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mahatmakanejeeves

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12. Union Pacific: Train Robberies Up 356% Due To LA County DA George Gascon's No-Cash Bail Policy

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Sat Jan 15, 2022, 12:49 PM

Jan 2022

Union Pacific: Train Robberies Up 356% Due To LA County DA George Gascón's No-Cash Bail Policy

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Medical equipment, designer handbags, luggage, throw pillows, airline parts, children’s artwork, even a new wine fridge – all those items and more have been found stolen off Union Pacific trains and discarded alongside the tracks in East LA.
17 HOURS AGO

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Full disclosure: I own shares of Union Pacific.

Google maps shows that the line serves a UPS distribution center just west of where the thefts are occurring.

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Thieves Raiding Cargo Containers, Stealing Packages On Downtown Section Of Union Pacific Train... [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 OP

weird. Train passes near me in OC... 400 cars long, each stacked with two containers Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #1

Thieves Raiding Cargo Containers, Stealing Packages On Downtown Section Of Union Pacific Train... mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #2

Like how armoured trucks (eg, Brinks) have armed guards intrepidity Jan 2022 #3

Brinks trucks are about twenty-five feet long. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #11

We had an area in Hoboken NJ on the River Line where the thieves would break into cars... DEbluedude Jan 2022 #4

Thanks for the report. I haven't heard from you in a while. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #5

Your welcome! DEbluedude Jan 2022 #6

That's now the Potomac Yard shopping center. It has a Target and, as of a few weeks ago, mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #7

Yes it is. I remember the scuttlebutt going around (late 70's-early 80's) amongst the crews... DEbluedude Jan 2022 #8

"Sources told CBSLA that the locks Union Pacific uses are easy to cut" chia Jan 2022 #9

Locks only keep out honest people. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #10

Union Pacific: Train Robberies Up 356% Due To LA County DA George Gascon's No-Cash Bail Policy mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #12

Search Google News mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #13

Thousands Of Stolen Packages And Empty Boxes Littering Railway Is Shocking, Totally Expected mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #14

Train derails near LA site of recent wave of cargo thefts mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #15

For UP, Cargo Thefts Spike in L.A. County mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #16

LA councilman blasts train theft 'chaos,' calls them 'a threat to our economy' mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #17