by Liz Karson | Dec 10, 2019 | Crash and Grab
The Australian Northern Territory provides police, fire and emergency services in the area located on the northern portion in the middle of the continent. Their jurisdiction covers over 500 thousand square miles of land. The department recently put out a request for...
by Liz Karson | Nov 14, 2019 | Crash and Grab
Last week I read some news about two supermarket chains in England combating ram raids in an article entitled “Waitrose plans new ram-raid-proof ATM at Abingdon”. Since 2017 the county of Oxfordshire in southern England has experienced more than 15 ram...
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...
