4 thieves use hammers in brazen robbery at Santa Anita mall. Holiday shoppers are shaken
1 year ago

4 thieves use hammers in brazen robbery at Santa Anita mall. Holiday shoppers are shaken

LA Times  

People walk along the promenade at the Shops at Santa Anita. Police are searching for four people who used hammers Sunday to smash display cases and snatch jewelry and other luxury goods at a mall near the Santa Anita racetrack — a brazen robbery that shook crowds of holiday shoppers. “There was a smash-and-grab,” said Arcadia Police Lt. Tony Juarez. Arcadia police said the robbery was reported just before 1 p.m. at Rebag, a high-end consignment store at the Shops at Santa Anita. Four men wearing blue hoodies, sweatpants and masks entered the store and used hammers to break glass cases and steal watches and purses, police said.

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About 80 thieves ransack department store near San Francisco
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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 …

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