carley: ashley strohmier with l.a.p.d. s chilling message. speak with a wealthy area taking a hard hit like with gang members lately. according to the l.a.p.d., home robbery task force, 17 gains have been staging robberies but sometimes even using spotters to target people wearing high end items and driving expensive cars. the play sale monday and juan was followed after leaving a jewelry store. she stopped at an intersection and the suspects smashed her driver-side window and then when she took off, they chased her, hit her with a car, held her at gunpoint and stole her watch. l.a.p.d. on the job for more than three jobs says he s never seen this kind of coordinated behavior. last year there were 165 holdups total, but this year, there has been 56 already and we are not even halfway through. wednesday l.a.p.d. sent out community alert notifying residents to be aware of surroundings and in particular