by Liz Karson | Oct 8, 2019 | Crash and Grab
A gang of five men were recently convicted in England of multiple counts of theft and burglaries involving crash and grabs. They used heavy construction equipment to break into banks to steal ATMs. They also hit stores in their ram raid endeavors. The video above... by Liz Karson | Sep 11, 2019 | Crash and Grab
New Zealand City Limited reported just yesterday “Christchurch police are investigating a number of ram raids in the city over the weekend”. A Cash Convertors store in Christchurch apparently was the target of a ram raid by a pair of perpetrators in a... by Liz Karson | Aug 27, 2019 | Crash and Grab
I read a news report from the New Zealand Media and Entertainment website just yesterday about two crash and grab raids at stores on the island. The piece was entitled: “Apparent ram raids hit Rebel Sport Whakatāne and Kopuriki General Store”. Cars or... by Liz Karson | Aug 8, 2019 | Crash and Grab
I have been writing about ram raids, or crash and grabs, for some time on this blog. These incidents all involve using a vehicle to smash through a store front or shopping center perimeter to gain access for theft of merchandise or ATM machines. Perpetrators... by Liz Karson | Jul 18, 2019 | Crash and Grab
I stumbled across this startling article about ram raids in England: “Cash machine ram raiders jailed for £440k crime wave across Birmingham and Midlands”. It was published late last month and details a string of ram raids carried out by a gang in 2018.... by Liz Karson | Jun 25, 2019 | Crash and Grab
This short video shows two recent ram raids in Australia where different vehicles were used to break through storefronts about ten days ago. The first incident was quite violent, while the second was rather tame. In the first ram raid a small dark colored Toyota...
