Phoenix police looking for leads in robbery, theft cases [RE-BROADCAST OF 8/20/2012]
Phoenix police are looking for leads in a robbery that may have been carried out by a family and a case of credit card theft.
(Silent Witness Photo)
(Silent Witness Photo)
These women like to make their crime sprees family affairs.
On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, just before 2:00 p.m., they walked into the 99 Cent Store at 35th and Peoria avenues.
“Two women, one in her 20s the other in her 40s, and the three children between the ages of 3 and 10, go into the store and the women start putting stuff into their purses,” Phoenix Police Sgt. Darren Burch said. “Basic shoplifting.”
As they tried to leave the store, they were stopped by a couple of employees.
“They ended-up fighting with the employees, basically turning a shoplifting into a robbery,” Burch said. “At one point, one of the women called the other one ‘mom,’ leading us to believe they were mother, grandmother and grandchildren.”
The women punched one worker in the head and face, rammed a shopping cart into the other worker and were also throwing items at the clerks.
They were doing this while holding children in their arms. The family got away in a van with a covered-up license plate.
To read more about this case, click here.
Our next case will have you carefully guarding your credit card numbers.
On Saturday, June 30, 2012, the victim discovered someone had been using his credit card number. He still had the card, but the thief had somehow taken the numbers and was making purchases at various stores around the Valley, such as Auto Zone and Circle K.
The suspect has been caught on surveillance cameras making hundreds of dollars in fraudulent purchases.
To read more about this case, click here.
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Ahh, the family that steals together, stays together.
Wow! Shoplifting turned robbery with children in tow? Such low life garbage. I hope they are caught and their children are taken away before they ruin them. Hopefully the little ones will open their mouths at school and rat their mom/grandma out.