A sleeping Scripps Ranch homeowner was awoken early Thursday by an armed intruder who stole the resident’s vehicle before ditching it in the Rancho Penasquitos area, the San Diego Police Department said. The suspect, who has not yet been located, gained access to the home on Rock Creek Drive north of Jarabek Park through an unopened side door just...

A robbery suspect slammed into a police cruiser overnight during a desperate attempt to evade officers during a car chase in Tierrasanta, according to the San Diego Police Department. Police said they were responding to a call of a pedestrian cellphone robbery when they engaged in a pursuit with the suspect. The chase came to an end after the alleged…

Escondido police say they continue to investigate a November burglary at an pawn shop on North Broadway, where an estimated $500,000 worth of items were stolen from a safe.

NBC 7’s Consumer Bob shares a predicament where a pawn shop is burglarized and the customers get no refund for their items.

An armed would-be donut shop robber sent off by a bare-handed baker and the baker’s tong-throwing wife was identified by the FBI as a suspect in two other robberies.

NBC 7’s Gaby Rodriguez spoke to a shopowner who said he was thrilled to hear about the arrest.

Hooded suspects entered a GameStop Saturday night at gunpoint and zip-tied the employees, taking thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.   Deputies from the Lemon Grove Sheriff’s station received a 911 call at around 9:04 p.m. at the GameStop located at 7048 Broadway in Lemon Grove. Two employees told police that two suspects,…

A Sherman Oaks woman is offering to pay $500 to whoever returns her beloved, black Labradoodle Stella, after the dog was stolen during a robbery. Barbara Goodhill doesn’t care about the jewelry taken when burglars broke in through an upstairs window and ransacked her home Friday night. She is heartsick that her 4 1/2-year-old, 35-pound Labradoodle. “They stole jewelry, they…

Police in Jasper, Alabama, are searching for a man who robbed at least two churches while wearing a Batman-style mask....

King’s Way Church pastor Jason Hooper says the “Batman Bandit” used a rock to break the front window....

The man stole a keyboard and bass guitar, committing his crime in just one minute and 18 seconds....

“You’re frustrated because looking at the gentleman...

Authorities in Florida are investigating a series of ATM explosions that appear to be linked, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The latest explosion, which targeted a drive-up cash machine at a Regions Bank in the Tampa suburb of Valrico, occurred overnight Sunday, the sheriff’s office said in a statement, NBC News reported.

Security camera footage is offering a closer look at a donut shop robbery in National City foiled by a baker working the overnight shift. The victim, Jose Sanchez, was shot at, pistol whipped and punched. He went up against the gunman with his bare hands and defended the store with whatever he had on the counter to throw. Turns out…

NBC 7’s Dave Summers has the story.

A man was viciously beaten as he left a Bronx McDonald’s in a violent robbery attempt caught on camera over $1 — and no one stopped to help.

A teen reported a man in a black ski mask shoved her to the ground and stole her purse as she was getting off of work Tuesday night.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers spoke to employees of nearby businesses who say there is no security patrolling the parking lot.

A Texas woman used her granddaughter’s scooter to defend herself against a pair of machete-wielding men wearing clown masks who attempted to rob the woman and her husband, police said.

An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was robbed of cash and a cell phone while asleep this morning inside his personal vehicle, which was parked in front of a home in Santa Ana.

A woman shot in the face with a BB gun during a robbery attempt in El Cajon Wednesday said she was jumped and shot over a misunderstanding.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers heard about the encounter from the victim hours after she was treated at the hospital for BB gun wounds.

A 9-year-old boy in North Carolina was robbed at gunpoint by a juvenile while selling lemonade to raise money for a lawn mower. Home-improvement chain Lowe’s stepped in to help.