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Over the years, there have been period spates of burglaries at A-list homes, often involving different gangs of thieves who make off with jewelry and other valuables, as well as large amounts of cash that some stars like to keep onsite.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
The only thing epic about it was how much money was made off it because everyone seemingly has it in for the hyperscalers.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 July 2024
Most recently, three suspects attacked a Loomis truck security guard in the city’s West Oak Lane neighborhood in March, assaulting the driver and making off with $2,500.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
Sometime in early July, thieves broke into the Los Angeles-area estate of Tina Knowles, the fashion designer mother of Beyonce and Solange, and made off with a safe that contained more than $1 million in cash, jewelry and other valuables, TMZ reported.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
The only thing epic about it was how much money was made off it because everyone seemingly has it in for the hyperscalers.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 July 2024
Most recently, three suspects attacked a Loomis truck security guard in the city’s West Oak Lane neighborhood in March, assaulting the driver and making off with $2,500.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
Sometime in early July, thieves broke into the Los Angeles-area estate of Tina Knowles, the fashion designer mother of Beyonce and Solange, and made off with a safe that contained more than $1 million in cash, jewelry and other valuables, TMZ reported.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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