Thieves stole nearly $10,000 worth of merchandise from Home Depot and Nordstrom in two separate incidents in California this week.
A large group of brazen men ran into the Home Depot in Signal Hill on Aug. 27, filling two shopping carts with $5,000 worth of power tools as shocked employees and customers looked on.
In the Home Depot theft video uploaded to X, the platform formerly known as Twitterthe seven men – seen wearing black and gray hoodies – hastily rushed out of the store with their belongings.
They pushed two carts out the door, as well, carrying as many as they could in their arms while at least four store employees watched.
The Signal Hill Police Department responded to the incident, according to reports.
A large group of brazen men stormed a Home Depot in Signal Hill on August 27 to steal two cars full of $5,000 worth of power tools in front of shocked employees and customers. bayareastateofmind/Instagram
They pushed two carts out the door, as well, carrying as many as they could in their arms while at least four shop workers stood and watched. bayareastateofmind/Instagram
A day later, a couple was seen running out of the Irvine Nordstrom in full clothes. After leaving the store, they were seen on surveillance walking to their Kia Forte, according to video released by the Irvine Police Department.
The two crimes are just another example of brazen shoplifters hitting retailers in smash-and-grab robberies.
A Sherman Oaks Macy’s store was broken into last week, where a group of thieves filled bags with merchandise.
A day later, a couple stormed Nordstrom, running out of $4,000 worth of luxury clothing. Irvine Police Department
After leaving the store, they were seen on surveillance running up the stairs to their Kia Forte before fleeing the scene, according to the Irvine Police Department.
No one has been arrested in either incident.
The group fled the Westfield Fashion Square shopping center in two cars.
No arrests were made in either incident.
A Southern California law enforcement agency has created a retail crime task force to help curb the growing number of incidents.
The new task force consists of the LA Police Department, the LA County Sheriff’s Department, the US Marshals Apprehension Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Apprehension Task Force.
The effort has 22 full-time investigators who will focus on retail theft.
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