Women raided store- taken $20,000 worth of sunglasses
The flash mob robbery: Moment a gang of women raided store together making off with $20,000 worth of sunglasses
Eight women are shown on surveillance video in the daring daytime robbery last month
They raided a Sunglass Hut in a California shopping mall
The same store was hit by three women last year in a similar theft
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The store clerk is helpless to stop the stealing as the large group of women huddles and steals, grabbing as much as they possibly can before bolting out the door.
The thieves only left after the worker dialled 911. They then ran out and jumped into a waiting SUV which sped out of the mall, police told CBS Los Angeles.
Thieves: The women are then seen each stealing several pairs of sunglasses
Helpless: The store clerk pleads with the women to stop pilfering, but they do not
Related?: A similar theft involving three women happened at the same store last July, police did not respond to a message asking if the two thefts are related
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This is not the first time a group of women has burglarized the second-floor store.
Three women teamed up last July to swipe almost $3,000 worth of sunglasses, according to a blotter published in the Signal.
One woman distracted the clerk while the other two made off with 11 pairs of sunglasses worth $2,970.