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Massive Cash Heist as Thieves Make Off with $30 Million

Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles has been hit by one of the largest cash heists in its history. Thieves successfully executed a meticulously planned burglary on Easter Sunday, making off with an astonishing $30 million from a money storage facility in Sylmar. Elaine Morales of the L.A. Police Department. The incident, which has baffled law enforcement authorities, has surpassed all previous records for cash burglaries in the city, including armored car heists.

The burglary, discovered only on Monday when the facility's operators opened the vault, has raised numerous questions about the perpetrators' audacity and expertise. Sources familiar with the investigation revealed that the burglars gained access to the facility by breaching the roof and infiltrating the vault. Astonishingly, they avoided triggering the alarm system, leaving investigators puzzled about their methods. Furthermore, when examining the safe from the outside, there were no visible signs of a break-in.

K9 Stabbed to Death While Protecting Corrections Officer and Inmate

Sussex County, Virginia - A K-9 named Rivan tragically lost his life while heroically defending a corrections officer and another inmate during a violent attack at Sussex I State Prison in Virginia. The incident occurred on Tuesday when three inmates affiliated with the notorious MS-13 gang launched a brutal assault on a fellow prisoner within a housing unit. A fourth inmate, believed to be associated with the gang, supervised the attack.

Upon hearing the commotion, Corrections Officer Kharmishia Phillip Fields and her loyal K-9 partner, Rivan, swiftly responded to the scene. However, the situation quickly escalated, and the inmates turned their aggression towards the brave canine. Viciously and repeatedly stabbed and kicked, Rivan valiantly fought to protect his assigned officer and the inmate. Despite receiving immediate lifesaving measures, Rivan tragically succumbed to his injuries at the facility.

Conviction in 2005 Murder of UK Police Officer

Bradford, West Yorkshire - Piran Ditta Khan, aged 75, has been convicted for the murder of British police officer Sharon Beshenivsky, who was fatally shot during an armed robbery at a travel agency in Bradford, Northern England, in November 2005. After nearly 19 hours of deliberation over four days, a Leeds Crown Court jury reached a 10-1 majority verdict, marking the end of an 18-year pursuit of justice for the slain officer.

Beshenivsky, 38, was responding to a robbery alert at Universal Express travel agents alongside her colleague Teresa Milburn when she was shot at point-blank range by one of the three men committing the robbery. The attack resulted in Beshenivsky’s death and left Milburn injured but surviving a shot to the chest. The incident tragically coincided with the fourth birthday of Beshenivsky’s youngest daughter. At the time of her death, Beshenivsky, a mother of three and stepmother to two, had served as a police officer for only nine months.

Khan, identified as the robbery’s mastermind, was one of seven men involved. He had remained in the lookout car during the incident and fled to Pakistan two months afterward. After being arrested by local authorities in Pakistan in January 2020, Khan was extradited to the UK last year to face trial.

In Other Crime News

• Puebla, Mexico - Seven bodies were found in a car abandoned in the midst of traffic on a main expressway. Read More.

• New York, New York - The estranged husband of a murdered Manhattan art dealer was arrested by the FBI in connection to his killing. Read More.

• Johannesburg, South Africa - Former South Africa junior international and Kaizer Chiefs player Luke Fleurs was tragically shot and killed during an attempted hijacking. Read More.

Crime History

April 5, 1963 - Olympian Sonja McCaskie

Sonja McCaskie, who skied for the United Kingdom at the 1960 Winter Olympics, was working as a ski instructor at the Slide Mountain Resort in Reno, NV, when she was murdered. McCaskie’s body was found in her Yori Avenue apartment. The only thing missing from McCaskie’s home was a camera lens, which was found one week later in a local pawn shop. The lens led police to Thomas Lee Bean, 18, who confessed soon after being taken into custody. Bean pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a first-degree murder charge, but he was still found guilty and sentenced to death. In 1972, his sentence was reduced to life in prison after a Supreme Court ruling against the death penalty.