An East Bay family that moved to Alabama after their family's laundromats were repeatedly broken is dealing with more crime. But this time, one incident in particular, where police spotted the crooks in action, is raising questions about chase policies.
, his family had moved to Muscle Shoals in Northwest Alabama. They were fed up with a number of issues: the break-ins, vandalizing, and burglaries of their various businesses. In a span of four days, there had been three break-in attempts.After our story aired the problems persisted. In a little over a week, Derek's laundromats were broken into multiple times. Including one incident where someone uses a wrench to smash through a front window and climb inside.
But it's a specific incident from Aug. 31 that's raising questions. At around midnight the ATM was stolen from Derek's sister's laundromat on International Boulevard near the Oakland Coliseum. You can even see the suspects load it into an awaiting sedan as a pedestrian walks right by."Around 5 a.m. a different group came back and this time they broke into the office," Derek said via Zoom."We stayed on the phone with them and gave them live updates," he said.
ABC7 reached out to OPD who said their chase policy is one of the strictest in the Bay Area. Officers in this case responded properly, under the department's vehicle pursuit policy. Chases can only happen when there's a reasonable suspicion of a violent forcible crime or suspicion a firearm is involved."This isn't at 5 p.m. during rush hour traffic, this isn't when kids are getting out of school," Derek said.
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