{"id":1055741,"date":"2021-11-25T19:13:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T00:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055741"},"modified":"2021-11-25T19:13:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T00:13:42","slug":"apple-nordstrom-stores-hit-in-last-minute-smash-and-grab-robbery-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-nordstrom-stores-hit-in-last-minute-smash-and-grab-robbery-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Nordstrom Stores Hit in Last Minute Smash-and-Grab Robbery in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-nordstrom-stores-hit-in-last-minute-smash-and-grab-robbery-in-california%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1216441559-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The string of&nbsp;high-end store robberies continued in California Wednesday with a last-minute&nbsp;smash-and-grab operation at Apple and&nbsp;Nordstrom stores while shopping continued for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-202 Component-p-0-2-193\">\u201cThieves rushed into a Southern California Nordstrom store the night before Thanksgiving and ran off with pricey goods in the latest in a string of organized retail thefts,\u201d the&nbsp;Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-california-los-angeles-theft-dc61ba35dc3310e66ec434186ea2c6b0\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-202 Component-p-0-2-193\">The AP report noted that five people, one of whom was wearing an&nbsp;orange wig, entered the&nbsp;Nordstrom store located in the&nbsp;Westfield Topanga Mall in the Canoga Park area of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-202 Component-p-0-2-193\">The group entered the open store shorty before 7:00 p.m. local time.&nbsp;Law enforcement said the group took \u201cseven to eight high-end purses before fleeing in a grey Ford Mustang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate because these people that are here are just trying to shop for the holidays [and] for their families,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2021\/11\/24\/possible-smash-and-grab-at-nordstroms-in-canoga-park\/\">said<\/a> the LAPD Deputy Chief Alen Hamilton, according to KCAL. \u201cWe\u2019ve deployed extra officers here. It just so happened that this was one part of the mall where they were able to get in and get out, even with our officers being deployed here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The LAPD reportedly started a&nbsp;special task force composed of&nbsp;veteran robbery-homicide detectives, who were on patrol at the mall; however, the&nbsp;suspects had picked a moment when law enforcement was not around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-202 Component-p-0-2-193\">KCAL reported that a&nbsp;security guard at the store&nbsp;confronted the thieves but was attacked and sprayed in the face with&nbsp;chemical spray. While law enforcement is still trying to determine what type of chemical was sprayed on the&nbsp;security guard, he was&nbsp;treated at the scene and later transported to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.051724137931\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakingNews<\/a><br \/>Police are responding to a possible smash-and-grab robbery at the Nordstrom store at the Westfield Topanga mall in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanogaPark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CanogaPark<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5XCkMsSwk2\">pic.twitter.com\/5XCkMsSwk2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RawNews1st\ud83c\udfa5\u1f4f (@Raw_News1st) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raw_News1st\/status\/1463735572304912384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-202 Component-p-0-2-193\">On the same day, KPIX reported, \u201cPolice in Santa Rosa on Wednesday evening announced they are investigating a new daylight smash-and-grab robbery earlier in the day that targeted the Apple Store in Santa Rosa Plaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-202 Component-p-0-2-193\">KPIX noted that the police described the group as&nbsp;four young males between the ages of 14 and 18, wearing \u201cmostly black or grey sweatshirts and jeans with masks covering their faces.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-202 Component-p-0-2-193\">Law enforcement responded to a call shortly after 11:30 a.m. local time. Police said the&nbsp;burglary happened in front of&nbsp;customers and staff and&nbsp; the perpetrators made off with \u201cover $20,000 worth of merchandise from the store before fleeing the area in an unknown vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SantaRosa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SantaRosa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Apple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Apple<\/a> Store targeted in brazen daylight smash-and-grab robbery <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M38MXrjTwg\">https:\/\/t.co\/M38MXrjTwg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5IEj7Qyc0n\">pic.twitter.com\/5IEj7Qyc0n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPIXtv\/status\/1463706198729916419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/23\/louis-vuitton-saks-fifth-avenue-store-windows-smashed-in-beverly-hills\/\">reported<\/a> that other high-end stores in the San&nbsp;Francisco bay area were hit over the weekend, including in San Francisco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/21\/watch-san-franciscos-union-square-hit-by-horrible-looting\/\">Union Square<\/a>&nbsp;Friday night, a Nordstrom location in suburban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/21\/watch-mass-looting-moves-to-san-francisco-suburbs-it-was-insane\/\">Walnut Creek<\/a>&nbsp;Saturday night, and a Lululemon store in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/22\/san-jose-lululemon-ransacked-bay-area-looting-continues\/\">San Jose<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/11\/23\/louis-vuitton-saks-fifth-avenue-store-windows-smashed-in-beverly-hills\/\">reported<\/a> that the&nbsp;windows of Louis Vuitton and Saks Fifth Avenue stores on&nbsp;Beverly Hills\u2019 famed Rodeo Drive were smashed on Sunday during an attempt to ransack the business. In addition to&nbsp;a Nordstrom store at the Grove shopping center on Monday night, police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/23\/crimes-spread-south-to-los-angeles-as-at-least-20-suspects-attack-nordstrom\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;at least 20 people attempted to break into the store as a window was smashed in with a sledgehammer.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The string of\u00a0high-end store robberies continued in California Wednesday with a last-minute\u00a0smash-and-grab operation at Apple and\u00a0Nordstrom stores while shopping continued for the holidays. \u201cThieves rushed into a Southern California Nordstrom &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}