ARCADIA (CNS) - At least five suspects with large bags ransacked a Macy's store in Arcadia Tuesday during a flash-mob robbery.
Officers responded to The Shops at Santa Anita mall in the 400 block of South Baldwin Avenue around 1:10 p.m. on a report of multiple suspects stealing merchandise at the Macy's, according to the Arcadia Police Department.
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Detectives determined that at least five suspects entered the Macy's and swiped various boxed sets of perfume before running from the store and fleeing the scene in a black four-door sedan in an unknown direction.
The flash-mob robbery remains under investigation. Cell phone video posted on social media showed the suspects, with their faces and heads covered, grabbing merchandise and placing it into large bags -- unimpeded by any store employees or security personnel -- then leaving the store.
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Anyone with information regarding the robbery was urged to contact the Arcadia Police Department at 626-574-5151 with case number 2303635. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 222-8477.
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