GLENDALE, Calif. (KNX) — Haik Ld said his 84-year-old mother, seen wearing a blue cardigan in the security video, is traumatized after the robbery and doesn't want to come outside any longer.
Ld said a woman in a gray SUV pulled in front of their apartment where his mother and her friend had sat outside, approaching the pair and handing them a necklace.
"I already have one necklace. I don't need anymore," Ld told CBSLA his mother said after the woman offered her the necklace for $200.
"They put the other necklace around my mom's neck, left the one that is fake, and took the real one," he said.
Moments later, another woman and a child exit the same gray SUV.
"The lady was trying to take my mom's finger rings out, but since it was so tight, she wasn't able to take it out," the victim's son told CBSLA.
Eventually, all three people returned to the SUV and drove away.
Glendale Police said this is just the latest distracted jewelry theft. Detectives noted that multiple crews have been targeting older adults wearing visible jewelry. This theft happened just a block away from the police station.
"They will be in Southern California today, Northern California next week. They'll be in Las Vegas the week after that, Phoenix the week after that," Glendale Police Sgt. Victor Jackson said. "So, even if we have a leader, where's our suspects? We don't know where they are at," noting their investigation would continue.
Police warned distraction theft is not unique to Glendale but is happening all over Southern California. Officers caution allowing anyone you do not know into your personal space and say to avoid entertaining strangers.
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