Crime & Safety
Police Video Shows Women Bandits in Action
Los Angeles Police are alerting people about a team of women who commit robberies. Two women have been arrested.
Police and neighborhood watch groups in Sherman Oaks have been alerting residents to watch out for two women who are attempting to commit distraction robberies.
Now the Los Angeles Police Department has released a video of two women at a swap meet, which shows them skillfully positioning themselves to steal a wallet from a purse hanging from a baby stroller.
The LAPD said the two women in the video were arrested and charged with robbery this past week.
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Police do not know whether the suspects are the same two women who have been operating in the Sherman Oaks area, but the four-minute-long video gives you a look at how these women robbers sized up their victims.
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