BLOOMFIELD TWP. (WWJ) -- More than half-a-dozen young suspects are wanted for a flash mob-style theft at a sporting goods store in Bloomfield Township.
According to the Bloomfield Township Police Department, this happened Sunday, June 19. at Dick’s Sporting Goods on S. Telegraph Road.
At around 6:30 p.m., police responded to a call about a retail fraud in progress.
Employees said a ground of eight young people — all around 17 to 25 years old — were running around the store stealing miscellaneous merchandise.
The suspects ran out of the store and fled the area in a white older-model Chevy Suburban and a white Chevy Blazer.
Two stolen clothing items were recovered from the parking lot with a total value of $220, police said, but it's unclear how much merchandise the suspects actually got away with.
This type of robbery, sometimes called a "flash rob", is a form of organized retail crime (ORC) where a large group of people abruptly swarms a retail store, overwhelms staff, in a coordinated effort.
There is no further description of the suspects at this time. Police said the case was turned over to the Bloomfield Township Investigations Unit.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 248-433-7755.
