How Police Are Using Technology To Catch Rolex Robbers
Sep 03, 2022,19:27 PM
"Rolex Robbers" is the new term I'm using to denote watch thieves. And while Rolex watches aren't the exclusive watches being stolen, it is probably one of the more popular ones being stolen. Foster City, a city in California's San Francisco Bay Area and is about 22 miles South of San Francisco, in the Silicon Valley area. The Foster City Police were the heroes and were featured in a news report. The story starts with an unfortunate circumstance: an elderly Foster City resident was robbed of his Rolex when suspects identified him while he was shopping, the suspects then followed him home and forcibly removed the watch while the suspect was at home.
Fortunately, police were able to use license plate reading camera technology to identify the vehicle! And were able to find the vehicle and arrest three suspects likely connected to the crime a few days later.
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"Rolex Robbers" is the new term I'm using to denote watch thieves. And while Rolex watches aren't the exclusive watches being stolen, it is probably one of the more popular ones being stolen. Foster City, a city in California's San Francisco Bay Area and ...
stay safe & be smart everyone +++ I certainly am not going to stop wearing my watches out in public, so the crooks can go F' themselves - time to start packing heat
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It's also a lot of unscrupulous dealers. It's in the industry news that some dealers get caught with multiple stolen watches. These dealers have been in the Los Angeles area in the past, Miami, and Diamond District of New York City.
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But you're right. Rolex's core competency is making watches. And they're so good at that - that's why the watches are desirable. And that's why the thieves are targeting them.