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Crime
Watch: Daytime armed robbery strikes 40-year-old Oakland Chinatown jewelry store
Phuong Jewelry, one of Oakland Chinatown’s oldest jewelry stores, faced an armed daytime robbery described as one of the most brazen inciden...
Michelle De Pacina
$20,000 stolen from Buddhist temple in Maryland
A safe containing about $20,000 in donations was stolen from a Buddhist temple in Maryland by three thieves, who are also suspected of being...
Suspect in stabbing of 68-year-old woman in Los Angeles Chinatown robbery arrested
Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for the brutal stabbing of a woman in her 60s during an attempted robbery in Chinatown. Key points: ...
Houston woman paralyzed in robbery sues plaza where attack took place
Nhung Truong, a 44-year-old Vietnamese mother of three, is suing Houston’s Dun Huang Plaza after she was left paralyzed from the waist down ...
Sales of feudal-era weapon heat up in Japan after store uses it to thwart robbery
A Japanese weapon that traces its roots to the 1600s is gaining new interest after a jewelry store employee successfully used it to prevent ...
Bryan Ke
3 arrested for robbing, assaulting woman near Sacramento Asian supermarket
Three men have been arrested in connection with a violent robbery outside an Asian supermarket in South Sacramento earlier this year. What h...
Carl Samson
4 charged in Seattle home robberies targeting Asians plead not guilty
Four adult men charged in connection with armed robberies targeting Asian American homes in south Seattle pleaded not guilty in their arraig...
LAPD releases video of officers ignoring robbery call to play ‘Pokémon Go’ instead
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released video footage showing two officers playing “Pokémon Go” in their squad car aft...
5 charged for home robberies targeting Asian Americans in Seattle
The five male suspects — including one minor — arrested in connection with the string of robberies that targeted Asian American homes in sou...
5 arrested for string of robberies targeting Asian American homes in Seattle
Five male suspects — including one 17-year-old — have been arrested in connection with a series of home invasion robberies that targeted Asi...
Jury fails to reach verdict after brutal attack on 68-year-old Asian jewelry store owner
A mistrial was declared after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the case of a violent Delaware robbery that left an elderly Asian jewelry ...
Man brutally attacks elderly shop worker in LA Chinatown robbery
Los Angeles police are investigating a violent robbery in Chinatown that has left an elderly smoke shop worker hospitalized. What happened: ...
Asian man drugged, robbed in Colombia by woman he met on a dating app
An Asian national was reportedly drugged and robbed in Colombia by a woman he met on an online dating app. What happened: The man, whose nam...
Elderly Asian couple held at gunpoint in another Seattle home robbery
Another elderly Asian couple fell victim to a home invasion robbery in south Seattle this week. What happened: A group of five young, male s...
Business
Multi-state theft ring busted for stealing over $1 million worth of jewelry from Asian-owned stores
A crew of 16 individuals has been indicted on multiple charges in connection with armed robberies targeting Asian-owned jewelry stores acros...
Seattle police warn residents of armed teen robbery suspects targeting Asian families
Seattle police are warning residents of armed teen suspects who are connected to at least 14 robberies targeting families of Asian descent i...
Man accused of Sacramento robberies targeting Asian women sentenced to 8 years in prison
Latravion McCockran, the California man accused of carrying out Sacramento robberies targeting Asian women, has been sentenced to eight year...
2 Asian Americans injured in back-to-back stabbing, punching on NYC’s subway stations
Two Asian Americans were targeted in separate violent attacks on New York City’s subway stations this week. The attacks: The first incident ...
75-year-old woman attacked, dragged during robbery after leaving bank in California
A 75-year-old woman was attacked and dragged across the ground during a robbery that took place shortly after she visited a bank in Californ...
Elderly Asian families in Oakland targeted in string of terrifying home invasions
Asian American residents in Oakland Hills, California, are on high alert due to a string of home invasions targeting Asian families. Police’...
UFC fighter Song Yadong, actor Nan Lin robbed at gunpoint in Northern California
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight Song Yadong and “Ghostbox Cowboy” actor Nan Lin were robbed at gunpoint while driving from...
Sikh store owner goes viral for beating armed robber with stick in California
A Sikh store owner has gone viral on social media for fighting off an armed robber attempting to steal a trash can full of cigarettes at a 7...
Senior Asian women are ‘easy targets,’ says Las Vegas man arrested for robberies
A Las Vegas man has been arrested for allegedly targeting elderly Asian women in a series of robberies that lasted for several weeks. The al...
Entertainment
BTS’ Jin inadvertently helps a fan in Brazil avoid getting robbed
Social media users are applauding BTS’ Jin for inadvertently helping a fan avoid getting robbed in Brazil while serving his mandatory milita...
Editorial Staff
Fugitive on the run for 16 years after sexual assault trial sought in Massachusetts
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a convicted fugitive who fled before the end of his trial for rap...
Atlanta
Watch: Man gets ignored by customers while trying to rob Atlanta nail salon
The Atlanta Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was ignored while trying to rob a nail salon on July ...
Houston father of 3 left in critical condition after being shot 4 times during Chinatown robbery
Houston’s Chinese American community is asking the public for help after a father of three was shot four times during a robbery and was left...
80-year-old California man assaulted, robbed by pair who followed him home from 99 Ranch Market
An 80-year-old Asian man was assaulted, pepper-sprayed and robbed in his home in Rowland Heights, California, in what police say was a follo...
5 men with alleged mob ties arrested for stealing $2 million in jewelry in NYC
Local authorities in New York arrested a group of five men with suspected ties to organized crime on Tuesday in connection with two recent j...
Ryan General
Marine veteran, 75, fights off 2 robbers who followed and pepper-sprayed him at home
A 75-year-old military veteran fought off a pair of would-be robbers who followed and pepper-sprayed him in his home in Fullerton, Californi...
Singapore band robbed of equipment, cash in California during US tour
Singaporean band We Are Forest had their van broken into and robbed at a hotel car park in California during their U.S. tour. The band was s...
Suspect sentenced to prison for violent Rolex robbery in San Francisco
One of the suspects behind the violent Rolex robbery of two men in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 2019 has been sentenced to four years in pri...
2 men pose as Fedex workers, pistol-whip Asian senior during robbery in NYC
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for two men who posed as FedEx workers and robbed a SoHo electronics store owner at gunpo...
Bay Area
Trio charged with hate crimes for targeting Asians in Bay Area armed robbery spree
Three men accused of targeting Asian people in a string of armed robberies in California’s Santa Clara County are now facing hate crime enha...
Multiple suspects arrested in robberies targeting Asian Americans in the Bay Area
Multiple individuals have been arrested in connection with a series of robberies that have targeted Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay...
Seattle teriyaki restaurant reopened by family in memory of owner killed during robbery
A teriyaki restaurant in Seattle has reopened over two months after its owner was shot and killed during an armed robbery. Hansoo Kim, the f...
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