Crime & Safety
Store Employees Run For Cover As 4 Men Steal Purses At Short Hills Mall: Police
Employees took shelter in the back of a store at the Short Hills Mall when 4 men in dark clothing grabbed $120K in purses, police said.
MILLBURN, NJ — Employees of the Dior store at the Mall at Short Hills took cover on Monday morning when four men in dark clothing entered the store to commit a theft, the Millburn police said Tuesday.
Millburn police officers responded around 10:44 a.m. Monday to Dior at the mall on report of a theft in progress, police said.
Dior associates told police that four males wearing dark clothing and masks entered the store and began pulling handbags off the wall.
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"Dior associates ran to a back room for safety and called police," police said. "When the police arrived, the actors had already fled in a black SUV."
They had stolen 25 Dior purses, worth $120,000, police said.
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A social media influencer posted this video on Monday that appears to show the theft.
The Millburn Police Detective Bureau is investigating.
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