orcs stolen in fact. it is interesting to see how the dial has shifted on this over the last -- i have been in contemporary african art promoting it for 20 odd years as an english person. i have seen that under standing of what happened in the colonial period. filtering through to more and more people. it is now very, very compelling that these works are return. it is a matter, you can talk about spiritual things but it is extremely important for contemporary african artists that some of these works, these works are where they should be. i also believe that people talk about sharing works and things like that. i believe the ownership personally, should revert to the original owners. i also think there is a case for agreements to be made so that works can be displayed again for periods of time in the institutions that are have safeguarded these works over the years. allowing more and more people to see them internationally. i believe the principal ownership and the principal residency if you like, of these

officer rash testified that by december '19 he knew larry had a cooler stolen, electronic equipment stolen from the offshore boat while it feels parked in the rv garage, and bob said, that's a burglary, a burglary has been committed in this residence, and he said that's right. but it was never reported. we didn't have a report about it so i didn't really investigate it. but that is a burglary, and he has admitted that to you as well. february 23rd. mr. olson's surveillance camera shows that mr. arbery walked into the neighborhood. didn't run. he then stood in the yard and put his hands on his hips and looked around like this and then went into the residence. matt albenze was doing work in his yard and he saw this gentleman who resembled the gentleman who had commit kwhad they thought was a burglary in that residence. he shut down the work that he was doing, put a gun in his pocket, grabbed his cell phone, and he walked automatic the way up the street to the corner where jones meets satilla, where he keeps his mailbox. and he stood there right next to this tree, and he called 911. at some p

officer rash testified that by december 19, he knew larry had a cooler stolen, electronic equipment stolen from the offshore boat while it was parked in the rv garage and bob said that's a burglary. a burglary had been committed in this residence and he said that's right. it was never reported. we didn't have a report about it so i didn't really investigate it. but that is a burglary and he has admitted that to you, as well. mr. olsen's surveillance camera shows that mr. arbery walked into the neighborhood. didn't run. he then stood in the yard and put his hands on his hips and looked around like this. and then went into the residence. matt was doing work in his yard and saw this gentleman who resembled the gentleman who had committed what they thought was a burglary in that residence. he shut down the work that he was doing and put a gun in his pocket, grabbed his cell phone and he walked all the way up the street to the corner where jones meets satilla where he keeps his mailbox. he stood there right next to this tree and he called 911. at some point in the video when you see mr. arbery

law that is called receiving stolen property. now, that means you don't even have to buy it. you don't have to have physical possession you just have to have control of it. so let's say one of these thieves offers to sell you the items and you say yes illegal if you offer to give it if they offer to give you the item and you take it you can be prosecuted that's illegal if they say i am going to leave it in your garage you have received stolen property and can go to jail. obviously you should be suspicious if anyone asks you any such thing. what are the penalties for this, you know? from light to tuplicated because i have the laws set up but like if the item is worth $950 or less that's a misdemeanor and you can be looking at a year behind bar if more than that and you could be looking at a felony and up to three years in jail. that's for taking possession of the stolen property. and of course you have to the item back. if you pay for it, you still have to keep it. that's right, because you paid the wrong guy. i didn't pay the guy

where does all the stolen merchandise land and our retailers able to trace? products abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has that part of the story. the images are unforgettable. most recently someone running from union square's louis vuitton with an armful of stolen merchandise nearly 100 people running from the walnut creek nordstrom in a flash mob style. robbery and over the summer others running from union square neiman marcus with armfuls of stolen handbags. i think that these brazen items are not just organized crime. they're borderline domestic terrorism. rachel. michelin is president and ceo of the california retailers association. she says the stolen merchandise is being fenced. they're not usually keeping it for themselves. they're selling it. there's a lot of places that these items go. we're seeing more and more technology and more and more retailers that are able to tag their products. so they know where that products ending up abc 7 news reached out to online retailers ebay tells us they are committed to providing a secure. line shopping experie

it's really important to understand not to buy the premise that the diary is stolen. nobody could have known if that's the case. >> sean: that was my next question. i have been reading all over the internet, everywhere in between, that she claims it was stolen, but other people claimant might have been left in a former place of residence of hers. do we have an answer to that question? >> we do, but you know, i think people might look to me and say that i'm crazy for talking about the facts at the level i have already and so i'm going to respectfully say that's going to come out, it's going to be offering favorable to james andd awfully favorable to his news organization. >> sean: think it's awfully interesting that james is the one that brought it to law enforcement's attention. let me ask this question. crime that alleged they have here? >> i don't know. this would -- >> sean: they didn't tell you? >> this was turned in a yearon ago. well, the search warrant has missed prison of a felony, accessory after the fact and transporting material across state lines as the ba

and stolen identity. they use false credentials. if a marketplace takes them down, these criminals simply resurface under a different store front identity. all the while, their listings look authentic to unsuspecting customers. counterfeit products are usually substandard. and often unsafe. products often don't meet strict safety standards or comply with quality controls. for example, drug traffickers are using social media and other e-commerce platforms to market their products. we've also seen a spike in professional shoplifters of highly valued items to resell online. according to a 2020 survey by the national retail federation, organized retail theft has increased nearly 60% since 2015. brand owners, manufacturers and retailers are doing their very best to fight this epidemic. put even our largest companies who can afford to have dedicated staff monitor online don't seem to be able to keep up. small businesses lack the necessary resources to pursue online counterfeiters. law enforcement is also overwhelmed. that is why i introdu

the narrative of i guess the president's daughter is that this was stolen. that has yet to be determined. but that's what james o'keefe was told. does the fact that he didn't run the story because he couldn't corroborate it, and he on his own a year ago went to law enforcement -- the question i have is why now? why at this point, what did he do wrong here, what possible crime are we looking at? >> he did nothing wrong and there's no crime that he committed. as i say, misprision of felony is an absolute joke and it underscores in my mind that the prosecutors in the southern districts are other idiots or if they think that that applies m under the circumstances. he didn't print it, he handed it off to law enforcement --ar >> sean: this is the fbi with the predawn raid on his house. >> look, it's disappointing that christopher wray would allow the fbi to be misused and abused by merrick garland and joe biden's white house in what is clearly a political vendetta. if you have information derogatory about joe biden, merrick garland will come after you with a venge

though the product is stolen in one area, the problem is statewide. >> in other words, it can be stolen from one place, san francisco, new york, st. louis, wherever, but then it finds its way online, so it shows up in online marketplaces in some context and it's competing with legitimate goods with goods that are entirely legal online, and you've got competition that's making its way to the marketplaces that's due to organized crime at the brick and mortar level. is that fair to say? >> it's fair, but i would say it's unfair competition. they're getting the products for much, much cheaper, but that's what our team does. we track these investigations state to state all across the country and ultimately it leads us to the same place which is an online marketplace. >> what do you think is the best way for this body to address that phenomenon? >> i think the swift passage of the act is a vital first step. >> thank you for that. i want to turn to the amazon self-preferencing question here for a moment. mr. muderick, i think you testified to senator klobuchar earlier that your product in part

i need to report a stolen pistol. >> what is the address it was stolen from? >> 230 priscilla drive. >> was at the call? >> yes. >> another pistol stolen from you? >> no. >> were you concerned about the missing of your gun? >> yes. >> wide question rick >> number one, i don't know who has the question. it was stolen on my truck. i didn't know what they're doing with my gun. they could harm themselves or use it to harm someone else or use it for a crime. >> did you hear about guns being stolen in the neighborhood? >> yes. >> did you know what it was you were hearing? >> i heard of vehicles being broken into. speech you were going to take a break out of this and go to capitol hill. were in the house floor were nancy pelosi and the house is debating representative gaucher century. this is ahead of a vote which would strip the arizona lawmaker of his committee assignments. this is in response to him tweeting that edited video showing him killing alexandria ocasio-cortez and threatening biden. aoc responded saying that in a perfect world he would be expended from c

you had your gun stolen, correct? >> i did. >> january 1st, 2020. >> yes, ma'am. >> and you had a suspect in mind for that, correct? >> yes, i -- when i got the videos from miss perez diego, looking through there is a truck that came through that i haven't seen in the neighborhood before. and after looking at the truck i thought it might have been some teenagers i would see on that part of the county and it turned out it was a neighbor on the other side, and that was as far as that i went with that. >> who is david serals? >> i have no idea. >> really? he's not a facebook friend of yours? >> not that i believe. >> would it help to refresh your recollection if you looked at your facebook posts that you exchanged with mr. serals? go ahead and take a look at this . thank you, ma'am. [ inaudible ] >> look at the yellow highlighted part . >> yeah. >> all right. do you know who david serals is? >> i do not. he must have been on the neighborhood page. i do remember the message now, and i believe he must have saw it on the ne

he said maybe it was stolen, it was stolen. that begins the drum beat that fuels the entire transition. >> basically was the cabinet ever considering the 25th amendment or some way of believing president trump with his powers? >> no the 25th amendment the thstandard is is the president disabled? pence, as a vice president will be the one who had to lead the charge on this. he steadfastly refused to dot it. i think coming out of this experience and hopefully there can be lessons learned. as the 25th amendment sufficient for dealing with the problem like donald trump? the second issue is some experts and knowledgeable people about nuclear weapons, do we have a system that really makes sense?co do we have control of nuclear weapons? could the president, like trump, and i don't think he was going to start a nuclear war got into some sort of military action with the chinese. you could see china or some country using the small tactical nuclear weapon. all of the sudden we would be on this perilous escalation ladder that would take us

>> i don't know. >> reporter: is it stolen? >> don't know. it's none of my business. >> reporter: organize $task forces exist and have made busts like operation focused lens in 2014. where there l these latest stolen items end up? >> you're going to see it in flea markets. you'll see it's on-line. on-line marketplaces. you're going to see it -- you know, we've seen storms behind stores. >> reporter: michelin said while me isa victimless crime, that is far from reality. >> not retail crime, organized crime. so when you talk about human trafficking, when you talk about drug cartels, that's the area that we're in right now, and retail theft is funding those types of really bad crimes. >> so andria, santana row obviously not the only shop area in that part of san jose. any of the others hit? >> reporter: well, allen, san jose police said yesterday around the same time as the santana row heist here, across the street at valley fare, authorities saw some stealing some things, but security guards were able to call san jose police in time, and that s

second of all, pennsylvania was stolen. the election was stolen. there were ballots that came from new york city into pennsylvania. what happened to that? why aren't people arrested for that, or why wasn't the mailman in trouble for that? host: david drucker, what is the future for people like liz cheney? we know adam kinzinger, another republican who opposed the insurrection in the capital. what is the future of that wing of the republican party, at least on capitol hill? guest: they may not have much of a future. there is not a wing of trump opponents on capitol hill. there are less than a handful of republicans who are willing to openly defy and criticize the former president for his postelection behavior, and his culpability in the january 6 riots. what you are going to see in 2024, and you are already seeing this in 2022, is a party that has -- that is broadly behind the trump legislative agenda, and i think what some people forget is liz cheney voted with trump when it came to legislation, more so than her successor. liz cheney had a 80's --

and had a big lose to that guy and he started the disabled maybe it was stolen, it was stolen and that begins the drumbeat the fuels this entire transition. >> another question, basically, was the cabinet ever close to considering the 25th amendment or some way of believing fmr. president trump printed. >> no because the 25th amendment, the standard is the president disabled and fmr. vice president pence is vice president would have to lead the charge on this and he steadfastly refused to do it but i think that's coming out this experience and hopefully, there can be lessons learned, one of them is is the 25th amendmentg sufficient for dealing with the problem like fmr. president trump and a second issue which is some experts and knowledge of the people about nuclear weapons has said, do we have the system that really makes sense, to be in control of nuclear weapons. could the president like him, and i don't think that he was going to start a nuclear war, we got into some sort of military action with the chinese, you could see china where in some country using that small technical nucl

for fox, it's 82% of fox news fans believe the election was stolen. both the numbers are obviously very alarming. neither one is acceptable since the election was not stolen, but what does that tell you? >> it tells you not only for a long time we've been thinking about fox news and measuring that. what we found during the trump era is we started having to measure one more click to the right. and that was organizations that get built up like one america news. that became trump's mouth piece during his administration. and we're seeing that real effect show up particularly among republicans. it just escalates. so among -- you see it among the people who believe the election was stolen. you also see that escalation among people who think that violence is going to be justified. 4 in 10 among those who -- among those republicans who most trust. >> i think december 2016 i first heard this pizzagate nonsense which is the precursor of the qanon nonsense. the idea democrats, liberals are all conspiring not just to steal elections but also to eat and have satan

, it was stolen. in the same period talking to conway, gosh, i can't believe we lost, how did we lose to that guy, and he says, well, maybe it was stolen, it was stolen and that begins the drum beat that fuels this transition period. >> and so, another question, basically, was the cabinet ever close to considering 25th amendment or some way of relieving president trump of his powers? >> no, because the 25th amendment, the standard is the president disabled? and pence was, as vice-president, would be the one who would have to lead the charge on this, and he steadfastly refused to do it, but i think coming out of this experience and hopefully, there can be lessons learned. one of them is, is the 25th amendment sufficient for dealing with the problem like donald trump. and the second issue is, with i some experts and knowledge of both people about nuclear weapons say, do we have the system that really makes sense? do we have control of nuclear weapons? do-- could the president, like trump-- and i don't t

you have stolen items on boat. and you got that from your mom? >> yes. and then you got him inside the construction site, right? insight 220? >> yes, ma'am. >> and at the point in time on february 23rd, you knew about october 25th. >> yes. >> november 18 snj. >> yes. >> and february 11th? >> yes. >> you also knew the white couple had gone in on november 17th, right? >> i did. you also knew there was a shady looking guy under the bridge, correct? >> i did. and you also suspected this guy in the neighborhood with the truck may be the one that stole your handgun. he may have also been someone stealing things in the neighbor as you said to mr. soros? >> for a couple days. i decided that was not -- that was not the person that had the truck. i thought it was a different truck. >> is that rob way? >> i don't know who rob way is? >> so kim balisteros said she suspected rob way as the one that stole the purse out of her car january 30th. >> not that i recall, no, ma'am. >> and you're telling this jury that your mother neve

stolen items. however, one man who started this massive effort about a year ago says he's already helped about 50 tourists and most recently helped the group over the weekend. >> first, it's the shattered glass and then the litter luggage across the streets of san francisco. >> harper city out to about 20th avenue is a place where we just, you know, we find him daily neighbors in the richmond district like mark dietrich say. >> scenes like this are becoming more common in the neighborhood after burglars break into cars at tourist spots like fisherman's wharf in palace of fine arts steal items and then dumped a stolen suitcases when they get they want to make a quick getaway to jump on the golden gate bridge and it spits them out into our neighborhood and soon as this is the first place they can just pull into a parking spot dump it out and some buddies driveway. dietrich says he's found dozens of bags over the last year when he began tracking down victims to bring back their belongings. he says he'

he starts to then say maybe it was stolen. that begins to drumbeat that fuels this entire transition. >> another question, basically was the cabinet ever close to considering 25th amendment or some way of believing relieving president trump of his powers? >> know because the 25th amendment, the standard is is the president disabled and pence would be the one that had to lead the charge on this and he steadfastly refused to do it. but i think coming out of this experience and hopefully there can be lessons learned, one of them is is the 25th amendment sufficient for dealing with the problem like donald trump. the second issue is which some experts had knowledge of both people about nuclear weapons is do we have to system that really makes sense? do we have control of nuclear weapons? could a president like trump, and i don't think he was going to start a nuclear war but if we got into some sort of military action with the chinese, you can see china or some country using a small tactical nuclear weapon and all of a sudden we be

>> now, i don't think i commented on counterfeit goods. >> stolen goods. >> yeah, stolen goods, i introduce the word counterfeit-- goods online that are stolen and then they have been stealing from brick-and-mortar stores and turn around and sell them on my to do i have that? >> yes, sir. >> the "new york times" earliern this year had a story, which he recorded, i think of us in our security officers are assaulted on a pretty regular basis in a san francisco and that san francisco is one of the epicenters of organized retail crime. have i i got that right? >> yes or. >> can you say more about that because i think this is something that-- it's not been widely reported and not widely understood and part of the problem we see in counterfeit or in this case stolen goods online we have a delusion of these goods linked also now turns out to a, crime wave we are seeing across the country so maybe say something more about that. >> yes, thank you for the question, senator peter this is not a big city crime. this occurs in all 50 states. theft of organized retail crime occurred just as much in low cr

that results in the president's daughter having her personal diary stolen? the diary pages and a published on a right-wing website, now the fbi is raiding houses of members of this right-wing group, and the right-wing group that their members had access to the sting stolen from the president's daughter? what's? if this was a movie you would've walked out and now, because this would've been too outlandish to believe if this was a movie this would be two fictional to pass muster. as reality, this is absolutely unbelievable. joining us now is michael schmidt, washington correspondent for the new york times, he's a lead byline on the scoop today. mr. schmidt, thank you for making time. >> thanks for having me. how >> am i misconstruing any of this, or missing any important part of it. i confess that i had no idea that actually biden's diary had been stolen, that how pieces ended up certainly an 80 in the press. and explaining any of that wrong? >> no, i think the biggest thing that stands up to me about this, is that this comes out ten days before the 2020 elect

biden's personal items had been stolen in a burglary. well, now today in an investigation that the times says is being handled by fbi agents and federal prosecutors in manhattan who work on public corruption matters today in conjunction with that investigation the two homes were searched by the fbi. an apartment on east 35th street in manhattan and a apartment north of new york city. both properties are soernted with the right wing activist group, project veritas, which put out a statement after the times broke the store denouncing the fact that the fbi had carried out these searches, but also confirming that the group had had something to do with the handling of this stolen item. but again, i mean, considering what the stolen item is here, this is kind of nuts, is it not? a burglary? that results in the president's daughter having her personal diary stolen, the diary pages then end up published on a right wing website. now the fbi is raiding houses of members of this right wing group anding the right wing group admits that their members

there's an invest -- of raid, an investigation for what, for what's got stolen? here's the headline today in the times, people try to project vera house scrutinize a theft of diary from biden's daughter. the sub head there, the fbi i carried out search warrants in new york, as part of the justice department investigation into how pages from ashley biden's journal came to be published by right-wing website. the theft of a diary from the daughter of president biden. it here's how michael schmidt in the times, today explained what happened here. i would get a half before the election and october 24th, some random right-wing website published images, published pictures of handwritten pages from what appeared to be the personal diary of president biden's daughter, ashley. quote, the trump administration justice department, then led by attorney general william barr, opened an investigation into the matter shortly after a representative of the biden family reported to federal authorities in october 2020, that several of miss biden's personal items have been stolen in a

you break down the republicans who believe the election was stolen into their tv habits. okay. this is very interesting. everyone pay attention. 82% of republicans who watch fox news believe the big lie. then there is believe it or not, even further right wing outlets like oan and news max and for those, 97% of their viewers believe it. i mean, i want you to look at some of the lies they're being fed on these networks, lies. watch this. >> you have a grown up of corrupt people who have absolute contempt for the american people who believe that we're so spineless, so cowardly, so unwilling to stand up for ourselves that they can steal the presidency. >> it is a national disgrace how some states have handled this election. >> we cannot allow america's election to be corrupted. we cannot. stop letting people tell you that we don't have the evidence because we do. and this is only going to continue. this fraud will continue and america will be doomed for the next 20 years. >> okay. so there is no evidence. it has been proven not to be true over and over and over again by republican

because the items are stolen, but where are they going. they're going on to platforms like amazon and other places, there's a market for reselling these items that need to be targeted as well. so we want people who are perpetrating these crimes to know we're watching, we're aware. we will per sue with every tool we have within our criminal justice system. those who commit these crimes, we will hold them accountable and make sure we do what we can to make these large rings which chief scott will talk about a little bit, but they are dealt with because this is not just an individual. this is about a whole group of people who were targeting san francisco for this purpose. in order to get these items that belong to others and resell them to make money, to make a profit off of someone el's tragedy and that's the thing that we have to address. with that, i want to appreciate sharky and the work he's been doing and he'll talk a little bit later, but in the meantime, talk about where we are and what we'll continue to do around vehicle break-ins is

we know that another baby was stolen in a car. >> that stolen last night before the parents eyes. take a look. we have video of the emotional moments. the mother was reunited with her baby holding her for dear life. the 4 month-old baby was in the car last night at 10. '03, when someone jumped in and took off with the baby still inside the parents stepped out of the car for a moment before they knew the car baby. both gone. police say it was a terrifying call to get, but they found that baby 20 minutes later concord police say they can not believe there were 2 car stolen with babies inside in just one night in the bay area. the other happened in pittsburgh. the father and baby reunited right now and we can see video of the suv were talking about where the baby girl was in the back rooms. both were stolen the this morning the police are still looking for the woman who stole the suv with her baby inside. police say the woman jumped into the father's suv and drove away with his daughter after the woman was denied a cigarette. the baby's father was outside of the car at the time talki

there were 2 incidents where their cars were stolen. while their babies were still in both of these cases. the kids are ok this morning. so let's talk about the one. >> that happened first in auburn. well, actually, what but what happened in the bay area. so we'll start with pittsburgh because the pittsburgh police are still looking for the woman who stole the car with a one year-old girl inside. we've got proper sarah stinson in the newsroom with the very latest on the sarah, good morning. >> yes, so scary. but thankfully this morning the father baby girl. they're reunited after last night's terrifying events this morning. police are still looking for the woman who stole the car with her inside. you can see video of the moments after police finally found that suv and that's what the one year-old girl was inside of police say a woman jumped into that car. the father's suv and drove away with his daughter after the woman was denied a cigarette. the baby's father was outside of the suv at the time talking with someone. but he left his eng

. >> you mentioned you had stuff stolen out of the boat, right? >> yes. >> and you wanted your neighbors, if they could, help you catch the guy that had done it? >> yes. . >> you never told them at any point that it wasn't stolen while the boat was on the property. it was stolen while it was parked at sullivan's heating and air. >> i never told them that. >> they were left with the impression that stuff was stolen from your boat at 226 drive. >> i guess so. >> john, i've got to tell you, watching that video deposition all day long was very tough, especially for those who were in the courtroom. because at some point it just sort of dragged on. it was hard to keep your attention to it. i will tell you those comments really sparked some outrage across the country of what was said in court. let's talk about today, 9:00 court is starting again. another police officer who arrived on scene will be in court facing questions about exactly what happened as the defense and prosecution try to move this case forward. john. >> it was something. it was said out

the father chasing after his car, stolen with his baby girl inside. police say this 24-year-old woman was responsible. she was arrested early this morning. a similar case also happened in concord. last night, a 4-month-old baby was inside of a car when it was so stolen from a strip mall. let's get right to juliette goodrich, live in concord this evening for us. >> reporter: i am at that stripmall. these are crimes of opportunity, it can happen so fast. in this day and age of getting takeout food, you may leave your car with the engine running, go inside a few feet away to get your dinner, come back out to your car, and it may be gone. the thief may not even know there is a child in the backseat. to date, parents are reacting to the news of two cases of stolen vehicles with children inside. >> it's disturbing. >> i never leave it running when there are kids in the car point >> take advantage of the curbside pickup point >> reporter: here's a mug shot of the woman arrested earlier this morning on suspicion of stealing a vehicle with a 1- year-old baby r

that has been stolen from them. and i think that really did seed the ground for these views. >> it's really frightening. i mean, do you think that this all came out of the trump presidency or was it here already? would we be seeing people believing in all of these lies, in all of this craziness if it were not for him? >> you know, it really did get ramped up. i should say there's a longer rhetoric. the republicans' southern strategy began really in the civil rights era and post civil rights was all about telling disgruntled white americans that their country was being stolen from them. and this is really in some ways a kind of new chapter of that long sordid history. it did get revved up i think in the trump years. and one thing that really changed, though, is that the country has changed. during barack obama's presidency, for example, the country actually went from demographically speaking being a majority white christian country. it was 54% white and christian in 2008. to being one that is no longer a majority whi

we have had ours stolen twice. okay. if a missing catalytic converter or any car issue for that matter is causing you trouble, tell chris and his team. nbcbayarea.com. then click on responds option from the main menu or of course you can call them 1-888-996-tips. >> okay. let's smile here. we are ready to go for the thanksgiving on this wednesday night. jeff is here to talk about the weather tomorrow. >> and you guys, we are tracking a few trouble spots here. now, in the bay area, if you are traveling overnight or in the early morning, we are going to be clear, dry, and chilly for the bay area. but the two spots i want you to watch out for is in the central valley, dense fog near fresno. and the second one here is in southern california. strong santa ana winds. 30 to 70 miles per hour. high fire danger down in socal. so not only some issues on the roadways making it real difficult over the passes but any kind of hopper flights might also be delayed. now, as we move it back here to the bay area forecast for tomorrow morni

>>> we wanted to know where all of that stolen merchandise ends up. >> andria borba is looking into it from santana row in san jose for us. andria? >> reporter: well, allen and elizabeth, as we all know, this is not the first team wife seen these mass organized retail ransackings of stores with merchandise taken out of the stores. we here at kpix 5 have looked into this issue in the past, and have an idea where all of the merchandise is headed. the lulu is calm right now. yesterday, it was anything but. thieves swarmed in and stole more than $40,000 in merchandise. >> this was being, you know, orchestrated by an organized crime ring. not retail crime, organized crime. so when you talk about human trafficking, you talk about drug cartels, that's the area that we're in right now, and retail theft is funding those types of really bad crimes. >> reporter: so where does all of that merchandise go? >> are they real, or just, like -- >> yeah, it's relying. everything is real. >> reporter: so we bought some. and how much is it then? >> $50. >> reporter: this is from our investigation in februa

larry english had filed a police report about items stolen off his boat, correct? >> yes. >> and he said the officer was assigned to investigate it, right? >> yes. >> that means interviewing layer english, correct? >> yes. >> an officer would have found out that the boat had been moved back and forth to douglas, correct? >> objection, speculation. she is asking him to assume what officer rash would have done had he been asked to make a report about thefts by larry english and then how he would follow up on that. it is all speculation on the witness's part. >> what rash would have done, that's sustained. >> i'll ask a better question, your honor. on cross examination do you remember officer rash testifying that the officer assigned if mr. english had filed a report would have investigated that. >> yes. >> and that officer rash, you heard him testify, that would have included interviewing larry english, correct? >> yes. >> you heard larry english testify the boat had been moved back and forth between douglas, correct. he knew it, he moved the boat back and forth, rig

. >> two separate incidents tonight involving children in stolen vehicles. the latest car theft happened at the wingstop stop on ygnacio valley road in concord. a four-month-old inside a honda cargo odyssey. that infant was located along with a stolen fan in newhall park in concord. that ambulance crew is checking the person out. in pittsburgh, a one-year-old girl is safe tonight after being found in a stolen car. sky seven capturing those dramatic moments. the car, with her inside, what's stolen earlier this evening, leading to an amber alert. the suspect still has not been found. thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. . ama: i am ama daetz. abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone reports from pittsburgh. j.r.: this is all new video showing the moment a one-year-old girl was found by authorities safe and sound. >> one of the neighbors heard a baby crying and flashed the lights and saw the baby and when they saw the baby, they called the police. >> -- j.r.: this is video showing the police response. we were flying above when authorities got the call and raced to

it's also sentimental items like this army veterans backpack. >> dietrich says this bag was stolen. most recently. well, the group was visiting from kentucky on saturday. he says one of the victims told him that the bag had survived 2 tours in iraq. but couldn't make it past 2 hours in san francisco. dietrich eventually tracked down the backpack and was able to return it to the veteran. meanwhile, on monday, another neighbor found this bag and posted about it on next door. the social media site where many in the city post about the recovered items. somebody message me and i found a bag just over on california street. >> i don't know what to do with it. so i zipped over there. got it. the bag is right here. and we've gone through it and there's there's no identification is absolutely nothing in it in these cases. >> will turn it over to police while this community effort isn't stopping the thefts from happening. he says at least this is something anyone can do to help this growing problem. the least we can do its neighbors is, you know, help the poor tourists come here on their vacat

can you be prosecuted for buying the items say stolen last weekend. could you go be in trouble for that you can do. now, that means you don't have to buy it. you don't even have to possess it. you just have to have control of it. so let's say one of these thieves offered a sell you an item and you say yes illegal if they offer to give you the item and you take it illegal if they say i'm going to leave it in your garage. you have received stolen property. you control it so you can go to jail. to have some common sense here too if anything like this happens. yeah, what are the penalties for this? wow. okay. yeah. it gets a big complicated. that worth $950 or lessr less leanne was just talking about. it's a miss to me and here and you could be looking at a year in jail more than that you could be looking at a felony in up to three years in jail. and of course you have to give the yours. that subject this is great information. you're bringing is you paid for it. let's just say you end up inadvertently buying something that was told you paid for it, but yo

we don't even know when this stuff was stolen. ahmaud would not have been automatically arrested just because larry english made contact with the police. there would have been an investigation. that's what rash told you. rash, an actual law enforcement officer with a badge, in a marked patrol car. so then we got the white couple with the bag, he calls the police on december 2nd, they're the suspected boat thieves now. even on december 1st, he's calling the police going these are the thieves who stole stuff off my boat, i want you to check them out. here's what's really important. larry english called the police and said please go check out the white couple, they're homeless, living under the bridge. he did not go himself to confront the people under the bridge. compare and contrast this. what do we know about greg mcmichael and travis mcmichael at this point in time? july 13th, they went down and confronted the homeless man under the bridge with their guns. and then called the police to tell them about it, there is a shady looking

. >> two separate incidents tonight involving children in stolen vehicles. the latest car theft happened at the wingstop stop on ygnacio valley road in concord. a four-month-old inside a honda cargo odyssey. that infant was located along with a stolen fan in newhall park in concord. that ambulance crew is checking the person out. in pittsburgh, a one-year-old girl is safe tonight after being found in a stolen car. sky seven capturing those dramatic moments. the car, with her inside, what's stolen earlier this evening, leading to an amber alert. the suspect still has not been found. thank you for joining us. i am dan ashley. . ama: i am ama daetz. abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone reports from pittsburgh. j.r.: this is all new video showing the moment a one-year-old girl was found by authorities safe and sound. >> one of the neighbors heard a baby crying and flashed the lights and saw the baby and when they saw the baby, they called the police. >> -- j.r.: this is video showing the police response. we were flying above when authorities got the call and raced to