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California Cop's Tips for Avoiding 'Bank Jugging' This Holiday Shopping Season
December 19, 2023
Police say they are seeing more “bank jugging” crimes this busy holiday shopping season. Thieves target someone leaving a bank with lots of cash, follow them to their next location, create a ruse to distract them and then steal their money. A driver says she withdrew $20,000 from a bank to make a down payment on a house. Police believe she was eyeballed at the bank by the people in a car who later robbed her. Officer Ryan Railsback has some tips for holiday shoppers to not fall victim to “bank jugging.”