Southern California has been hit by a series of daytime “flash-mob” burglaries targeting high-end merchandise in the past few weeks. Most suspects are still at large after stores including branches of Nordstrom and Yves Saint Laurent were looted.
A string of sex assaults and robberies during New Year’s celebrations in Germany has fueled debate about the country’s ability to integrate large numbers of migrants, after police said that men who targeted dozens of women in the western city of Cologne appeared to be of “Arab or North African origin.”
A Texas man, his son, and his daughter were arrested for a bank robbery and police believe they are responsible for six other bank robbery cases in recent weeks.