84-year-old recovering after thieves snatch gold jewelry in Fremont
KTVU s Azenith Smith reports.
FREMONT, Calif. - Padmanabha Kotareddy, 84, is recovering after he was robbed of his gold jewelry Wednesday while out for a morning walk in Fremont.
Police said he is one of four victims thieves stole from in a series of jewelry snatching robberies in the past two weeks. Most of the victims are elderly. The oldest victim is 96 years old.
Police said it is unclear if it is the same suspects in all four cases. The thieves only stole gold jewelry. This chain they wanted to remove, said Kotareddy. I caught it.
Oakland native and Oakland Police Academy graduate Captain Fred Bobbitt of the Fremont Police Department is receiving an unprecedented amount of community support in his fight to continue implementing his “Community First” approach to policing in the Bay Area’s fourth largest city.
Community outrage is growing and is being directed at Fremont City Manager Mark Danaj afterallegations that Danaj reportedly tried to push Bobbitt to retire in September 2020, just two months after Captain Bobbitt was recognized by the Chief of Police and the community for effectively managing peaceful social justice protests that occurred in Fremont after the killing of George Floyd.
Robinson is being held in the Sandusky County Jail without bond.
A felony charge of possession of criminal tools may also be presented to the Sandusky County Grand Jury, police said.
A citizens group that calls itself Dads Against Predators started exposing men, and some women, by setting up meetings with minors online starting in January 2020. The group said it wanted to catch predators before they have an opportunity to commit a crime, but police urged them to stop the stings because their findings are inadmissible in court and their methods may be illegal.
Fremont Police has since started its own campaign to catch potential sexual offenders by using social media to set up meetings with what the suspects who believe they are trading messages with minors.
Robinson is being held in the Sandusky County Jail without bond.
A felony charge of possession of criminal tools may also be presented to the Sandusky County Grand Jury, police said.
A citizens group that calls itself Dads Against Predators started exposing men, and some women, by setting up meetings with minors online starting in January 2020. The group said it wanted to catch predators before they have an opportunity to commit a crime, but police urged them to stop the stings because their findings are inadmissible in court and their methods may be illegal.
Fremont Police has since started its own campaign to catch potential sexual offenders by using social media to set up meetings with what the suspects who believe they are trading messages with minors.