In the latest flash mob thefts to strike retailers in Los Angeles County, a nine-man robbery crew struck a Macy’s department store in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
on Thursday afternoon. The incident happened around 12:30 PM at Westfield Fashion Square. Nine masked men filled bags with stolen merchandise before running out of the store at 14000 Riverside Drive.
All of the suspects wore hooded sweatshirts and dark-colored clothing. The thieves fled the scene in two cars, described as a silver or gold Honda and a black Ford Fusion.
No estimate was immediately available on the value of the stolen goods. This latest robbery comes a day after a police task force announced 11 arrests in connection with a string of flash mob robberies that have plagued retailers in Southern California.
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