Crime & Safety

Armed Robbery Crew Targets Long Beach 7-Elevens

Police are looking for a crew of five men and women who robbed at least four 7-Eleven stores within hours.

LOS ANGELES, CA — Police is Long Beach and Los Angeles are looking for armed robbers who targeted at least four 7-Eleven stores overnight and early Friday morning.

The crew consists of four men and a woman, driving a white Kia, according to police. They stole around $3,500, in cigarettes and lottery tickets from a 7-Eleven at Paramount Boulevard and Candlewood Street in Lakewood on Thursday.

Next, they robbed a store at 1691 West Adams Boulevard on Friday just after 1:30 a.m., and then robbed 7-Elevens in the 2700 block of East Pacific Coast Highway in Signal Hill and one at 6596 Cherry Ave. in Long Beach, according to authorities and a report by FOX 11.

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