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Cargo thieves stealing packages from trains in Downtown LA
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It’s a growing problem in LA... cargo thieves breaking into containers, going through packages and taking what they can. Union Pacific is now asking the DA to step up and help prosecute these thieves.
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Thieves raiding rail cargo containers in Los Angeles
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Cargo thieves stealing packages from trains in Downtown LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, taking packages belonging to people across the U.S. and leaving the tracks
It’s a growing problem in LA... cargo thieves breaking into containers, going through packages and taking what they can. Union Pacific is now asking the DA to step up and help prosecute these thieves.
Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they've seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx.
Dozens of freight cars are broken into every day on Los Angeles's railways by thieves who take advantage of the trains' stops to loot packages bought online, leaving thousands of gutted boxes and pro…
Union Pacific, one of the country's largest railroad companies, says it may avoid operating in Los Angeles County following the spike in thefts, which it blames on lax prosecution of crimes. The containers and trains are locked, but can be broken into.
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