LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police vowed on Thursday (Aug 17) to clamp down after a series of violent flash mob robberies by gangs that have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars of luxury goods in brazen daytime raids.
Upmarket stores throughout the United States' second biggest city have been targeted by masked groups who smash through display boxes and grab designer bags and clothes.
The raids happen in full view of other shoppers, with clerks and security guards seemingly powerless to prevent them. If"someone commits a crime, we'll catch you", she said, pledging suspects would be prosecuted to the"fullest extent of the law". On Saturday dozens of people looted a Nordstrom at a tony mall in the San Fernando Valley area, making off with US$300,000 of goods.
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