--- description: It's not the first time a bay area reporter has been robbed while on air. title: Watch: Reporter Robbed While Reporting On Robbery image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d4f879961507bd0/69869886e8524b098e6038d5/reporter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Reporter Robbed While Reporting On Robbery by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2014 8:17 PM CUT  Politician talking into reporters' microphones Politician talking into reporters' microphonesGetty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2014 8:17 PM CUT Heather Holmes, a San Francisco based reporter for KTVV was reporting on local crimes and, while on air, became a victim herself. Reporting on a spate of recent muggings and car robberies, Holmes was on camera when an opportunistic thief entered the crew’s production van. “R u kidding me?” Holmes [tweeted](https://twitter.com/hholmesktvu/status/478809075216445441 "undefined"), “Doing a live report at @oaklandpoliceca headquarters & my purse is stolen from the live truck!” She later [tweeted](https://twitter.com/hholmesktvu/status/478960711914115072 "undefined") that someone used her bank card just 20 minutes later. Holmes isn’t the first reporter to have this happen to her. According to the [New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/business/media/photojournalists-in-oakland-face-epidemic-of-camera-robberies.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined"), every Bay Area TV station has been robbed of their cameras at least once, with some stations now employing armed plain clothes security. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2901903/heather-holmes-ktvv-robbed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2901903/heather-holmes-ktvv-robbed/"},"headline":"Watch: Reporter Robbed While Reporting On Robbery","datePublished":"2014-06-19T20:17:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:57.636Z","description":"Not for the first time, a Bay Area reporter is robbed while on air","url":"https://time.com/2901903/heather-holmes-ktvv-robbed/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d4f879961507bd0/69869886e8524b098e6038d5/reporter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d4f879961507bd0/69869886e8524b098e6038d5/reporter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Reporter","caption":"Reporter","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2901903/heather-holmes-ktvv-robbed/","name":"Watch: Reporter Robbed While Reporting On Robbery"}}]}] ```