🌱 Lakewood deputies confront street takeover hiding a $30,000 liquor store heist
Lakewood, California Patch AM: a 4 min readWhat's up Lakewood! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Lakewood deputies confront street takeover hiding a $30,000 liquor store heist
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📰 News we're reading
• LA street takeover acts as cover while thieves ransack liquor store (cbs42.com) — Deputies from the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station responded to a massive street takeover near Bellflower and Somerset boulevards that masked a break-in at a Bellflower liquor store, where thieves caused about $30,000 in losses. Authorities say they’re cracking down on illegal street takeovers, warning Lakewood-area residents that these gatherings often bring dangerous driving, weapons, and other serious crime. 
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- To the random stranger who saw my son drop his skittles all over the floor at his YMCA movie field trip and was kind enough to buy a replacement bag ....
thank you for the random act of kindness and a real world example of empathy and generosity. Daniel promises to pay it forward and to never forget… (Nextdoor Lakewood Park-Central) - hi, my dog "flex" ran away an hour ago from my backyard , around the area of Lakewood.
If anybody sees her please contact to me and keep her safe, she is really friendly. please contact 760330247 or 2134518130 if seen (Nextdoor Lakewood Park-Central)
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🗞 Nearby News
Artesia
- Quarantine Updates for California (citrusindustry.net)
Bellflower
- Masked Thieves Used an LA Street Takeover to Gut a Family Store (jdrucker.com)
- LA street takeover acts as cover while thieves ransack liquor store (wgno.com)
- Tight-knit Brea Olinda football motivated after brush with CIF-SS title (ocregister.com)
Cerritos
- Cerritos Recall Money Trail Raises Questions: Is It Really About Water Rates or Political Power? (loscerritosnews.net)
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