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2. Thieves Raiding Cargo Containers, Stealing Packages On Downtown Section Of Union Pacific Train...
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 04:01 AM
Jan 2022
The area is littered with thousands of shredded boxes and items, from retailers like Amazon and REI, that robbers left behind, despite Union Pacific's numerous efforts to clean up the tracks over the last several months



Thieves Raiding Cargo Containers, Stealing Packages On Downtown Section Of Union Pacific Train...
The area is littered with thousands of shredded boxes and items, from retailers like Amazon and REI, that robbers left behind, despite Union Pacific's patrols and numerous efforts to clean up the...

Thieves Raiding Cargo Containers, Stealing Packages On Downtown Section Of Union Pacific Train Tracks

By CBSLA Staff | January 13, 2022 at 4:46 pm | Filed Under: Downtown Los Angeles, Union Pacific, Union Pacific Railroad

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A section of the Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles has been littered with thousands of shredded boxes, packages stolen from cargo containers that stop in the area to unload.

Thieves have been raiding the cargo containers, taking packages that belong to people from all over the country from retailers like Amazon, REI and others. ... The refuse left behind, like home COVID test kits, are items that the robbers did not want or did not think were valuable enough to take.

Sources told CBSLA that the locks Union Pacific uses are easy to cut, and officials with the Los Angeles Police Department said they don’t respond to reports of a train robbery unless Union Pacific asks them for help, which they said is rare.

While CBSLA was on the scene with cameras, one person was seen running off with a container used to hold smaller packages, and a Union Pacific officer was spotted chasing after two other people who appeared to be rifling through packages.

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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
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