Precinct 5 constables said the gang members are from Florida. They believe they have been working the Houston area for a while now. Five suspected gang members were arrested here in January 2013. But investigators said there are hundreds of them. They are once again targeting women at day cares, parks, cemeteries and all over Harris County.
The district attorney’s office is warning everyone about the Felony Lane gang — a group of men and women who are stealing purses from women when they are most vulnerable.
The thieves are getting away with between $10,000 and $20,000 a week. The victims are primarily women. An 80-year-old woman we spoke to said she was a victim.
“I didn’t have any idea anyone would break into the cemetery,” said Betty Davis. “No Idea.”
Davis and her companion, 86-year-old Raymond Castillo, were visiting their loved ones at the Brookside Cemetery.
“We were out stuffing these flower things in the pot. We saw a red car pass by and didn’t think anything of it,” said Castillo.
When they were walking back to their car they noticed trouble. Their car door was left open.
“We thought the door was open. They just went in on that side. My purse was sitting right here. They just reached in and got the purse” said Davis.
Everything was gone. The crooks tried to write checks worth $12,000.
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