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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I did a FR Vuitton search and came up with nothing.
Did you read the article at the link I posted?
Well I'll be darned! Negroes you say? You could have knocked me over with a feather! Never crossed my mind.
Sorry! lol I figured I duped this Vuitton theft.
could be an inside job
Next we’re going to be hearing about LA hipsters crying over the Louis Vuitton desert their city has become.
If they only got $100,000 worth they didn’t get very much.
Oops, I assumed we were talking about LA.
They have starving kids to feed.....They are just getting back at the man
In the Paris store, they have armed store guards. Or at least they did awhile ago. Automatic weapons.
Let them touch those things
I would think they would have doors that slam shut and the thieves can’t get out...
LOL...LOL...
Thieves are ignorant of the hard work and sacrifices people make in order to purchase one LV item. Mr. Vitton started his business in 1860’s making suitcases.
“Witnesses described the suspects – who were all wearing face coverings — as Black males and females...”
Who woulda Thunk?!!!
It’s systemic racism that they were arrested. They should be set free or that too will be racist. They should be able to walk into any store anywhere and steal whatever they want, so check your white privilege.
A manhunt? For what? So they can release them the same day?
The way this country is bein run I have a feeling there will be much more to come. What we see now are just appetizers of what the future will bring.
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