Women Steal Watches from Nordstrom at Short Hills Mall

Three women in their 20s took eight watches with a total value of $2,000 from Nordstrom department store in a shoplifting scheme that involved a getaway in a black sedan early this afternoon.

Millburn police were contacted at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday by Nordstrom Loss Prevention department, reporting the incident. Store officials told police that the three women entered the store, talked to Nordstrom staff and then, without warning, removed the watches – each valued at about $250 – from a countertop and ran out of the store to the waiting sedan.

The Millburn Police Department’s Detective Bureau is investigating the matter and is withholding further information at this time until they catch the suspects or until updated information is available, said Lt. Peter Eakley.

A spokesman at Nordstrom also said no further information is available while the matter is under investigation.