NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A trio of smash-and-grab thieves ripped a display box out of a Park Avenue storefront to steal nearly $250,000 in luxury Hermès handbags, video released Wednesday shows.
The overnight burglary unfolded outside Heritage Auctions at 445 Park Ave. in Midtown on March 7.
Video shows them pulling up to the auction house around 3:50 a.m. Two act as lookouts as the third uses a hammer to smash a front window.
The frenzied hammering caused the display box to fall out of the storefront and shatter on the sidewalk, video shows.
The thieves managed to scoop up eight Hermès handbags worth $242,000, according to police.
A display case was hammered onto the sidewalk during the early morning smash-and-grab burglary.NYPD
The suspects were last seen fleeing eastbound on E. 56th Street in a white Acura sedan.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
Police are searching for three suspects who fled in a white Acura sedan.NYPD
The suspects were last seen fleeing on E. 56th Street in the white Acura.NYPD
