'In my 34 years in the LAPD, I have never seen this type of criminal behavior in such large groups,' the head of the LAPD's Follow Home Robbery Task Force told the city's police commission Tuesday.
A total of 221 follow-home robberies have been reported between the task force's creation in November through April.
The department believes a total of 17 gangs from South Los Angeles are involved in the robberies, but many of them are allegedly from rival groups and are not working together. As of April 10, the task force has handled one murder investigation involving four arrests, two attempted murder investigations, 125 robbery investigations, five attempted robbery investigations, five assault with a deadly weapon investigations, five grand theft investigations and two incidents in which shots were fired into inhabited dwelling, Tippet said.
The follow-home robberies have primarily occurred in the West Bureau, which had 130 reported, with 50 in the Hollywood area, 46 in the Wilshire area, 17 in the Pacific area and 15 in West L.A. The Central Bureau had 49 follow-home robberies, with 40 of them in the central area, including the Jewelry District in downtown Los Angeles."We have seen countless individuals traumatized by having a gun pointed at them and robbed ...
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