Shop histing ring are now under arrest. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. This investigation focused on union square where many crimes allegedly committed happened. Carolyn tyler joins us wlif details. Carolyn . That crew hit the high end stores here, and now, there is organized shoplifting ring has been busted. Its not your old school shoplifting. Its taking a new approach to nab the thieves. Last year, the district attorneys new crime strategies unit began connecting the dots between similar cases in union square. That led to charges against 16 people, said to be part of a group, the so called rainbow crew. Obviously, the advantage for the prosecution in doing this kind of investigation is that consequences to the offenders are much greater. The rainbow crew swarmed high end retailers in San Francisco and nationwide. Some of the kids we have linked to other cities with totals of well over a million dollars. And it has become increasingly brazen and violent. They started to use
The rainbow crew swarmed high end retailers in San Francisco and nationwide. Some of the kids we have linked to other cities with totals of well over a Million Dollars. And it has become increasingly brazen and violent. They started to use pepper spray and asked to have cases open and push them out of the way. The investigation is boosted by a new partnership. The merchants installed 300 cameras throughout the shopping district. These are High Definition cameras. You can get clear facial features. Reporter 16 defendants are charged in 23 cases with 10 suspects in other cities. In San Francisco, abc7 news. The first storm of the season is still bringing rain to the bay area, look at the rain drops. Abc7 news was in emeryville where a sprinkle was enough to dot our truck was rain drops. In San Francisco, people went to work this morning and Spencer Christian is tracking what is left of the storm. What can we expect for tomorrows commute . It should be drier. There could be left over wet
Today, august 20th, 2013. Good morning everyone. Happy tuesday. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and natalie morales. Dick van dyke keeping that trademark sense of humor. Could have been a really scary situation. The imagines are so scary but if he is smiling about it and making jokes then its okay for to us smile, too. So happy hes okay. Well have more on that in a little while. Meantime new developments tied to the ongoing saga tied to yankee star Alex Rodriguez. His attorneys are preparing a lawsuit now against the team doctor. Well have details on that in a moment. But lets begin this Tuesday Morning with developments on the tense situation in egypt following the violent crack following the violent crackdowns. Richard engle is in cairo. Richard, good morning to you. There is an article on the front of the New York Times heres the headlines egypt in tumult as court orders mubarak freed. Hes free but the article goes on to say that may not actually ever happen.
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