Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives investigating a series of strong-arm robberies during which thousands of California Lottery Scratchers games were stolen from convenience stores caught a break last week. On April 11, detectives spotted a vehicle linked to 44 robberies over a nine-week stretch parked outside a 7-Eleven in Arlington Heights, a sheriff’s spokesperson said Thursday. There, detectives watched a four-person crew suspected in the thefts pilfer more Scratchers. This time,... Read this story
