At the end of January, burglars used sledgehammers to break into Patriot Pub in Crestwood, leaving the owner stunned by how brazen the thieves appear.
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Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
Laurence des Cars, the Louvre's president and director, previously acknowledged that the museum's cameras had failed to spot the burglars and that there were not enough cameras outside monitoring the museum's perimeter.
The heist wasn’t quite as movie‑made as the Louvre heist in October 2025, when four masked thieves pulled off a daylight robbery in just seven minutes, smashing display cases to steal eight pieces of France’s historic crown jewels.
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Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
Mar Vista resident Andrew Martin joined the councilmembers at their news conference after copper wire thieves left his neighborhood in the dark.
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