Posted on 06/13/2021 3:15:30 PM PDT by dennisw
A manhunt was underway in California this week for a "coordinated group" of 11 suspected thieves who ran into a Louis Vuitton store and fled with more than $100,000 in handbags, according to authorities.
Police said the incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. Monday at a shopping center in Palo Alto, about 30 miles south of downtown San Francisco. The group stormed the store, grabbed 36 handbags, and fled the scene, an investigation revealed.
"They exited the store quickly, ran through the mall, and fled in five vehicles prior to police arrival," according to Palo Alto police.
Witnesses described the suspects – who were all wearing face coverings -- as Black males and females, possibly in their late teens or early twenties, police said. The suspects caused no injuries, and no weapons were used during the alleged theft, authorities added.
The suspects' vehicles were described as a gray Lexus sedan, a gray Infinity SUV, a white Audi sedan, a black four-door Hyundai sedan, and a red two-door Honda sedan, witnesses told police.
Surveillance video of the incident will not be released by police, who shared two photos of a suspect on Tuesday. A witness was able to photograph the woman as she fled through the mall carrying some of the stolen handbags, police said.
Authorities were working with regional partners to see if the suspects may be linked to other similar crimes in the area.
Palo Alto police said a similar case occurred at a Neiman Marcus store in the city last month, though the vehicles used in the incident were different, according to FOX 2 of the Bay Area.
During the May 19 theft, a group of at least 10 suspects ran into the open store and made out with 43 handbags, valued at more than $150,000, police said.
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You gotta go go go to escape the popo popo popo.
were their hands covered?...their necks?....their hair?....wee any of them wearing shorts and showing skin?...
So they grabbed, what, two of them?
Dips*** Dimms will excuse this as desperate acts of people trying to put food on their tables.
Was it the Amish again?
"suspected"???
The handbag thieves were wearing their Covid masks so.... They were CDC/Fauci compliant so good to go go go and grab grab grab the elite merchandise.
“The suspects’ vehicles were described as a gray Lexus sedan, a gray Infinity SUV, a white Audi sedan,....”
I guess crime does pay after all.
The suspected suspects grabbed the suspected Louie Vitton handbags.
One would think high end stores like that would have better security
SF will probably just raise the threshold for theft to under $10,000
“Witnesses described the suspects – who were all wearing face coverings — as Black males and females, possibly in their late teens or early twenties, police said. The suspects caused no injuries, and no weapons were used during the alleged theft, authorities added. “
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We cannot get angry at them. They are planning a vacation and they need luggage and bags. They cannot afford “nice things” because of racism. So, we should simply understand their plight and allow them to go in their way.
Yeah…that’s sarcasm.
Sons of Barack?
Some lefty policy mandated the capitalization of "Black. As usual, they didn't stop to think of the consequences of doing so, when the word pops right out in describing suspects, peeps, and thugs.
Dinndonuffin.....
That might be sarcasm, but that’s the way leftists think.
East Palo Alto taking over almost certainly. East Palo Alto is a dangerous place.
these white supremacist shop-lifters are out of control!
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