COLOMBIAN GANG SUSPECTED IN RASH OF JEWELRY HEISTS.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer Two gunmen stole $125,000 in diamonds from a jewelry salesman en route to Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , the second such heist in less than a week, police said Tuesday. The robbery, which occurred Monday, is the latest in a string of jewelry salesmen holdups that investigators believe are the work of a 200-member ring of Colombians. The ring has hit across Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , netting about $500 million a year, police said. ``We keep kinda chipping away at the suspects, but there's a never-ending tide of these guys,'' said Los Angeles police Detective Michael Woodings, part of a 15-member jewelry heist task force. In an effort to catch the elusive crooks, police added patrols around the L.A. Jewelry Mart, where the robbers are believed to identify many of their victims. Monday's holdup occurred when a salesman hailed a cab in the L.A. Jewelry Mart and was on his way to LAX. Two men, described in their 20s, in a Honda Accord The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. forced the taxi against the center divider on the transition road from the southbound Harbor Freeway to the westbound Glenn Anderson Glenn Christopher Anderson (Born - October 2, 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. Freeway in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , Woodings said. The robbers, one of them wielding a handgun, demanded the cab's keys and took the jeweler's case from the trunk, Woodings said. Before they fled, the robbers punctured the taxi's tires, police said. Monday night's robbery was nearly identical to a holdup last Wednesday in the same spot when four robbers in a Chevrolet Blazer The Chevrolet Blazer and GMC Jimmy names were used on two different early SUV models:
It was the sixth time this year that jewelry robbers have chosen the same one-lane transition road for their attack, Woodings said. ``I think they feel comfortable doing it there because they've had success in that spot,'' he said. ``But Caltrans has a camera there that hopefully will identify who these guys are.'' The robberies are not confined to South Los Angeles, though. Police have recorded more than eight such incidents in the San Fernando Valley so far this year. |
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