Strange store hold-up

Forcing your victims to strip naked during an armed robber certainly has its advantages in  that the victims feel more vulnerable and are less likely to try anything funny, as well as less likely to come after you once you have made your get away, not to mention you can go through their clothes for valuables. 

This been said I am not quite sure what these robbers where trying to prove by doing half a job?

7 men forced to undress in armed robbery
(Morris News Service)

Seven men were robbed and forced to undress when crooks held up an Augusta convenience store this past weekend.

According to a Richmond County Sheriff’s Office incident report, three men -- one who was masked and armed -- entered J.R.’s Stop and Shop, located on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Augusta, around 8:30 p.m. Saturday and demanded the business owner and six customers remove and hand over their pants.

The gunman told the victims “Don’t make me make this a homicide,” according to the report.
The robber then told the victims, who ranged in age from 44 to 80, to hand over their jewellery and money and instructed the store owner to empty the register.

After robbing the customers and store, Police said the crooks left in two of the victim’s vehicles, a 1998 Lincoln Towncar and a 1993 Buick Century.
According to the incident report, the bandits made off with nearly $3,500, cell phones, and various pieces of jewellery.

Police located the vehicles shortly after the incident was reported. The Buick was found on Dunns Lane. The Lincoln was found at the intersection of Swanee Quintet Boulevard and Steiner Avenue with all of the men’s pants inside. The pants were returned to the owners, according to the report.

An arrest has not been made in the robbery.

Home invastion advice

One of the big issues faced with any self respecting home invader is, what do you do with the home owner while you are looting his home?

Well here is a news paper report from Metro showing a really ingenious idea.


"A man in South Africa was robbed by armed thieves who broke into his house €“and then stripped him naked and superglued him to his exercise bike.
The man was forced to look on, helpless, at the burglars as they ransacked his house, and helped themselves to his finest Chivas Regal Scotch whisky while they were at it.

The men were  smartly dressed in suits and€“ kidnapped the man in an affluent Johannesburg suburb, and forced him to take them to his house. Once there, they made him strip, then superglued him to the seat of the exercise bike. They also superglued his hands and feet, and “ just to make sure they€“ superglued his mouth shut as well.
The man was only discovered when his partner arrived home several hours later. He was eventually removed from the exercise bike by emergency services, using a mixture of chemicals and Vaseline"

The Australian media reported as:

"A South African man was stripped and superglued to his exercise bicycle and his mouth glued shut for hours by armed robbers who ransacked his home and helped themselves to his finest Scotch whisky.

The man was hijacked at gunpoint in a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg and forced to lead the thieves to his home in another area, a spokesman for the emergency services told the SAPA news agency.

He was forced to strip before being superglued to the seat of his exercise bicycle. His hands and feet were also glued and his mouth sealed shut, the spokesman said.
The robbers wore suits and reportedly helped themselves to the victim's Chivas Regal Scotch whisky while cleaning out his home."










 

Never too young - pre-teens hold up ice cream truck

"SAN DIEGO - An ice cream truck driver robbed at gunpoint by three boys told 10News he gave them two days' worth of profits rather than risking harm.

Hugo Sanchez owns CU-CU's Ice Cream, which often does business in the Skyline area. On Thursday evening, as he was behind the wheel of his truck, he said three pre-teen boys approached him. One of the boys held a gun to his head and ordered him to hand over his money.

Sanchez said he handed over the cash, and as the boys ran off in one direction, he took off going the opposite way. Sanchez was not injured.

Sanchez said he recognized the boy who held the gun as the same one who hit his truck with a rock a while back.

Police believe the boys suspected in the robbery live in the neighborhood near Black Oak Road and Meadowbrook Drive.

"It's pretty brazen for that to happen period, especially with an ice cream truck," said Huey Mitchell, who lives nearby.

"I mean that's really crazy," said Cristin Martinez, shaking his head. "How much money could an ice cream truck have in the first place?""

I agree these kids most likely did not get much cash.  They could have tied the guy up and then at least they could have helped themselves to as much ice cream as they wanted.

If you are going to commit armed robbery you should at least make it worth your while.

How to hijack a car

When hijacking a car you want to do this in a place where there will be no witnesses.  Typically most hijackings happen in public areas where there are many people who witness what you have done and are ale to both contact the cops and give them a description.

The ideal situation is to do it where there are no witnesses.  Also you need to ensure that your victim is unable to contact the cops until you are long gone.

Select a parking lot where there are many cars to choose from but not many people around.  Perhaps a golf club.  The advantage here is that when the guy gets back to his car he has most likely just played a round of golf or had a few drinks with his buddies and is not expecting to be targeted.

Find the car that you want and then wait for the owner.  You need to make sure that you are not looking suspicious.  if possible hide behind bushes or alternatively pretend to be a gardener. 

When the owner returns to his car he will most likely have his golf bag with him which he will want to put in his trunk  Wait for him to open the trunk.  View the parking area to make sure that there are no witnesses.  If there are none walk up to the guy, stick the gun in his face and then order him into the trunk.  It is important to lock him in the trunk as quick as possible so no one will know what you are doing.  You can take the gulf bags from him and leave them in the back seat of his car.  You can help yourself to them later if you are interested. 

Of course it could happen that the car owner comes out with some of his friends.  If this happens you do not want them as witness.  Hold them all up with the gun and order them all into the car trunk as quick as possible.

Once your victim is locked in his car trunk, get into the car and casually drive out of the parking lot.  You should drive out of town.  Not too far but far enough from civilisation where you can leave your victim.

You should find a place off the road.  Once there, stop the car and let your victim out of the trunk.  Order him to strip naked.  The advantage of this is that he will feel more vulnerable which will make it less likely he will try and attack you or go for help.  Also you will be able to go through his clothes later to look for his wallet, cell phone and other valuable when you are in a safe location.

Using zip locks which you should have brought with you bind his wrists and ankles.  If necessary use duck tape to gag him.  The ideal would be to tie him to a tree so he cant get away.

Once your victim is secured, get into his car and drive away.  By the time he is able to raise the alarm you would be long gone. In addition to his car you would also have his wallet, cell phone, shoes (some guys shoes are very expensive) and golf clubs which you could sell for some extra cash.