r/sutton

3 masked men just robbed a DPD van in broad daylight. While the driver was delivering a package they grabbed the keys from his van, opened the back and stole parcels.

I didn't see this myself but I heard the shouting, and my neighbours explained what had happened.

I'm not going to dox myself by saying which street I live on, but it's close to St Barnabas Church.

We've had random crackheads stealing things round here before, but this is the first case of what seems like a more planned-out robbery by a group.

Be on the lookout for anything similar, particularly if you are in that area.

I ask as part of a linguistic study covering this topic!

Examples could include things like St Nic's, Carsh, Wallytown or The Rec (never mind how common they are)...

incl. nicknames for schools, parks or other institutions/geographic features