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Pickpockets are also very active in grocery stores and restaurants in Chinatown.+ t; Y! C5 A" |+ v
My friends have seen a few cases.
+ L' W: N$ b' H3 K% r4 r- {( HI personally saw a victim in distress after her purse was stolen while dining in the buffet restaurant, Jade garden.
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Not only pickpockets,
8 Z: h, e% K) p2 @! q& x# `4 e/ Ias far as I know, ]- J# |7 C; ]7 a3 a) }; `, \8 J) {
there have been a few cases of robberies
4 ]9 |. t1 g) z# Nin the middle of the day in Chinatown.
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$ k8 D# i& o/ A$ ^2 S9 r$ kOne hot spot I know of
) y. N' z2 X" F) O" j1 Lis behind The Chinese hospital, near the Chiu Chow association, on La Gauchetire st.E.
: ?/ {7 s1 l# v) z5 eThere is usually not much pedestrian traffic.
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0 s& B/ [8 P. M7 D9 }1 ?My friend was robbed of her shoulder bag by brute force from behind at about 11am on one Sunday morning a few months ago.
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The robber and his accomplice waited in a car
, L+ W5 ^4 L: F8 Y. @3 L4 Ifor a while in that area looking for people to rob. My friend didn't see anyone on the street
& M) H7 x6 t1 b/ g* u- Muntil the robber emerged from a car behind her.4 y; B, v* f9 t
After taking my friend's bag, he ran into a waiting car and sped away.
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Apparently the same people had done it before
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before my friend's case,
# X! Q3 _2 d' M% @+ v" Pthen still robbed some more people since then.
' u( S8 r# F% i: l) H. v0 E ^5 p. PSo far the victims have been women.. d. |1 E. p# e
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If you walk in that area,
: i' }( e- R- {it is a good idea not to walk alone,
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