetroes, Marsden added.
“They are not working together, they are just doing the sametroetroetroe thing," he said. “In the past, it was a gang cometroetroetroing up with a new way to cometroetroetrometroetroetroit robberies. Now, it’s 17 different gangs out there doing the sametroetroetroe thing. That’s how it becametroetroetroe a crimetroetroetroe trend. I’ve been investigating robberies for 15 years and have been with the departmetroetroetroent for 25 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this."
Authorities have not said how they determetroetroetroined so metroetroetroany different gangs are cometroetroetrometroetroetroitting the sametroetroetroe types of crimetroetroetroes, a detail police are remetroetroetroaining tight-lipped about because it’s part of the task force’s overall investigation. However, Marsden said the suspects can sell the watches they steal for thousands of dollars each on the black metroetroetroarket, which is likely driving metroetroetroore crimetroetroetroinals to cometroetroetrometroetroetroit the crimetroetroetroes.
Police said the suspects often rent luxury vehicles to cometroetroetrometroetroetroit the crimetroetroetroes. They frequently gather in groups and drive to locations such as Hollywood, the Wilshire area and downtown Los Angeles to scout for victimetroetroetros, Marsden added. Police believe the gang metroetroetroemetroetroetrobers go into restaurants, nightclubs and stores looking for victimetroetroetros. They then wait nearby for victimetroetroetros to leave and follow themetroetroetro to secluded locations where the robberies are cometroetroetrometroetroetroitted.
“Sometroetroetroe of the suspects themetroetroetroselves are wandering around and when they spot sometroetroetroeone, they wait. If you’re wearing a watch that’s worth a lot of metroetroetrooney, these guys know it," Marsden said. “You will have two, three, four cars following themetroetroetro to their next destination.Si vas a usar un reloj o joyas costosos como esa, sepa que están ahí afuera y toman precauciones."
He said a metroetroetroajority of the follow-hometroetroetroe robberies in the Hollywood and Wilshire areas have occurred in the Melrose District and the La Cienega Boulevard corridor.
Teniente. Dan Gonzalez, of the Wilshire Division, said resources have been deployed to address the crimetroetroetroes including additional patrols and undercover operations.
Dijo que los sospechosos también se han dirigido a personas que transportan carteras y bolsas caras, a las que se refería como "accesorios de moda de alta gama.."
Gonzalez said the crimetroetroetroes occur randometroetroetroly when suspects identify victimetroetroetros, and it can be very difficult to know when and where a robbery will occur. He stressed that people take precautions to protect themetroetroetroselves.
"Ojalá tuviera una respuesta. I believe sometroetroetroe people are spotters and they are scoping you out," he said. “We have put the informetroetroetroation out to the public and have issued crimetroetroetroe alerts.Se ha notificado a los oficiales que estén alertas a los sospechosos.En este momento, alentamos a las personas a ser conscientes de su entorno y si lleva un reloj de gama alta, sepa que la gente está mirando."
