PALO ALTO, Calif. - A new video sent to KTVU by an eyewitness shows luxury bag thieves brazenly running past a security guard who stood by while the crew stole $100,000 in merchandise from the Louis Vuitton store in the Stanford Shopping Center.Palo Alto police say the group of thieves stormed the retail store around 5:30 p.m.
Monday and got away with 36 handbags. There were a total of eleven participants and five getaway vehicles, according to police.
Authorities said the group was well-coordinated and may be connected to a string of burglary shoplifts in other cities. One similar case happened in at a Neiman Marcus store in the same shopping center on May 19, though the vehicles used in the incident were different.Police are on the.