Police are warning the public about a new crime trend after arresting three men on suspicion of burglarizing a vehicle on July 8 in Irvine, Calif.
Detectives arrested Maurice James, 24, Samuel Marcus Polite, 20, and Ja Vion Marcell La Shang Mathews, 22, all of Texas, after investigating two vehicle burglaries in the city about 40 miles south of Los Angeles, the Irvine Police Department posted on social media on July 10.
The burglaries may be connected to other “bank jugging” cases, according to police.
“A nationwide trend known as ‘bank jugging’ involves suspects surveilling banks and watching for customers who withdraw cash. They then follow the victims to their next stop and burglarize the vehicle to steal the money,” police posted on X….