String of smash-and-grab thefts in California continues at Los Angeles Nordstrom store
CBSN
Thieves rushed into a Southern California Nordstrom store the night before Thanksgiving and ran off with pricey goods in the latest of a string of organized retail thefts. Five people, one wearing an orange wig, entered the open store shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Westfield Topanga Mall in the Canoga Park area of Los Angeles, took seven or eight expensive purses and fled in a grey Ford Mustang, police said.
A security guard was sprayed with Bear Spray by the thieves and was treated at the scene before being taken to the hospital, police said.
The Los Angeles Police Department recently started a special task force made up of veteran robbery homicide detectives due to an increase in brazen thefts in recent days, CBS Los Angeles reports. The police said they had extra patrols at the mall but the suspects chose a time where there were no cops around.
