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The Austin Law enforcement Section (APD) is warning of a new robbery and criminal offense pattern named “jugging” in which suspects follow victims right after they go away a financial institution or ATM.
“There, they are approached, threatened with violence, or assaulted although the suspect needs the funds or aggressively takes the cash bag,” APD claimed in a Friday assertion posted to Fb. “This criminal offense transpires when income luggage are seen as the victim leaves the financial institution or ATM.”
About the very last yr, APD has counted at least 62 juggings at Financial institution of America, Wells Fargo and Chase financial institution places.
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APD is warning Austin residents to be knowledgeable of their environment and “check out not to be distracted” when heading to banking companies or ATMs notice cars that may perhaps be next them safe money in a purse, briefcase or other bags prior to leaving a monetary institution lock car or truck doors and call 911 or travel to a law enforcement station if they feel a person may be subsequent them.
Law enforcement in Austin, Texas, are warning of a new crime trend called ‘jugging.’
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The robbery pattern is going on in other metropolitan areas, way too.
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On Monday, Nashville police arrested 30-12 months-outdated Houston rapper Ladesion Riley, also acknowledged as “213 Jug God” — a reference to jugging — just after an alleged heist, together with Darius Dugas, 27 Sashondre Dugas, 32 and Christopher Alton, 27. The group allegedly tried to rob an ATM technician servicing a Bank of The us after examining out of a motel in Dickson, Tennessee, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Law enforcement Department.
Authorities discovered wads of income in the groups’ cars parked at the Motel 6 in which they experienced been keeping, as FOX 26 Houston initially noted.
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Two of the suspects were being out of jail on felony bonds and have been arrested various occasions. Riley has a pending evading arrest in a motor car charge, the Houston Law enforcement Officers’ Union stated.
Riley a short while ago shared a movie on YouTube identified as “Make it Property” in which he raps about robbing income devices exterior of Texas. He sang about having countless numbers of bucks in a motor vehicle and praying to appear property, in accordance to FOX Houston.
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.