Nordstrom ransacked: 3 arrested after dozens ransack a Nordstrom store near San Francisco, police say
3 years, 1 month ago

Nordstrom ransacked: 3 arrested after dozens ransack a Nordstrom store near San Francisco, police say

CNN  

CNN — Three suspects were arrested Saturday night after dozens ransacked a Nordstrom department store near San Francisco in what police are calling a “smash-and-grab” incident. About 80 suspects were involved in the crime at the department store in Broadway Plaza, an outdoor mall in Walnut Creek east of San Francisco, and they fled in at least 10 different vehicles, Lt. Ryan Hibbs at the Walnut Creek Police Department told CNN. The incident followed a series of similar lootings Friday night in Union Square and surrounding areas in San Francisco, including at a Louis Vuitton store, a Burberry store, a jewelry store, a Bloomingdale’s, a Walgreens, cannibis dispensaries and even an eyeglass shop, Police Chief Bill Scott said at a news conference Saturday. “Once they entered the store, they pulled out the garbage bags from their coats and started filling them with merchandise,” police Chief James Kruger said, according to WLS.

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Five arrested, including minors, in ransacking of shop at Ontario Mills mall
7 months, 1 week ago

Five arrested, including minors, in ransacking of shop at Ontario Mills mall

LA Times  

Ontario police received an emergency call May 8 about a group of white-masked robbers taking clothing from the Polo Ralph Lauren store in Ontario Mills. The Ontario Police Department responded to an emergency call on May 8 of a group of four white-masked robbers stealing clothing from the Polo Ralph Lauren store, near the mall’s south entrance. By putting the …

Eight arrested in multimillion-dollar retail theft operation, Los Angeles County sheriff officials say
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Eight arrested in multimillion-dollar retail theft operation, Los Angeles County sheriff officials say

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and other officials talk about new task force to investigate, apprehend and prosecute suspects who have committed retail thefts at a press conference in August. Eight people were arrested on suspicion of organized retail theft after authorities discovered several million dollars’ worth of stolen medicines, cosmetics and other merchandise at multiple …

Raid finds more than $1 million in cosmetics said to be stolen from CVS, Sephora and 99 Cents Only stores
1 year ago

Raid finds more than $1 million in cosmetics said to be stolen from CVS, Sephora and 99 Cents Only stores

LA Times  

The Organized Retail Crime Taskforce of the CHP conducted a raid on a warehouse in Paramount and The Makeup Store on Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles, uncovering more than $1 million in allegedly stolen cosmetics. Responding to a recent surge in retail theft, the California Highway Patrol announced Thursday that it had seized more than $1 million in suspected stolen …

The Shoplifting Epidemic Touted By Fox News Is Likely Overblown, Data Shows
1 year ago

The Shoplifting Epidemic Touted By Fox News Is Likely Overblown, Data Shows

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING There is a retail crime wave terrorizing Americans — if you’re tuned in to conservative media. After looking through a video database of Fox programming over the last five years, Media Matters found a very small number of retail theft mentions between 2019 and 2020 — just 35. Considering how many national outlets are based in New …

Over 100 masked teens ransack Philadelphia stores; several arrested, police say
1 year, 2 months ago

Over 100 masked teens ransack Philadelphia stores; several arrested, police say

LA Times  

The Philadelphia skyline and the banks of the Delaware River. Groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in Philadelphia’s Central City on Tuesday, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, although police made several arrests, authorities and witnesses said. Video posted on social media showed masked people in hoodies running out of Lululemon and police officers grabbing several and tackling them …

More arrests after brazen flash mob robbery at East L.A. Nike
1 year, 3 months ago

More arrests after brazen flash mob robbery at East L.A. Nike

LA Times  

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies cracking down on flash mob robberies arrested 10 more people after a two-day undercover investigation of a recent heist at the Nike Community Store in East Los Angeles, officials announced this weekend. Just days before her announcement, video captured a group of thieves around 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13 walking out of the Nike store in …

Police task force arrests 11 in string of L.A. ‘flash mob’ robberies
1 year, 4 months ago

Police task force arrests 11 in string of L.A. ‘flash mob’ robberies

LA Times  

Authorities have made 11 arrests related to a recent string of “flash mob” robberies at stores in the Los Angeles region that have drawn outrage and prompted the formation of a specialized law enforcement task force. The Los Angeles Police Department announced arrests related to robberies of a Yves Saint Laurent in Glendale, a Warehouse Shoe Store in Highland Park, …

‘Mob of criminals’ steal $100k worth of goods from Nordstrom in shocking scene
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Mob of criminals’ steal $100k worth of goods from Nordstrom in shocking scene

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Criminals stole up to …

Mob robbery at Topanga Nordstrom sparks outrage, beefed-up LAPD patrols
1 year, 4 months ago

Mob robbery at Topanga Nordstrom sparks outrage, beefed-up LAPD patrols

LA Times  

An estimated 30 to 50 people participated in a brazen daytime robbery at the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Los Angeles police are stepping up enforcement at area malls after a weekend robbery at the Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center made national headlines. An estimated 30 to …

A 'mob of criminals' stole more than $300,000 worth of goods from an LA Nordstrom
1 year, 4 months ago

A 'mob of criminals' stole more than $300,000 worth of goods from an LA Nordstrom

NPR  

A 'mob of criminals' stole more than $300,000 worth of goods from an LA Nordstrom Enlarge this image toggle caption @noelskeez/Screenshot by NPR @noelskeez/Screenshot by NPR The Los Angeles Police Department said a "mob of criminals" ransacked a Nordstrom department store in Topanga on Saturday, stealing more than $300,000 worth of products in broad daylight. Sponsor Message Police said on …

San Francisco Target store is being shoplifted every 10 minutes
1 year, 7 months ago

San Francisco Target store is being shoplifted every 10 minutes

Daily Mail  

It comes after a number of major chains announced they would be closing their stores in San Francisco due to soaring crime figures Workers have said that they watch people 'shoveling stuff' into bags and as a result multiple products are now placed behind plastic barriers. Employees say the San Francisco store near Union Square has been experiencing a theft …

What’s really going on with crime in San Francisco?
1 year, 7 months ago

What’s really going on with crime in San Francisco?

CNN  

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. It’s a storyline that CNN reporter Kyung Lah experienced back in March when she and a crew went to San Francisco to report on how crime has scrambled the city’s politics. And then we’re going to see if other types of businesses move in – the types of businesses …

LA authorities announce arrests in smash-and-grab robberies
3 years ago

LA authorities announce arrests in smash-and-grab robberies

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Authorities in Los Angeles on Thursday announced more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab thefts at stores where nearly $340,000 worth of merchandise was stolen, part of a rash of organized retail crime in California. At a joint news conference, both Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti called for an end to a no-bail policy for some …

LAPD announces 14 arrests in connection with recent smash-and-grab robberies
3 years ago

LAPD announces 14 arrests in connection with recent smash-and-grab robberies

LA Times  

A security guard patrols the entrance to the Nordstrom department store at the Grove on Nov. 23 after a group smash-and-grab robbery. Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore, joined by other officials and members of the business community at LAPD headquarters, said none of the 14 suspects remains in custody. “These crimes were characterized with multiple …

LA luxury mall latest to be hit by smash-and-grab thieves
3 years, 1 month ago

LA luxury mall latest to be hit by smash-and-grab thieves

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall in Los Angeles, triggering a police pursuit just days after high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area were targeted. Michel Moore, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said the agency would beef up its visible patrols around high-end stores citywide beginning …

Organized thieves hit high-end Bay Area stores amid trend
3 years, 1 month ago

Organized thieves hit high-end Bay Area stores amid trend

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Groups of thieves, some carrying crowbars and hammers, smashed glass cases and window displays and ransacked high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, stealing jewelry, sunglasses, suitcases and other merchandise before fleeing in waiting cars during a weekend of brazen organized theft that shocked holiday shoppers and prompted concerns about the busy retail season. But last …

San Francisco D.A. charges nine with felonies in $1-million theft wave of luxury stores
3 years, 1 month ago

San Francisco D.A. charges nine with felonies in $1-million theft wave of luxury stores

LA Times  

Chesa Boudin said Tuesday that he has charged nine people with felonies in a series of shoplifting incidents that included a mass smash-and-grab at Union Square luxury stores. San Francisco Assistant Police Chief Mike Redmond, appearing with Boudin, announced that extra uniformed officers will be deployed to shopping areas and a traffic plan put in place “to keep cars out …

3 arrested after brazen smash-and-grab attempt at Nordstrom at the Grove
3 years, 1 month ago

3 arrested after brazen smash-and-grab attempt at Nordstrom at the Grove

LA Times  

The Nordstrom store at the Grove seen on Oct. 21. Three people were arrested early Tuesday after thieves broke into a Nordstrom department store at the Grove mall late Monday, smashing one window and stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, authorities said. A KNBC-TV reporter spoke with a man identified as the Grove’s head of security, who said no …

Nordstrom raided by 80 thieves in California amid wave of smash-and-grabs across states
3 years, 1 month ago

Nordstrom raided by 80 thieves in California amid wave of smash-and-grabs across states

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Nordstrom department store …

About 80 thieves ransack department store near San Francisco
3 years, 1 month ago

About 80 thieves ransack department store near San Francisco

Associated Press  

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — About 80 people, some wearing ski masks and wielding crowbars, ransacked a high-end department store in the San Francisco Bay Area, assaulting employees and stealing merchandise before fleeing in cars waiting outside, police and witnesses said. Three people were arrested while the majority got away after the large-scale theft Saturday night shocked shoppers at the Nordstrom …

80 people stormed a California Nordstrom store and stole merchandise
3 years, 1 month ago

80 people stormed a California Nordstrom store and stole merchandise

NPR  

80 people stormed a California Nordstrom store and stole merchandise Enlarge this image toggle caption Darron Cummings/AP Darron Cummings/AP About 80 people rushed into a Nordstrom store near San Francisco on Saturday and stole merchandise in what authorities called an "organized theft." Police in Walnut Creek said Sunday that they arrested three people in connection with the incident at the …

Police searching for brazen shoplifters captured emptying shopping carts full of goods
3 years, 1 month ago

Police searching for brazen shoplifters captured emptying shopping carts full of goods

Daily Mail  

Police are searching for a group of shoplifters who were captured flinging household products into their two stolen vehicles after swiping the items from a Connecticut grocery store before speeding away. Stunned onlookers watched as the brazen bandits methodically unloaded shopping carts full of laundry detergent and paper towels into a minivan and an SUV that police say were stolen. …

Empty shelves in New York drug stores as shoplifting surge hits city
3 years, 2 months ago

Empty shelves in New York drug stores as shoplifting surge hits city

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A wave of shoplifting …

San Francisco confronts surging crime, drugs and homelessness as it tries to bounce back from Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

San Francisco confronts surging crime, drugs and homelessness as it tries to bounce back from Covid-19

CNN  

San Francisco CNN — Mark Dietrich and his neighbors didn’t know what to do with the luggage and purses they found dumped in the street. Suspected burglars hit again and again, police chief says From the San Francisco Police Department’s perspective, recent crime problems boil down to two factors: not enough cops on the street and a revolving door of …

Caught on Camera: Man Shoplifts in Broad Daylight From US Drugstore, Video Goes Viral
3 years, 6 months ago

Caught on Camera: Man Shoplifts in Broad Daylight From US Drugstore, Video Goes Viral

News 18  

An act of robbery in broad daylight was captured on camera in San Francisco on June 14, Monday. The brazen shoplifting incident took place at the Walgreens store at Gough & Fell Street in San Francisco where a man was filmed boldly putting items from the shelf into a black garbage bag. In the 21-seconds video captured by a reporter …

San Francisco’s chain drug stores have a shoplifting problem
3 years, 6 months ago

San Francisco’s chain drug stores have a shoplifting problem

CNN  

CNN — A brazen daytime shoplifting incident captured on video at a Walgreens in San Francisco on Monday has highlighted what local officials say has become a consistent problem, particularly for chain drug stores in the city. “Unfortunately, this is another example of blatant retail theft which is an ongoing problem for several retailers in San Francisco,” Walgreens spokesman Phil …

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