A 92-year-old woman is speaking out after “distraction thieves” stole a $40,000 piece of jewelry off her neck, in an organized criminal scheme that’s recently seen a spike across Southern California.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, who held a press event earlier this week to warn people about the scam , especially seniors who appear to be targets, there have been at least 140 distraction-style thefts in the city this year alone. That number, though, is likely higher due to unreported incidents.
For Los Angeles resident Sylvia Cunliffe, she was taken by the thieves on April 14 in Chinatown…