Dramatic video captured the moment three brazen robbers stole $51,000 worth of expensive bags during a broad daylight armed robbery at a Gucci store in Manhattan this week.
The video, released by the NYPD early Tuesday, shows two men and a woman breaking into an upscale retail store on West 14th Street near Ninth Avenue in the Meatpacking District just after noon Monday. There is.
One of the scammers, wearing yellow gloves, appeared to be holding a gun in one hand and pointing at the clerk with the other, ordering him to stand on the ground.
The thieves then snatched as many items as they could, with one thief stuffing several handbags into a brown bag and another grabbing more and even two rolling suitcases. It’s shown in the video.
The footage shows the suspects leaving the store at high speed with a large amount of stolen items, and one person even trips and falls in the process.
The trio, with $51,000 worth of luxury goods in their possession, were rushing through the Lincoln Tunnel to their New Jersey-bound getaway vehicle — a black Honda CRV — when several people on the crowded sidewalk spotted them. I passed by people.
No injuries were reported during the push-up, and police continued to search for the suspect Tuesday.
After the robbery, the store was closed for the day. The next morning, local retail employees and residents told the Post they were not surprised because such thefts occur so frequently in the city.
“They’re also stealing from the baby store across the street from us,” said Ardai Lamason, 25, an employee at a Bleecker Street store that sells Birkin handbags.
“They just came in and cut the security code and we didn’t know until they got out,” said Lamason, who lives in Chelsea. “They are professional, smart and one step ahead of everyone.
“One thing we can do is stop putting products in the window,” the retail employee said. “We have everything on display and they like to walk by and observe and see something they want to photograph and just come in and grab it, so we’re an easy target. . We should keep everything hidden behind us.”
Mariel Snyder, 28, who just moved to Chelsea three days ago from Denver, Colorado, said this type of retail crime “happens everywhere.”
“I’m not surprised anymore,” Snyder said. “I don’t know if there are enough charges after being arrested. Maybe that’s the problem? But I think it’s getting too political.”
Marie Toboso, 59, a language teacher from Jersey City, had similar thoughts.
“It seems like it’s happening every day,” Kaname says. “The shootings, the thefts, people seem to be starting to think this is normal. It’s scary! I mean, I’m always looking around now, especially when I’m on the subway.”
Anyone with information about the daytime robbery is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website. https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/by X @NYPDTips.
