> Robbers target casual carpool line in Oakland 9 am armed robbery of a twenty-person line for a casual carpool in an affluent neighborhood.
> Three hooded robbers targeted people standing in a casual carpool line in > Oakland's affluent Rockridge District on Monday morning, demanding > smartphones and other valuables from the commuters at gunpoint as some > complied and others ran away, police and witnesses said. > > The stickup, which happened shortly before 9 a.m. on Hudson Street near busy > Claremont Avenue, was an unusual and startling crime even in a city with one > of the nation's highest robbery rates. > > But the thieves appeared to take advantage of a central feature of casual > carpooling: The self-regulated stops - where solo drivers pick up passengers > so they can use the diamond lanes while traveling across the bay to San > Francisco - have easy access to freeways. > > According to police, about 20 people had queued up for a ride in Rockridge, > at a stop that sits under Highway 24, when they were accosted by three men in > hooded sweatshirts who demanded their valuables. > > Two men went to the back of the line, while a third went to the front and > pointed a gun at the riders, robbing them one by one of phones, wallets and > bags, said a 38-year-old Oakland man who was among the victims. > > He said about seven people were mugged, and that he was relieved of a > backpack containing his iPad and Kindle. Full San Francisco Chronicle story at: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Robbers-target-casual-carpool-line-in-Oakland-4836702.php _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
