California Highway Patrol Warns of Crash-and-Grab Road Robberies

Published on November 18, 2023

A gunman in Orange County, California, recently used a staged vehicle collision to rob a jewelry store employee, escaping with cash and jewelry and leaving the victim’s vehicle disabled, just weeks after a similar incident occurred in Los Angeles. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), officers received a call around 1:15 p.m. on Nov. 14 reporting the crash and robbery on the Beach Boulevard onramp onto the 405 Freeway in Huntington Beach, where a maroon Infiniti SUV and white Ford Explorer were used for the heist. “Several suspects, dressed in dark clothing and wearing masks, approached the victim’s vehicle, robbed the victim at gun point of U.S. currency, jewelry, and fled the scene in the white Ford Explorer,” officials said in a press release the same day....

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