Inside Edition Camera Crew Gets Robbed While Reporting On Increased Number Of Robberies

Source - An “Inside Edition” crew who baited “smash and grab” thieves in California’s San Francisco Bay Area were the victims of a true robbery — resulting in the loss of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.

In an effort to report on rampant robberies in the area, “Inside Edition” employees filmed themselves planting GPS trackers inside items that were placed in a car parked in an area well-known for theft.

The trackers were placed inside a $250 speaker and a purse just before reporter Lisa Guerrero explains that “for [their] last trick,” they also placed video cameras throughout the car in the event the products get stolen.

Sure enough, two people were soon spotted robbing the vehicle. A man was seen in the segment smashing open the car’s back window, pulling out the handbag and throwing it to a woman sitting nearby before removing the speaker.

While the crew was interviewing the man captured on camera in the initial theft, their actual crew car was broken into via the “smash and grab” method, and “thousands of dollars worth of equipment” was stolen.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, more than 31,000 people reported “smash and grab” robberies in the city in 2017 alone.

You never root for the bad guy, but you have to appreciate the irony of the situation. Little Miss Thing from Inside Edition takes a trip to the hood to expose an increase in robberies and ends up getting robbed herself. I love it. You can’t say she wasn’t asking for it. Word spreads quickly– I’m sure the second the neighborhood found out that a camera crew was baiting people into committing crimes then tracking them down via GPS they were on to her.  Which, by the way, I am NOT a fan of. I wouldn’t go out looking for trouble, but if I saw an open Brinks truck I don’t know how I would react. Granted, I would never steal speakers from a car in the year 2018, but still, the whole thing feels like entrapment.

It made for great content though, and she should feel lucky she didn’t get killed in the process. I mean this lady’s ovaries must be the size of cantaloupes for her to feel comfortable enough running up on these people and demanding answers. I’m not using “running up” as a figure of speech either. She actually chased the suspects down and got in their faces.

Say what you want about Lisa Guerrero, but don’t say she doesn’t care about crime. Hopefully everyone involved got their stereo equipment retuned in a timely fashion. Thanks, Lisa.