by Liz Karson | Sep 1, 2020 | Crash and Grab
I was thinking about crash and grabs and ram raids after reading about the low-speed vehicular incident in Mundelein. I received an alert from the Lake and McHenry County Scanner earlier today. It reported “1 injured after car slams through Mundelein home, leaving it...
by Liz Karson | Jul 28, 2020 | Crash and Grab
I’ve shared many vivid videos of crash and grabs, or ram raids, with you in the past. Here is a collection of video clips from England which were captured with various closed-circuit television systems, smartphones and even body cams. It is worth watching to...
by Liz Karson | Jul 7, 2020 | Crash and Grab
This video shows three incidents of crash and grabs in Australia. Initially, we see two vivid incidents at Repco stores in Greenway. In both of these instances, a dark pickup truck smashes through the front door of the stores. The video at the second store also shows...
by Liz Karson | Jun 18, 2020 | Crash and Grab
I have not seen a lot of news about crash and grabs, or ram raids here in the U.S. while practically the entire world is in the midst of COVID-19. Such apparently is not the case in Australia where the ram raiders carry on. On June 12th the Tumut and Adelong Times...
by Liz Karson | Jan 30, 2020 | Crash and Grab
I came across this image which shows the extensive damage from a ram raid which took place last year in Hampshire County in the central southern edge of England. The picture is courtesy of the Southern Daily Echo, which is located in Southampton; it covers news in the...
by Liz Karson | Jan 2, 2020 | Crash and Grab
Cycling Industry News reported just yesterday that a Langsett Cycles, a bicycle shop in England, was the scene of two ram raids within just a 48 hour period leading up to the recent Christmas holiday. The article was entitled: “Historic Sheffield bike shop...