Word: knifepoint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thugs. Orange County, home to tens of thousands of Indochinese immigrants, has a severe extortion problem. Hispanic gangs, some of them using identifying tattoos and hand signals, have spread throughout the area. The Mojados (wetbacks) specialize in small-time crime in downtown Los Angeles: pickpocketing and robbing motorists at knifepoint in underground garages. "It's find a buddy and go to Fifth and Hill for an easy hit or two," says Police Sergeant Joe Suarez...
Five women have been attacked at the Arboretum since March 15, in two rapes, an assault, and a stabbing. The most recent incident at the park was the rape of a woman jogger at knifepoint...
...Where the Boys Are, that the singer had eleven million-seller records by the age of 23. When her popularity waned, life became an endless road trip of one-nighters. Then, after a performance in Westbury, N.Y., seven years ago, Francis was raped in her hotel room at knifepoint. She tumbled into a deep and lengthy depression and was unable to perform until last week, when she returned to the same Westbury stage and a standing ovation. Said Francis, 42: "I'm a gutsy girl and once I've done it in Westbury, I can do it anywhere...
...assailants forced the woman at knifepoint into her car, which was parked on Grant St. near the DeWolfe St. intersection between 7:30 and 8 p.m. They dropped her off by Memorial Drive and Mass Ave at midnight. Cambridge sergeant Albert Haves said yesterday...
...curse of violent crime has touched many American families, including our own. A surprising number of the TIME staff members who worked on this week's cover stories have themselves recently been victims of crimes. Senior Writer Ed Magnuson, who wrote the main story, was mugged at knifepoint as he put the key in the lock of his front door earlier this year. He lost $32 and his credit cards. A few months before that, Magnuson's apartment was burglarized. "The only evidence they left behind was a pair of shoes," he says. "They weren't even...