3 Charged In Hate Crime Spree Targeting Asian Women Across Bay Area

[Sugar Cookie]

Anthony Robinson, Derje Blanks, Cameron Moody - Why do they all look like they ate lead paint as kids.

Three suspects have been charged in a hate crime spree involving dozens of purse snatches and robberies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area targeting Asian women, authorities announced Friday.

San Jose police said 23-year-old Derje Blanks, 24-year-old Anthony Robinson, and 27-year-old Cameron Moody were arrested following a yearlong, multi-jurisdictional investigation.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said evidence has revealed that the defendants targeted the victims because they assumed the women – who were almost all of Asian descent – carried cash. There are numerous incidents where victims were pulled or wrestled to the ground during the robberies. Some victims were injured.

The crime spree includes more than 40 incidents throughout San Jose, San Pablo, Hayward, East Palo Alto, Newark, San Leandro, Fremont, Campbell, Dublin, and Milpitas, with crimes still being investigated by additional agencies.

Police said Blanks and Robinson were arrested on September 8 in San Jose. During the apprehension, Robinson tried to flee in a vehicle, ran a red light, and collided with another vehicle – injuring a two-year-old child and her father, police said. Robinson and Blanks were booked in Santa Clara County Jail for over 70 counts of felony robbery.

On Thursday, detectives located Moody in Union City and placed him under arrest. Two loaded firearms were recovered, one of them a ghost gun, police said. Moody was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on a number of felony robbery charges.

Investigators said that beginning in late 2020, the crime spree included robberies and purse snatches that virtually all followed the same pattern.

According to the DA’s office, evidence showed the suspects targeted Asian women because they believed that Asian women don’t use banks. In some cases, the suspects used ethnic slurs to refer to their victims.

The defendants would follow the women in parking lots to their vehicles, wait until the victim was inside her car, and either smash a window or quickly open a door to steal a purse off the passenger seat, police said.

UPDATE: 3 Charged In Hate Crime Spree Targeting Asian Women Across Bay Area

Three suspects have been charged in a hate crime spree involving dozens of purse snatches and robberies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area targeting Asian women, authorities announced Friday.

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com

 

[Ramona the brave]

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Anthony Robinson, Derje Blanks, Cameron Moody - Why do they all look like they ate lead paint as kids.

UPDATE: 3 Charged In Hate Crime Spree Targeting Asian Women Across Bay Area

Three suspects have been charged in a hate crime spree involving dozens of purse snatches and robberies throughout the San Francisco Bay Area targeting Asian women, authorities announced Friday.

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com

I'm thinking #3 must have been the mastermind, he looks the least brain-damaged.

What a bunch of pathetic cowards... With that kind of consistency & dedication, they probably could've made a decent living with actual jobs. But they chose to profit by hurting innocent women instead. Fucking cowards.

 

[donkeypunchdrunkloveshack]

Is this really a hate crime though? Targeting a specific gender as an easy target and race because of the likelihood they’re working in a cash service business sounds more like a business model than hating someone for their race.

 

[Ramona the brave]

Is this really a hate crime though? Targeting a specific gender as an easy target and race because of the likelihood they’re working in a cash service business sounds more like a business model than hating someone for their race.

I think the fact they used slurs in discussing their crimes may have been a factor.