{"id":171173,"date":"2021-02-05T02:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T23:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nypd-investigates-robberies-at-chanel-high-end-boutiques\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T02:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T23:02:06","slug":"nypd-investigates-robberies-at-chanel-high-end-boutiques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nypd-investigates-robberies-at-chanel-high-end-boutiques\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYPD investigates robberies at Chanel, high-end boutiques"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYPD investigates robberies at Chanel, high-end boutiques<\/strong>”
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Thieves robbing high-end stores in Manhattan \u2014 including a Soho\u00a0Chanel caper caught on dramatic video \u2014 have stymied cops so far by wearing face coverings and fleeing in rental cars bearing bogus license plates, the NYPD said Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese types of incidents are blatant disregard for the law and cannot continue to happ<\/a>en,\u201d Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison<\/a> said in a call with reporters. <\/p>\n

He said the department was looking at about 20 robberies since September by the same crew that sends mask-wearing thieves into stores to snatch items before taking off in the cars rented with a fake ID and bearing phony plates. <\/p>\n

The department hasn\u2019t released a complete list of stores that were robbed, but they also include two Moncler shops on Madison Avenue and Prince Street, the Thom Browne menswear store on Hudson Street and the COS boutique on Spring Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re using facial recognition, but you\u2019ve also certainly seen in the past that these \u2026 criminals are capitalizing off of wearing these face masks,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cSo it\u2019s extremely difficult for us to identify who these individuals are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have people of interest that we\u2019re definitely looking at,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the robberies usually consist of between three to nine crooks who run inside a store.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they do is they just go in the store and start snatching things off the shelves and then run out and then jump into vehicles and then drive off or speed off,\u201d he said, adding that investigators had identified \u201cmultiple vehicles of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of the cars use temporary out-of-state license plates, \u201cwhich adds investigative steps for us to track them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many stores were also taking steps to prevent the thefts, including adding buzzers to doors and establishing a system so shops could alert one another when an incident occurs and \u201cquickly share information amongst each other,\u201d Harrison said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harrison asked for the public\u2019s help while warning them from purchasing the purloined items, which he said are being hawked on social media<\/a> platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone found in possession of these items will become part of our investigation,\u201d he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n