A brazen crime caught on camera, a group of thieves ran into a Louis Vuitton store in Illinois and got away with $100,000 worth of merchandise. Police say, 14 people grabbed items and ran from the store. The store did have an armed guard, but the guard was on a short break when the thieves made their move, police say. When the guard returned, he tried to stop them, so he was kind of caught off guard a little bit and then tried to do as much as he could. It's also my understanding that through the struggle he was able to maybe recover a significant amount of merchandise. Police are working through all that evidence to track down the thieves.
14 people robbed a Louis Vuitton store of at least $100,000 in merchandise, police say
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Updated: 5:30 PM CST Nov 21, 2021
At least 14 people forced their way into a Louis Vuitton store in Oak Brook, Illinois, last week, and made off with at least $100,000 in merchandise, according to CNN affiliate WLS-TV based on interviews with the Oak Brook Police Department.Police told WLS the individuals rushed into the store at Oak Brook Center Mall on Wednesday, took out garbage bags and began filling them with store items. Surveillance video from the store, obtained by WLS, shows the chaotic scene as the masked shoplifters pour into the store grabbing handbags and other merchandise while shoppers rush out of the way.Investigators have information on the three vehicles the thieves drove away in, according to Oak Brook police Chief James Kruger. Oak Brook is about 25 miles west of Chicago."We're working those leads in order to potentially identify the suspects," Kruger told WLS.Kruger also told WLS his investigators are working with investigators in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, where police say eight people looted a Louis Vuitton store at Northbrook Court Mall in October and took off with $66,000 worth of merchandise. On Nov. 1, at least 13 men wearing masks and gloves entered the same Louis Vuitton store and stole several items valued at $100,000. Northbrook is about 30 miles from Oak Brook"We don't know if there is an actual connection yet, but certainly there are similarities," Kruger said.The thefts are also similar to incidents in California over the weekend. San Francisco police said multiple people were arrested after a Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco was looted Friday night, and Saturday night in Walnut Creek, California, a Nordstrom was ransacked by "approximately 80 suspects," who got away in at least 10 different vehicles, CNN previously reported.
At least 14 people forced their way into a Louis Vuitton store in Oak Brook, Illinois, last week, and made off with at least $100,000 in merchandise, according to CNN affiliate WLS-TV based on interviews with the Oak Brook Police Department.
Police told WLS the individuals rushed into the store at Oak Brook Center Mall on Wednesday, took out garbage bags and began filling them with store items. Surveillance video from the store, obtained by WLS, shows the chaotic scene as the masked shoplifters pour into the store grabbing handbags and other merchandise while shoppers rush out of the way.
Investigators have information on the three vehicles the thieves drove away in, according to Oak Brook police Chief James Kruger. Oak Brook is about 25 miles west of Chicago.
"We're working those leads in order to potentially identify the suspects," Kruger told WLS.
Kruger also told WLS his investigators are working with investigators in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, where police say eight people looted a Louis Vuitton store at Northbrook Court Mall in October and took off with $66,000 worth of merchandise. On Nov. 1, at least 13 men wearing masks and gloves entered the same Louis Vuitton store and stole several items valued at $100,000. Northbrook is about 30 miles from Oak Brook
"We don't know if there is an actual connection yet, but certainly there are similarities," Kruger said.
The thefts are also similar to incidents in California over the weekend. San Francisco police said multiple people were arrested after a Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco was looted Friday night, and Saturday night in Walnut Creek, California, a Nordstrom was ransacked by "approximately 80 suspects," who got away in at least 10 different vehicles, CNN previously reported.
