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Title: Santa Ana PD: Robberies Increase By 50%, Suspects Using Face Covering Orders To Their Advantage
Post by: mystery-ak on May 15, 2020, 09:06:08 pm

Santa Ana PD: Robberies Increase By 50%, Suspects Using Face Covering Orders To Their Advantage
May 14, 2020 at 10:38 pm

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Pointing a gun right at a gas station clerk, a man in a traffic vest and a ball cap demanded money as his accomplice, wearing a mask, grabbed the cash.

“We’re sitting here not knowing who’s going to walk through that door,” Elias Khawan, the owner, said.

The thieves, who did not initially raise the clerk’s suspicion due to local orders for face coverings in light of the coronavirus pandemic, took off in a silver Nissan Altima last Friday at 2 a.m.

Khawan said he has never seen anything like it the 17 years he’s run his Santa Ana gas station and convenience store. He said local face covering requirements put his staff in danger.

“It’s horrible,” he said. “I mean, I know we have to take certain measures because of what’s happening with COVID-19, but it’s the perfect script or manual for a robber — the mask, the sunshade and a hoodie. You don’t know who’s coming, who’s walking in.”

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https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/05/14/coronavirus-santa-ana-robberies-increase-suspects-face-covering-orders/

Title: Re: Santa Ana PD: Robberies Increase By 50%, Suspects Using Face Covering Orders To Their Advantage
Post by: PeteS in CA on May 15, 2020, 10:42:00 pm

I'm that has happened a lot the past couple of months. 8 months ago someone who looked like my avatar walking into a store would have attracted attention. Now, not so much.

Title: Re: Santa Ana PD: Robberies Increase By 50%, Suspects Using Face Covering Orders To Their Advantage
Post by: Smokin Joe on May 16, 2020, 02:06:17 am

I guess it took the thugs a while to get their hands on masks...but...hoodathunkit? :silly: