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A sophisticated Chilean crime ring is terrorizing one of Michigan's wealthiest counties once again, looting several homes last week while their occupants were away on spring break vacations, the Oakland County Sheriff warned this week. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/robbery-theft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Burglars in groups</a> of three to six have targeted cash, safes, jewelry and high-end handbags in the reported break-ins, Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at a press conference this week.Among the reported thefts were $800,000 in jewelry and cash pilfered from a single home last week, he added.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ MORE OF FOX NEWS' COVERAGE OF THE BORDER CRISIS</a>"The Chilean gangs have been hitting us very hard," he said. "They are super well-trained when they get here – highly organized. They look like ninjas – they're all masked up, gloves. They each have a backpack with their particular set of tools for their job in the burglary."The thieves will often use a jammer to disable wireless alarms, Bouchard said – he implored residents to hardwire their alarm systems and make sure they are turned on when they leave home. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/migrants-flown-marthas-vineyard-flights-coordinated-desantis-can-sue-aviation-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MIGRANTS FLOWN TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD ON FLIGHTS COORDINATED BY DESANTIS CAN SUE AVIATION COMPANY</a>The most recent in the slew of break-ins came on Friday night – Bouchard did not specify where in the county the looting took place. Chilling surveillance footage shared with Fox 2 Detroit captures one such break-in, where a cadre of hooded, black-clad men wearing gloves can be seen maneuvering through a homeowner's backyard.No specific location is being targeted by the group – instead, the sheriff said, the group targets homes that are empty, upscale and backed up to golf courses or woods so that there is "little or no observation from neighbors." <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/honduran-illegal-migrant-arrested-rape-girl-14-stabbing-man-knifepoint-robbery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HONDURAN ILLEGAL MIGRANT ARRESTED FOR RAPE OF GIRL, 14, STABBING MAN DURING KNIFEPOINT ROBBERY</a>Several months earlier, Bouchard said, the agency launched a special task force specifically targeting the break-ins, catching seven Chilean migrants who had netted millions in area heists. In December, the majority of 30 to 40 break-ins across the county over a four-month period were carried out by Chilean nationals, according to<a href="https://www.candgnews.com/news/sheriff-creates-task-force-to-combat-rise-in-oakland-county-home-burglaries-4253" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> C &amp; G News</a>. "Clearly, I think they're back," Bouchard said. "In the last three or four days, we've had a number of super, super similar what we call M.O.'s.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/majority-americans-believe-illegal-immigration-very-serious-problem-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MOST AMERICANS CALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION 'VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM,' POLL FINDS</a>All seven of the Chilean looters nabbed last year came to the U.S. through a visa waiver program, which Bouchard implored the federal government to pause: "All of the intelligence estimates – just from Chile – we have 100-plus teams in operation right now in America," he said. "That doesn't mean they can't visit but they just have to get a regular visa, which comes with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a little more scrutiny</a>."Bouchard advised residents to avoid posting about their vacation on social media until after they have returned home to Michigan: "A lot of people post a selfie – 'On my way to Florida for two weeks,'" he said. "Well now you've just told the whole world I'm leaving town – even if it's not these high-end folk – there's a lot of people that troll Facebook and Twitter and social media. And you've just told everybody your house is empty."He also suggested that Oakland County residents save their local police department's dispatch number to their phones – in one instance, police were unable to respond in time to a homeowner's report that their alarm system had been triggered because 911 operators in Florida took crucial moments to route the holidaymaker's call to police in his hometown. "If you happen to be in Florida and your camera system alerts you to motion inside your kitchen – but for whatever reason your alarm wasn't set or didn't go off – and you dial 911 it's going to go to Florida," Bouchard said. "So now they're going to try to figure out how to transfer it."

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content: A sophisticated Chilean crime ring is terrorizing one of Michigan's wealthiest
 counties once again, looting several homes last week while their occupants were
 away on spring break vacations, the Oakland County Sheriff warned this week. <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/robbery-theft" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Burglars
 in groups</a> of three to six have targeted cash, safes, jewelry and high-end handbags
 in the reported break-ins, Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at a press conference this
 week.Among the reported thefts were $800,000 in jewelry and cash pilfered
 from a single home last week, he added.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">READ MORE OF FOX NEWS' COVERAGE OF THE BORDER
 CRISIS</a>"The Chilean gangs have been hitting us very hard," he
 said. "They are super well-trained when they get here – highly organized. They look
 like ninjas – they're all masked up, gloves. They each have a backpack with their
 particular set of tools for their job in the burglary."The thieves will often
 use a jammer to disable wireless alarms, Bouchard said – he implored residents to
 hardwire their alarm systems and make sure they are turned on when they leave home. <a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/migrants-flown-marthas-vineyard-flights-coordinated-desantis-can-sue-aviation-company"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">MIGRANTS FLOWN TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD ON FLIGHTS
 COORDINATED BY DESANTIS CAN SUE AVIATION COMPANY</a>The most recent
 in the slew of break-ins came on Friday night – Bouchard did not specify where in
 the county the looting took place. Chilling surveillance footage shared with
 Fox 2 Detroit captures one such break-in, where a cadre of hooded, black-clad men
 wearing gloves can be seen maneuvering through a homeowner's backyard.No
 specific location is being targeted by the group – instead, the sheriff said, the
 group targets homes that are empty, upscale and backed up to golf courses or woods
 so that there is "little or no observation from neighbors." <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/honduran-illegal-migrant-arrested-rape-girl-14-stabbing-man-knifepoint-robbery"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">HONDURAN ILLEGAL MIGRANT ARRESTED FOR RAPE
 OF GIRL, 14, STABBING MAN DURING KNIFEPOINT ROBBERY</a>Several months
 earlier, Bouchard said, the agency launched a special task force specifically targeting
 the break-ins, catching seven Chilean migrants who had netted millions in area heists.
 In December, the majority of 30 to 40 break-ins across the county over a four-month
 period were carried out by Chilean nationals, according to<a href="https://www.candgnews.com/news/sheriff-creates-task-force-to-combat-rise-in-oakland-county-home-burglaries-4253"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> C &amp; G News</a>. "Clearly, I
 think they're back," Bouchard said. "In the last three or four days, we've had a
 number of super, super similar what we call M.O.'s.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/majority-americans-believe-illegal-immigration-very-serious-problem-poll"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">MOST AMERICANS CALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION 'VERY
 SERIOUS PROBLEM,' POLL FINDS</a>All seven of the Chilean looters
 nabbed last year came to the U.S. through a visa waiver program, which Bouchard
 implored the federal government to pause: "All of the intelligence estimates
 – just from Chile – we have 100-plus teams in operation right now in America," he
 said. "That doesn't mean they can't visit but they just have to get a regular visa,
 which comes with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">a little more scrutiny</a>."Bouchard advised residents to
 avoid posting about their vacation on social media until after they have returned
 home to Michigan: "A lot of people post a selfie – 'On my way to Florida
 for two weeks,'" he said. "Well now you've just told the whole world I'm leaving
 town – even if it's not these high-end folk – there's a lot of people that troll
 Facebook and Twitter and social media. And you've just told everybody your house
 is empty."He also suggested that Oakland County residents save their local
 police department's dispatch number to their phones – in one instance, police were
 unable to respond in time to a homeowner's report that their alarm system had been
 triggered because 911 operators in Florida took crucial moments to route the holidaymaker's
 call to police in his hometown. "If you happen to be in Florida and your
 camera system alerts you to motion inside your kitchen – but for whatever reason
 your alarm wasn't set or didn't go off – and you dial 911 it's going to go to Florida,"
 Bouchard said. "So now they're going to try to figure out how to transfer it."
summary: A Chilean crime ring is targeting high-end homes in Michigan, where a sheriff
 implored residents to hardwire alarms and keep mum on social media about vacation
 plans.
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