Authorities in California are investigating a smash-and-grab robbery at a Macy’s in Walnut Creek Saturday morning after three suspects stole high-end watches before fleeing the scene, officials said.
The Walnut Creek Police Department said “three black male adult suspects” entered the store located in the Broadway Plaza shopping center at approximately 10:48 a.m., when they began “smashing jewelry display cases with hammers.”
The suspects, all wearing hoods and masks to obstruct identifying elements, stole the valuables and fled the scene.
Last year, dozens of suspects robbed the Broadway Plaza Nordstrom in what witnesses described as a brazen theft like something “out of a movie.”
The suspects in Saturday’s robbery were seen fleeing in a white older model 4-door Honda sedan, said WCPD PIO Lieutenant Holley Connors.
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Walnut Creek Police said no Macy’s employees or customers were harmed during the incident.
“Macy’s is still inventorying the loss and estimated cost to repair the damages,” Conners added.
The WCPD is continuing to investigate the incident and additional details were not provided.
Broadway Plaza is located in Walnut Creek’s downtown area and includes several higher-end stores, including the Nordstrom robbed late last year.
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Between 50 and 80 looters entered the store just before 9 p.m. in late November when they grabbed merchandise and fled, police said.
Witnesses described the chaotic robbery as “insane.”
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