Authorities successful California are investigating a drawstring of incidents passim the authorities known arsenic flash mob thefts.
At the Beverly Center, the Los Angeles Police Department said respective radical walked into respective stores, grabbed a clump of merchandise, and ran retired without paying.
At the Topanga Mall, constabulary said a information defender astatine Nordstrom was sprayed with carnivore spray by a radical of individuals who were attempting to burglarize the store.
According to section media reports, 5 suspects stole purses worthy an estimated $25,000.
CBS News is reporting that constabulary are besides investigating an incidental that occurred astatine Grove promenade wherever an estimated 20 radical took astir $5,000 of merchandise from the Nordstrom store there.
Last week, 80 people ransacked a Nordstrom store successful Walnut Creek.
Police said during that smash and drawback robbery, 2 employees were assaulted, and 1 was pepper-sprayed.