Why some US cities are facing a spree of 'smash-and-grab' crimes The incident took place at approximately 8 p.m. local time in Lakewood, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Deputy Miguel Meza told CNN. Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County.The thieves made off with hammers, sledgehammers, crowbars and other tools. After grabbing the items, they ran out of the store and got into a getaway car parked outside, Meza said.
The theft comes as similar tools have been used in a number of smash-and-grab robberies at high-end stores in several major US cities this month. At least 18 people broke into a Nordstrom department store in Los Angeles Monday night and stole thousands of dollars in merchandise, the city's police chief said. Similar crimes have been reported in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, and other cities.
Welcome to San Francisco
Anyone caught breaking into stores need to be made to do hard labor and I do mean hard.
Use a hammer on each of their hands and they'll stop it
Bravo!!true Yankee spirit like going around the world and using excuses of democracy and human rights ripping off the under developed countries of thier assets, like oil etc. Lying stealing cheating and killing - all true blue Yankee traits.
Louis Vuitton if you’re listening.If I was your CEO I’d shut every damn retail store down in this country & move to online.The United States has become too violent & uncivilized to do business as usual. I for one won’t pay a dime more for your products to compensate for theft.
Ohh sad! Stay everyone
Oh boo hoo go bankrupt if it's that big of a deal, wage thieves. That'd make this shit at least remotely deserving of a national headline.
good
I don't care.
Shame there wasn't more stolen
Reports are out there that alot of businesses has seen increase of crime since be Biden took office.
Love to see it
Just taking what they are owed.
Nobody cares. Stop trying to scaremonger.
Hmm, is this due to democrats defund the police movement and de-enforcment of theft? Find out in 15-20 years.
We all wish that Newsome = GREW SOME
Four of them got caught later that night.😂😂
who gives a single shit
nice
This country is headed in the right direction.
not going to stop
I hope they steal that state blind. They created this industry with their law allowing everyone to steal up to 900.00 with out prosecution
When the looting starts the shooting starts !!
Thank you Beverly Hills PD for the good work in arresting 4 of these criminal Home Depot Looters. smashandgrab HomeDepot Lakewood BeverlyHillsPD LASDHQ latimes KTLA NBCLA
In what way is a few stolen tools an international breaking news story?
So sowwwy 😓 how will we recover from this 😭😢😢
Don’t buy the fearmongering copaganda. Home Depot steals much more in wage theft every year.
were they nice tools
This happens daily at the Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Target where you shop. This is not breaking national news.
Thank you liberals
Thanks again liberals
Oh no! Someone might mistake this for a real news story! Who cares? Home Depot is a multi billion dollar company. Take an entire store. Take twelve of them. I'm sure they've stole plenty more from their employees over the years. Exponentially more.
YEP-these are the people you have continuously backed while stealing, pillaging and destroying property. Backing criminals will eventually end on one of your doorsteps and once it is personal, you will get it.
Were they already stolen when they took them, or did they steal the tools themselves?
and?
Hey check this shit out: Home Depot has insurance and they account for shrink in their budget
Good for them
Why does FNN sound suprised?🤣
ok..?
To all those who say that The Home Depot is stealing wages. Do you really think that the looters care about that?
Good for them
Ha ha CNN RUNNING a story on why defunding law enforcement would be better for California 🤣🤣
It's good to see people getting back into carpentry.
What part of me is supposed to care about this even the tiniest little bit
sure, alright
Y'all really, really trying to crank up the crime wave panic, huh? Suddenly every big box store and Walgreens robbery is national news. Very excited to see wall to wall coverage about some local gas station being taken for the contents of the register next
benshapiro even shoplifts wrong.
broke in to steal the tools of their trade now they have all the glass breaking pry bars and hammers start shooting the looters
Good for them, hope they get a good price for them.
Insurance covers the thefts. The overall bulk of Home Depot covers the minor rise in insurance at one store. Nobody suffers.
who gives a fuck
congrats to them, I guess.
Good for them
Yeah, no one cares CNN.
🦋 Theft from one Home Depot 💁♂️ CNN: 'is this journalism?'
this is good, actually
the stolen tools should have been returned earlier to the public
Rad.
Lol i have worked retail at bestbuy for over 5 years. I cant see how this news worthy. My store gets hit at least twice a week. We are vigilant and we capture the thief 90% of the times though
Who gives a shit, meanwhile companies like Home Depot steal $15 billion of their workers wages in wage theft every year.
Why is this international news? I feel like I’m part of some social experiment that will only be explained later.
Good
Lol
This isn't news. Everybody already knows The Home Depot has lots of tools.
Up to 10?
Good for them. This isn’t news.
gonna cry?
You got a ~scope~ problem, Breaking News.
who gives a shit
Who cares
This is not news
Please move HQ to CA. Need new stuff! Christmas coming. Think of children. Insurance.
possibly as many as 10 (maybe) ?
Who gives a fuck?
thank you DEMs
officials say a lot of things
Ooooooohhhh noooooooooo what a tragedy! This is absolutely national news worthy. Does the giant corporation have a go fund me?
No one cares
WHO CARES ! THIS ISN'T NATIONAL NEWS ! THIS IS BARLEY LOCAL NEWS !
Who cares. They steal their workers wages
Like 10 ppl lost their tools?
100% off purchasing is exciting,totally recommended.
California, the best state in the country
Cool!
nativespecies
Hell yeah, nice
Oh my... *clutches pearls*
The small construction company that employs me had a range of tools stolen from jobsites 3 or 4 times last year. Let me know if you want to run an international story on that.
'left with a range of stolen goods' You mean they 'LOOTED'?
Can’t imagine why people think the primary purpose of corporate media is to protect the interests of the owners of capital..
Fortunately for the police several suspects stopped during their escape to grab warranty cards
Shoplifting is national news now?
👍
brb, gonna go steal some pearls so i can clutch them
National news wtf who cares it’s Home Depot bitch but more tools then
Imagine if you will, a State where thieves are brazen enough to literally walk in, load up and walk right back out, not a care in the world. Welp, no need to imagine, it’s literally happening every freaking day in far left California. What a shame.
This is so horrible !!
Find them. Arrest them. Jail them. Simple enough
Almost like there isn’t any Law and Order There
One thing you left out was they were all black
Free is cheaper than paying.
I’m fine with it
good for them
10 people? 10?! Well shit, will home Depot be able to recover from this financial catastrophe? do they need a bailout, should a blue ribbon panel be set up, should a taskforce be assembled to find these criminal masterminds who stole tools.
Good for them!
How much did Home Depot steal from hourly employees during that shift alone?
ok 👍
Do Californians still want to defund the Police?
Zero-Buy
oh no is home depot ok
Good for them
One of those people was me
Breaking News: I don't care what happens to a private corporation's property, just like they don't care about me!
my cat pissed in the turtles house please let the people know
Cool
Good
won't somebody think of the tools
Meh, they’re insured.
so what
Funny how it isn’t happening where DA’s prosecute criminals. ericgarcetti
Uh that happens every Friday night all over
Good
I heard 8 then 20 ppl now 10 ppl… 😂😂😂 this is like “hear-say” news
This is not news.
That’s why they pay insurance. Settle down.
DudespostingWs
Defund the police!👍 Nice job!
Well...politicians are breaking the laws with no consequences...guess some folks think they can too.
Good. Good for them.
Just curious CNN. What is the race of the suspects ? Is it those pesky quintessential threat White Supremacists you keep talking about Asking for a friend
In Balto, I heard, Dick's Sporting Goods was taken over by the METROPOLI, gaining 9K worth of guns this time & infrastructure for slavery which I heard MR. T wagered a $trillion bet by this Billionaire if Mr. Complications can get Balto enslaved! Gossip? Ask exporter FRed?
Store 6334, welcome to our world!!!
I pray the police track down the thieves and the courts lock them up for their brazen conduct.
this isn't news
Lmao. Lol.
People push carts out of Home Depot everyday.
who care
Is Brian Fantana on the scene covering this one?
Good for them
huge news
Good
This is not breaking news lmao
Breaking News from CNN: shoplifting occurred somewhere in California
Who gives a fucking shit
Oh no, I hope they have a wonderful Christmas.
Who cares
Good
sounds dope
If I were going to steal tools, I would probably target Home Depot, too.
national breaking news.
And they’re insured and got every dime back plus all this free advertising. Good job.
Big corps - just don’t do business in California, period. Law makers could have balanced this with demands for fair wage. But instead they rolled with legalizing theft. Why do business with government and its people against you? Other states have no problem. People = problem
Good
Why is this news?
Bruh. Stores get robbed every day in CA, why dis news? 🙃
based, hope they're never found
CNN breaking news telling the tale of petty theft to their 62 million followers
Great, now they'll use those hammers and crow bars to break into smaller stores.
Who da fuk care
Dem shower heads got people acting crazy. WaterClear
They should just shoot on site. Get rid of this trash
Ironically, they used a Louis Vuitton handbag to break in. (j/k)
every home depot parking lot in the country is known for a fact to be a hub of cash only, under minimum wage labor
Hey , you should do a story on wage theft, which results in billions in losses for working people. Wage theft losses far surpass retail theft in dollar value and is almost never prosecuted.
Why did the Home Depot have stolen tools? 🤨
Gotta get money for Christmas somehow
As long as you don’t go above $80 and your non-white….it’s all good here in Cali.
Home Depot might be forced to not pay overtime to thousands of employees in order to cover this loss. Regrettable.
OMG, hope everyone is ok! Remember, make sure to lift with your legs!
Nordstrom’s smash and grabs are cooler.
This is progressive restorative justice in practice.
Good
Who'd want to go to prison for stealing a crowbar?🤔
hell yeah
Lie
hell yeah
I guess looting is trending nowadays.
😂
who cares
Glad to hear of this feel good story.
Ironically, they stole a box of hammers.
something is afoot!
This is what happens when we enter post capitalism. An abundance of expensive items nobody can afford
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I'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT, THANKS CNN FOR THIS VITAL STORY OF A LOCAL ROBBERY
Biden’s America
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GOOD. F*** THE SYSTEM
*checks Facebook marketplace *
Well it was a Home Depot. I doubt they stole a car in there.
Early start for the real DOOR BUSTERS SEASON.
This aint the kinda breaking news I signed up for
The proud boys crime syndicate is getting rather bold.
Good for them
Won't someone *please* think of the multi billion dollar corporations!!! 🥺🥺🥺
Awesome, good for them. And please keep reporting on the effective ways to steal back our money from these companies!
🤔
So this is the only thing going on eh?
Shoot a few and they will stop this behavior
Who care
How is this national news?
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Oh dang did it put them out of business?
Solidarity with the ten
Oh god poor giant corporation (we don’t care. Steal everything. Flash mob looters are cool as hell)
Who gives a fuck
I’m honor of racial I justice though.
Finally some good news
It's news becuz it's been happening alot
Lol I love it.
Easy to sell… FBI has to be serious about auditing all second party sellers… and locking of those who sell stolen goods for a very long time. Much of this is organized crime
Lets go Brandon!
This is the type of news that’s makes y’all very happy though!
Well it is where the pros go
What's going on from high end designers stores then to this.
Close the store
Ok.
who cares
What happens when you have Democrats as DAs DemocratsAreADisaster
Again only happening in blue states because lawmakers allow this, you won't see this happen in Florida or Texas or Arizona and if it does it won't become the norm. Throw the book at these thugs and make an example out of them.
All cities run by liberals
Victimless crime.
These all are happening due to the Covid pandemic. Guess what the economic situation pandemic left across the world.
National Retail Theft Rings have been a huge presence for a decade. Worked HD 2008-2014;teenagers ran out with carts full of combo power tool sets! HD forbid employees to take ANY action against shoplifters. This is Organized Crime, not shoplifting!Retail Shrink1billion/yr😳😵
As long as it was under the threshold of 900 bucks it’s considered free stuff isn’t it?
Anyone else got a problem with the wording of this tweet? Wut?
When you live in a third world country you have to get used to these kind of things.
Victimless crime
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