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November 24, 2021

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

  • The thefts believed to be organized by criminal networks that recruit young people to steal merchandise, which is then sold online.
  • By EUGENE GARCIA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
    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.

    The latest incident in a national trend of smash-and-grab crimes targeted a Nordstrom store at The Grove retail and entertainment complex. It came as the country's largest consumer electronics chain said that an increase in organized theft was taking a toll on its bottom line.


     
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