Crew of Robbers in a Jeep Wrangler Targets Victims in Orange County

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.—Four suspects in a dark-colored Jeep Wrangler robbed a woman and her friend in Manhattan Beach Saturday morning, and police later learned that similar crimes occurred at least twice in neighboring Hawthorne, authorities said. Officers were sent to the 200 block of 40th Street at about 3:35 a.m. Saturday on a robbery report and spoke to the woman, who told them she and a friend were walking when a vehicle drove up and the occupants tried to get their attention, Manhattan Beach Police Sgt. Taylor Klosowski said. “The victims ignored the occupants and continued to walk, but the vehicle continued to follow them,” Mr. Klosowski said. “The victims stopped in the 3900 block of The Strand, when the vehicle stopped and four suspects exited.”...