Group steals over $20K in purses at Prada store at LI mall: police

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MANHASSET, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- Police are searching for a group of suspects wanted in a purse robbery at Long Island's Americana Manhasset mall on Wednesday afternoon.

According to police, at about at 2:49 p.m. three women and one man were wearing masks wen they entered the Prada store.

The suspects stole seven handbags valued in excess of $20,000, authorities said.

As the group were fleeing the store, one suspect pushed a sales associate, causing her to fall onto the floor.

The suspects then fled the scene in an unknown direction.

Detectives request anyone with information regarding the incident to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.

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