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Moment brazen smash and grab robbers ransack glasses store in Virginia and steal more than $20,000 in merchandise
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 8, 2022 | Alastair Talbot

Posted on 05/08/2022 10:12:37 PM PDT by Morgana

A group of smash and grab robbers raided a Virginia eyeglass store and stole more than $20,000 of products.

This week, Fairfax County released in-store surveillance footage of four men raiding a MyEyeDr. store near Richmond Highway in Alexandria at about 6.30pm on April 19.

The suspects are all black men and are believed to be between the ages of 17 and 23.

A fifth suspect, who was the group's getaway driver, is also wanted by police. The men are believed to have fled in an older-model black Toyota Camry with tinted windows and black hubcaps.

Detectives are following up on leads and are aware of similar incidents throughout the National Capital Region,' Capt. Frederick Chambers, Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division of the Fairfax County Police Department, said in a press release issued on Thursday.

Police are having a hard time identifying the perpetrators, who were wearing masks, hoodies and hats on the day of the robbery.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: again; andagain; andagainandagain; differentsource; ididsearch; seachandfind; searchandfind; smashandgrab; stolenagain; virginia
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1 posted on 05/08/2022 10:12:37 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

What was the race of the black people wo did this?


2 posted on 05/08/2022 10:49:29 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

I don’t know but I have to wonder how blind or how poor eyesight they have to steal that many glasses?


3 posted on 05/08/2022 10:51:04 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Do we even have to look at the video?


4 posted on 05/08/2022 11:38:39 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

Feral black thug gang.


5 posted on 05/08/2022 11:39:50 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

Joggers gotta jog.


6 posted on 05/08/2022 11:47:01 PM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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To: Morgana

“The suspects are all black men...”

The Daily Mail actually wrote that description?


7 posted on 05/08/2022 11:47:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Instead of criminalizing guns, we need to criminalize criminals)
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To: Morgana

They stole eyeglass frames?
Really?
They may be expensive, but completely worthless, to them, I think.


8 posted on 05/09/2022 12:08:00 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Morgana

Robbing a store of heaps of eyeglass frames, not picking the good from the bad, and leaving the cash registers untouched is odd. What plan would the robbers have of turning their loot into cash? Who would buy wholesale bags of different frames? That’s the route to solving this crime.


9 posted on 05/09/2022 12:10:51 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: Morgana; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; carriage_hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...
National Capital Region,' Capt. Frederick Chambers, Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division of the Fairfax County Police Department

Just how big of a Business Card is needed for these LEO’s ?

There’s not going to be any room for a Logo, address, phone, cell and fax numbers.

10 posted on 05/09/2022 12:23:43 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of parCongress !)
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To: PUGACHEV

Maybe they will glue fake noses to them and then pose for a picture mocking the “administration” ?


11 posted on 05/09/2022 12:27:17 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of parCongress !)
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To: Morgana

By 2030, in-store shopping will consist of displays only in larger with highly secured warehousing facilities. You’ll basically pick from the display-pay-and THEN you’ll get your purchase. Merchandise will no longer be accessible to the consumer prior to purchase i.e. internet purchases.

Insurance companies will soon start requiring more security procedures in order to be insured.........

coming to a CVS near you!


12 posted on 05/09/2022 12:47:04 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: mabarker1

SOUNDS like a fabricated resume versus a business card .....


13 posted on 05/09/2022 1:26:42 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Morgana

The push to get rid of masks completely is going to come from law enforcement agencies trying to solve crimes like this one.


14 posted on 05/09/2022 2:26:26 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of."- J Peterson)
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To: Jaysin

Manufacturers will often compensate stores for theft in order to have their goods readily available for purchase.

They may stop doing this if the nation goes the way of San Francisco.


15 posted on 05/09/2022 2:31:32 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Jaysin

Best Products used to work on such a model.

They are no longer around.


16 posted on 05/09/2022 2:34:34 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Captain Walker

The car might have been recorded by several cameras.

Also, sneakers don’t wear masks. Man1, five foot six, wearing Nike Xs, Man 2...


17 posted on 05/09/2022 2:38:43 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Jaysin

“By 2030, in-store shopping will consist of displays only in larger with highly secured warehousing facilities”

This was the business model of the catalog showrooms like Best Products, Service Merchandise, Arden and Brendles. Popular in the 1980’s, most declared bankruptcy by the end of the 1990’s. Their limited assortments of housewares, jewelry, sporting goods, and electronics could not compete with the huge assortments of the emerging “category killer” specialty chains such as Best Buy, Bed Bath and Beyond, Sports Authority, and Zales.

Eventually citizens, retailers, and insurance companies are going to demand protection from rampant crime. Either government will crack down on crime or vigilante justice will become common.


18 posted on 05/09/2022 2:44:10 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on i)
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To: Morgana

Just more undocumented reparations. In a sane society the shop owner would have been full justified shooting these thieving bastards, BUT.... They juss wilin’


19 posted on 05/09/2022 2:46:07 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Morgana

They are aspiring opticians wanting to hone their craft, obviously.


20 posted on 05/09/2022 2:46:57 AM PDT by fwdude (Every time I see someone voluntarily masked in public, I know I'm looking at a vaccinated person.)
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