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Crime
Father of singer-songwriter Sam Kim shot dead in Seattle robbery
The father of Sam Kim, a South Korean singer-songwriter, was fatally shot during a robbery in Seattle. Hansoo Kim, the 58-year-old co-owner...
Michelle De Pacina
Asian trio wanted for stabbing man in NYC robbery
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is seeking the public’s help with identifying three men connected to a reported robbery and stabb...
Bryan Ke
5 suspects assault monk in Nashville Buddhist temple robbery
Metro Police are searching for five suspects who attacked a Buddhist monk at the Wat Lao Buddhist Temple in South Nashville, Tennessee, on ...
3 men arrested for robbing California Thai restaurant and attempting to kidnap property owner
Three men were captured on surveillance footage breaking into and burglarizing a Thai Tuk Tuk restaurant in Corona, California, on Thursday...
‘Everyone is scared’: Older South Asian women targeted by jewelry thieves in North Texas
Police in Frisco, Texas are looking for suspects accused in at least four robberies targeting South Asian women in their 50s or 60s for the...
Carl Samson
Repeat offender faces up to 107 years in prison for brutal attack on Delaware jewelry store owner
Calvin Ushery Jr., 39, has been indicted on six felonies and one misdemeanor in connection with a brutal attack against a Korean American j...
Man shot, robbed of Rolex in LA’s Koreatown may be a Korean prince
A man between 25 and 30 years old was shot during a robbery outside the luxury Kurve apartment complex in the Westlake District in Los Ange...
Bay Area
Photographer bloodied after refusing to surrender to robbers in San Francisco
A wedding photographer was left bloodied after struggling with two armed robbers as they attempted to take his camera and other equipment o...
4 men charged in robberies targeting Asian business owners in New York
Diego Martinez Franco Alexander, John J. Carmona Artega, Jose Javier Garcia Ortega and Victor Alfonso Lopez Restrepo have been charged in c...
Man arrested for holding 88-year-old Asian woman at gunpoint in San Francisco home invasion robbery
Gustavo Ribeiro-Quintanilha, 20, was arrested in connection with a home invasion robbery in San Francisco that held an 88-year-old Asian wo...
Nearly 2 dozen Asian families targeted in Pennsylvania theft ring
Nearly two dozen homes belonging to Asian business owners in Pennsylvania have fallen victim to a theft ring since the beginning of the year...
Robber gives motive for stealing Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! cards on his way out of Seattle Chinatown store
Pink Gorilla Games, a 17-year-old video game store in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, fell victim to an armed robbery on Monday...
3 arrested for killing of Chinese supermarket operator in Jamaica robbery
He Jing, a 36-year-old supermarket operator, was gunned down inside his store in Just 1 Plaza in Orange Bay, Hanover Parish, Jamaica, on We...
Texas man behind 2016 robbery, murder of Good Samaritan gets life sentence
Enzo Ubadimma, a 24-year-old man from Cypress, Texas, has been charged with robbery and the murder of Herman Ray Browning at Huong Giang Hu...
California man charged with hate crimes for targeting South Asian women in necklace robbery spree
Lathan Johnson, 37, is facing robbery and hate crime charges after allegedly targeting South Asian women in a two-month robbery spree in th...
Elderly Asian woman attacked and robbed of life savings by men posing as construction workers in California
A 70-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed of her life savings by three men pretending to be utility workers in Daly City, California, ac...
Khier Casino
Delaware jewelry shop owner relearning how to walk after being brutally beaten, pistol-whipped during armed robbery
A 68-year-old jewelry shop owner was pistol-whipped and brutally beaten during an armed robbery in Wilmington, Delaware. Calvin Ushery, th...
Georgia man found guilty of terrorizing Asian restaurant owners, employees in home break-ins
Emmanuel Rakestraw was convicted of breaking into and robbing the homes of several Asian restaurant owners and employees in Georgia’s Gwinn...
‘His dream was taken away’: Man charged for execution-style murder of Indian store clerk
Chris Copeland, 26, was charged with capital murder on Sept. 13 and held without bail for the execution-style murder of Parmvir Singh, a st...
Man sought for destroying and robbing Minneapolis mosque
Tawfiq Islamic Center, a mosque in south Minneapolis, was burglarized and vandalized on Sunday night. Surveillance video at the mosque rep...
Duo charged for pistol-whipping, robbing Asian couple of $60K Rolex at 99 Ranch in Rowland Heights
Two men accused of pistol-whipping and robbing an Asian couple of a $60,000 Rolex watch at a 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Heights, California...
2nd suspect arrested for pistol-whipping, robbing Asian couple of $60K Rolex at 99 Ranch in Rowland Heights
Dangelo Thomas, a 25-year-old parolee, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery at a 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Height...
Asian woman, 71, hit in the head in violent robbery outside California restaurant
Enelia Perez, 71, fell victim to a violent robbery outside a Jollibee in Vallejo, California, on Sunday night. Perez was reportedly exitin...
NYPD search for 3 men accused of 19 assaults in less than 1 month, including off-duty officer whose skull was fractured
New York City Police Department officer Muhammad Chowdhury, 48, was brutally assaulted and robbed while he was off-duty and jogging in the ...
Filipino veteran, 60, dies after being assaulted, robbed while bringing in groceries to his Baltimore home
Victor Malabayabas, a 60-year-old Filipino veteran, died from his injuries following an unarmed robbery in Baltimore, Maryland, on Aug. 20....
Man arrested for pistol-whipping, robbing Asian couple of $60K Rolex at 99 Ranch in Rowland Heights
Demoryie Watts, 21, was arrested on Friday in connection with an armed robbery at a 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Heights, California, on July...
CCTV captures man making sure to pray to goddess before stealing temple’s donation box in India
A shirtless man in India was captured on surveillance camera praying to a Hindu goddess before stealing the temple’s donation box in Jabalp...
Police seek 3 teens and 11-year-old boy in brutal attack on 70-year-old Asian woman in San Francisco
Mrs. Ren, a 70-year-old Asian woman, was brutally beaten and robbed twice by four juveniles at her apartment complex in San Francisco on Ju...
Video captures Las Vegas vape shop owner stopping day-time robbery by stabbing would-be thief
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, two masked individuals entered the Smokestrom Smoke Shop in Las Vegas while another stood by the door in a botched da...
Ryan General
81-year-old woman found dead and ‘semi-charred’ in suspected home invasion robbery in Los Angeles
Ok Ja Kim, an 81-year-old Korean woman, was found dead and "semi-charred" in her Los Angeles home on Tuesday in what police are i...
SF tourist shows how she tracked down stolen luggage in viral TikToks
In a series of TikTok videos posted on July 13 and July 14, user @Kellykwan0 explained how she managed to track down the person who alleged...
Man accused of pistol-whipping Asian senior humbled by ‘much smaller man’ in viral fight video
Train 4 Life Center in Suisun City, California, claims Omari Garland, the man accused of pistol-whipping and robbing a 70-year-old Asian ma...
Armed robber pistol-whips Asian senior, 69, to steal Rolex watch in Daly City
An Asian senior, 69, was reportedly pistol-whipped and robbed of his Rolex watch in Daly City, California, on Thursday at around 4:30 p.m. ...
Transgender activist attacked in San Francisco robbery attempt says she was targeted for being Hindu
Anjali Rimi, president and chief executive officer of Parivar Bay Area, a San Francisco-based nonprofit supporting queer and trans South As...
Chicago
Chicago’s Chinatown on high alert after string of armed robberies
Chinatown residents in Chicago have been placed on high alert after a string of armed robberies hit the neighborhood in the past two months...
Pacific Islander man charged with hate crime in robberies targeting Asian spas in Washington state
Tuli Aumaunofo Kalani Tevaga, 23, was charged with four counts of first-degree robbery and one count of a hate crime for allegedly targetin...