Crime & Safety
Who Swiped $250K Of Work-Out Gear From Nearby Warehouse?
Police are looking for leads into the break-in and inventory missing from facility near Van Nuys airport.
PHOTO: Distinctive "Kutting Weight" work-out clothing not sold at retail stores and stolen in warehouse break-in.
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VAN NUYS, CA --- Investigators are seeking the public's help today to make arrests in the burglary of a warehouse in Van Nuys where sportswear valued at $250,000 was stolen.
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The burglary occurred between 5 p.m. March 22 and 9:50 a.m. March 23, when unknown suspects pried open the roll up door of a warehouse in the 7900 block of Ruffner Avenue, near Van Nuys Airport, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Commercial Crimes Division Cargo-Hijack Unit.
The thieves took about 112 boxes of Kutting Weight brand sportswear, authorities said. Kutting Weight sportswear is not sold at retail stores.
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Anyone with any information about the burglary is asked to contact Detectives Marc Zavala at (213) 268-0819 or Jeanette Santos at (818) 832-7511. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 or lapdonline.org.
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--City News Service/Image courtesy of LAPD
