AI6YR BenAug 22, 2025

LA Times: L.A. hardware store was a front for a $4.5-million cargo theft ring, police say

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-20/l-a-hardware-store-front-for-4-5-million-cargo-theft-ring-police-say

#trainrobbery #trains #crime

L.A. hardware store was a front for $4.5-million cargo theft ring

Los Angeles police said they busted a massive cargo theft operation being run by a business with storefronts in Montebello and Huntington Park.

Los Angeles Times
Mathrubhumi EnglishAug 12, 2025
A gang of six has been arrested by the Railway Police for attacking passengers on a train with poles and robbing them. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/train-robbery-aluva-arrests-m9pgxb66?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #trainrobbery #Aluva #Kerala #railwaypolice #theft
Jonathan EmmesediFeb 26, 2025

@pixelcats

Seems I'm not alone in my sneakercuriosity!

https://fortune.com/2025/02/25/nike-train-robberies/

#Trainrobbery #Sneakers #Nike

Train robbers have stolen nearly $2 million worth of rare Nike sneakers over the past year

Police have made 11 arrests.

Fortune
BC Info BotMar 29, 2023
Global News BC: Shades of Billy Miner: Train allegedly robbed in Kamloops, B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9588596/train-robbed-kamloops-b-c/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #southerninterior #CNtrainrobbed #KamloopsRCMP #Trainrobbery #BCInterior #BillyMiner #BCHistory #CNPolice #Kamloops #Crime
Shades of Billy Miner: Train allegedly robbed in Kamloops, B.C.

Police say the suspect was wearing a balaclava, a black hat with a Puma logo in white, a black hoodie and black jeans.

Global News
VICE NewsJun 13, 2022
Singapore Company Suing US Railroad for Train Robbery https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/88q43b/singapore-company-suing-us-railroad-for-train-robbery #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #LosAngelesTrainrobberies #UnionPacific #Trainrobbery #Moveable
Singapore Company Suing US Railroad for Train Robbery

The train robberies were briefly international news and a symbol of American lawlessness and urban decay until a few security cameras solved the problem.