The Snatch Gang

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FEARS are growing that a child snatch gang is on the loose after men in a silver car tried to kidnap women and girls six times in Worcester.
Detectives are investigating six incidents which have taken place in the Arboretum area of the city since September 10.
On most of the occasions, young women or children were either approached, chased and even grabbed by men in a silver-coloured vehicle.
Parents have also been warned after several incidents of suspicious men seen loitering outside the city's schools.
West Mercia Police have stepped up patrols across the city following the spate of worrying incidents.
Ellesse Robinson, 15, was left sobbing when she fled four men who tried to snatch her off the street on Sunday night.
The schoolgirl was walking to a shop at 7pm when a car pulled up next to her.
She said: "As I walked out of the shop and was waiting at the traffic lights, a grey Peugeot pulled up very slowly towards me.
"Two men in the back told me to 'come'. I stepped back then the man in the front passenger side opened his car door and I genuinely thought he was going to grab me.
"I felt so scared as they were all in their mid or early 30s and really big.
"They sounded Turkish or Romanian, they were all tanned. After he opened his door I basically shouted ‘No! no! no!’ repeatedly.
"I was edging backwards and then managed to run back into the Premier shop.
"The manager Sarah was stocking the shelves and I ran up to her and said: 'Sarah, some men just tried to pull me in their car.'
“She gave me the biggest hug I've ever had in my life. I cried into her shoulder, my legs were shaking like crazy, it was like a really bad anxiety attack.”
The following day, Keeley Austen-Marsden, 21, was chased by two men as she walked a mile from where Ellesse was approached.
They were within arm’s reach so I picked up my speed and so did they. I was terrified. I ran to the top of the road and when I looked back they had gone
She said: "It was 9am and I was walking back from the Lyppard Grange Primary School after taking my little brother in and I noticed these two blokes were behind me.
"I didn't think anything of it to start with until they got closer to me.
"They were within arm’s reach so I picked up my speed and so did they. I was terrified. I ran to the top of the road and when I looked back they had gone.
"I didn't see where they went and I couldn't see their faces as they had hoods on. They were about six foot and stocky.
"I'm just glad I got my brother into school first. I don't know what I would've done if he was still with me. He's only nine. I still feel shaken up now."
Later that evening three girls, including one aged just eight, were approached by men two miles away.
The girls were followed by the men before they ran into a Co-op shop where police were called.
An eyewitness wrote on Facebook: "Three young girls, one aged eight, have just been followed and told to get in a car of men.
"Just be vigilant of what your kids are doing and who they are with because it only takes a split second for them to be grabbed and taken."
The investigations follow three more incidents at two schools in the city this month.
On September 10 police were called to St Barnabas Church of England Primary School after reports of a men behaving strangely outside.
Headteacher Sarah Hanson said: "We did have several reports of a man behaving suspiciously outside our school.
"Members of staff saw this person and so did two workmen who were working on the grounds opposite.
September 10: Strange man seen loitering outside St Barnabas Church of England Primary School. September 15: Man in a car seen following students walking to and from Bishop Perowne Church of England College. September 17: Asian man in BMW with private registration plate seen talking to a child near St Barnabas Church of England Primary School. September 20: Ellesse Robinson, 15, chased by four men as she walked to the shop in Rainbow Hill at 7pm. September 21: Keeley Austen-Marsden, 21, was followed by two men as she walked home from dropping off her brother at school in Astwood Road. September 21: Three young girls followed by men who tried to persuade them to get into their car in Barker Street.
"The man was approached and he moved on. He returned later and was witnessed again by members of staff."
On September 15, Bishop Perowne Church of England College contacted parents with the message: "Please be aware we have had reports of a male approaching and following the students in a car close to the school.
"Police have been notified and we are continuing to liaise with them as they follow this up."
Two days later on September 17, an Asian man in his 30s, in a BMW with private plates, was seen talking to a child through the car window near Barnabas Primary School.
West Mercia Police have ruled out the incident involving the three girls in Barker Street being related to the gang who approached Ellesse but have stepped up patrols across the city.
Detective Inspector Ed Slough said: "We are aware of heightened concerns surrounding the reporting on social media and local news reports of a group of men in a silver/grey saloon vehicle approaching people in the Arboretum area of Worcester.
"Some incidents are reported to have happened whilst children have been walking home from school or in the early evening; or a vehicle has appeared to be driving slowly past schools or children."
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FEARS are growing that a child snatch gang is on the loose after men in a silver car tried to kidnap women and girls six times in Worcester.
Detectives are investigating six incidents which have taken place in the Arboretum area of the city since September 10.
On most of the occasions, young women or children were either approached, chased and even grabbed by men in a silver-coloured vehicle.
Parents have also been warned after several incidents of suspicious men seen loitering outside the city's schools.
West Mercia Police have stepped up patrols across the city following the spate of worrying incidents.
Ellesse Robinson, 15, was left sobbing when she fled four men who tried to snatch her off the street on Sunday night.
The schoolgirl was walking to a shop at 7pm when a car pulled up next to her.
She said: "As I walked out of the shop and was waiting at the traffic lights, a grey Peugeot pulled up very slowly towards me.
"Two men in the back told me to 'come'. I stepped back then the man in the front passenger side opened his car door and I genuinely thought he was going to grab me.
"I felt so scared as they were all in their mid or early 30s and really big.
"They sounded Turkish or Romanian, they were all tanned. After he opened his door I basically shouted ‘No! no! no!’ repeatedly.
"I was edging backwards and then managed to run back into the Premier shop.
"The manager Sarah was stocking the shelves and I ran up to her and said: 'Sarah, some men just tried to pull me in their car.'
“She gave me the biggest hug I've ever had in my life. I cried into her shoulder, my legs were shaking like crazy, it was like a really bad anxiety attack.”
The following day, Keeley Austen-Marsden, 21, was chased by two men as she walked a mile from where Ellesse was approached.
They were within arm’s reach so I picked up my speed and so did they. I was terrified. I ran to the top of the road and when I looked back they had gone
She said: "It was 9am and I was walking back from the Lyppard Grange Primary School after taking my little brother in and I noticed these two blokes were behind me.
"I didn't think anything of it to start with until they got closer to me.
"They were within arm’s reach so I picked up my speed and so did they. I was terrified. I ran to the top of the road and when I looked back they had gone.
"I didn't see where they went and I couldn't see their faces as they had hoods on. They were about six foot and stocky.
"I'm just glad I got my brother into school first. I don't know what I would've done if he was still with me. He's only nine. I still feel shaken up now."
Later that evening three girls, including one aged just eight, were approached by men two miles away.
The girls were followed by the men before they ran into a Co-op shop where police were called.
An eyewitness wrote on Facebook: "Three young girls, one aged eight, have just been followed and told to get in a car of men.
"Just be vigilant of what your kids are doing and who they are with because it only takes a split second for them to be grabbed and taken."
The investigations follow three more incidents at two schools in the city this month.
On September 10 police were called to St Barnabas Church of England Primary School after reports of a men behaving strangely outside.
Headteacher Sarah Hanson said: "We did have several reports of a man behaving suspiciously outside our school.
"Members of staff saw this person and so did two workmen who were working on the grounds opposite.
September 10: Strange man seen loitering outside St Barnabas Church of England Primary School. September 15: Man in a car seen following students walking to and from Bishop Perowne Church of England College. September 17: Asian man in BMW with private registration plate seen talking to a child near St Barnabas Church of England Primary School. September 20: Ellesse Robinson, 15, chased by four men as she walked to the shop in Rainbow Hill at 7pm. September 21: Keeley Austen-Marsden, 21, was followed by two men as she walked home from dropping off her brother at school in Astwood Road. September 21: Three young girls followed by men who tried to persuade them to get into their car in Barker Street.
"The man was approached and he moved on. He returned later and was witnessed again by members of staff."
On September 15, Bishop Perowne Church of England College contacted parents with the message: "Please be aware we have had reports of a male approaching and following the students in a car close to the school.
"Police have been notified and we are continuing to liaise with them as they follow this up."
Two days later on September 17, an Asian man in his 30s, in a BMW with private plates, was seen talking to a child through the car window near Barnabas Primary School.
West Mercia Police have ruled out the incident involving the three girls in Barker Street being related to the gang who approached Ellesse but have stepped up patrols across the city.
Detective Inspector Ed Slough said: "We are aware of heightened concerns surrounding the reporting on social media and local news reports of a group of men in a silver/grey saloon vehicle approaching people in the Arboretum area of Worcester.
"Some incidents are reported to have happened whilst children have been walking home from school or in the early evening; or a vehicle has appeared to be driving slowly past schools or children."
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A group of 40 thieves stormed a Louis Vuitton store, seen above, smashing windows and grabbing merchandise before escaping in waiting cars.
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One of the thieves is seen running from the store loaded down with merchandise. Twitter/@CARLITOSGUEY

The thieves were carried away by waiting vehicles. Twitter/@CARLITOSGUEY

Police arriving shortly after the robbery. Twitter/@CARLITOSGUEY

Police Chief Bill Scott told the Times that cops were “going to disrupt” the city’s crime wave. Twitter/@CARLITOSGUEY

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Nine suspected shoplifters are facing felony charges in a string of shameless retail thefts of more than $1 million in merchandise from San Francisco shops, prosecutors said.
A group of up to 40 thieves stormed into a Louis Vuitton store across from San Francisco’s Union Square on Friday, smashing windows and grabbing whatever items they could while loading the stolen goods into waiting cars, District Attorney Chesa Boudin said Tuesday.
“These brazen acts will not be tolerated in San Francisco,” Boudin said in a statement . “But the problem is bigger than our city. Last weekend, there were similar incidents in Walnut Creek, Hayward, Oakland and San Jose.”
Two of the nine suspects charged with grand theft, commercial burglary and possession of stolen goods as felonies are also facing possession of firearms counts, Boudin said.
Boudin announced the charges alongside San Francisco Assistant Police Chief Mike Redmond, who said extra cops would be deployed in shopping areas and expects many more arrests in the Union Square robberies, as well as in other parts of the Bay Area, including Hayward, Oakland, San Jose and Walnut Creek.
“We believe it is a lot of the same groups involved,” Redmond told reporters, according to the Los Angeles Times .
The wave of robberies started Friday in San Francisco and continued Saturday at a Nordstrom in Walnut Creek , where roughly 80 people hopped out of cars and invaded the store, assaulting two employees while escaping with merchandise, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The chaos continued Sunday with stores targeted in Hayward, where 10 people waltzed into a jewelry store and smashed glass cases to snatch items. The suspects fled in waiting cars, witnesses said.
Another group of thieves – two women and two men — also hit up a sunglasses shop and a Lululemon store in San Jose, stealing nearly $50,000 in merchandise, police said.
San Francisco’s police chief, Bill Scott, told the Times Tuesday that cops were “going to disrupt” the ongoing wave of smash-and-grab robberies without shutting down Union Square.
“We are going to do everything we can to put a stop to this craziness,” Scott said. “In these spots, people were pulling up right in front and then running in the store, grabbing what they could and jumping back in their vehicles.”
Retailers lose about $65 billion annually to organized theft — and criminal flash mobs are a growing trend nationally. Other similar large-scale thefts have occurred in Chicago as well . The incidents are believed to be part of a network that recruits young people to steal items to be sold for profit online.

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