Oakland businesses question police response time amid rash of smash-and-grab robberies

Oakland businesses question police response time amid rash of smash-and-grab robberies

(KRON) -- A gas station and a convenience store were robbed within minutes of each other in East Oakland on Wednesday. A store clerk told KRON4 that police were slow to respond while the thieves were still on the scene. Minutes after one of the robberies Wednesday morning, a clerk at Express Gas and Mart on High Street in East Oakland collected herself. "Mentally, I mean, I've seen worse things and I've gone through worse things, but other than …

2 more smash-and-grabs; victims complain OPD doesn't respond fast enough

At least two businesses were hit with smash-and-grabs in Oakland where the victims complained that police didn't respond fast enough.

LASD: Smash-and-grab investigation progressing

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Major Crimes Bureau official said Wednesday there is little information that can yet be released on the April 10 burglaries in which 10 businesses fell victim to smash-and-grabs — however, he said, the earlier Feb. 17 string of smash-and-grabs investigation is moving in a good direction.   Lt. Derek White, spokesman for LASD Major Crimes Bureau, said that detectives with the Organized Retail Crime Task F…

Police search for suspect in smash and grab at Silver Spring business

The search is on for the man who smashed his way into a Silver Spring smoke shop over the weekend. Montgomery County police say it happened early Sunday morning on Fenton Street, and security cameras caught the whole thing. The suspect can be seen crashing through the glass door around 3:30 a.m. and making a b-line for the glass display case. The suspect busted out the glass top of a display case and took $1,000 worth of merchandise in just a fe…

OPP arrest man in 18 suspected smash-and-grab robberies

OPP have arrested a Wheatley man following a robbery investigation stretching back to the summer of 2024.

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