Weekend String of Organized Retail Crime Strikes Bay Area Before Thanksgiving

Weekend String of Organized Retail Crime Strikes Bay Area Before Thanksgiving
A series of smash-and-grab robberies left stores with boarded up windows on Nov. 22, 2021. Lear Zhou/The Epoch Times
Ilene Eng
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SAN JOSE, Calif.—On the weekend before Thanksgiving, multiple smash-and-grab robberies targeted businesses throughout the Bay Area. The robberies are part of the organized retail crime epidemic.

The Lululemon in San Jose’s Santana Row was the latest victim. Police informed NTD, sister media outlet of The Epoch Times, that a group of suspects entered the store at about 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 21. They left with the merchandise before police could arrive. The investigation is still ongoing.

Ilene Eng
Ilene Eng
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Ilene is a reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area covering Northern California news.
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