Just ahead of Valentine's Day, four men staged an armed robbery of a Chanel store in New York City's SoHo section of Manhattan.
According to authorities, the men entered the store on Spring Street around 2 p.m. Tuesday and commenced snatching handbags while threatening the 61-year-old female security guard. The men stole 12 wallets and 32 handbags worth some $165,200.
NYPD Chief Rodney Harrison said the men are part of a larger group of nearly nine others implicated in at least 20 incidents across Manhattan since September.
"These criminals are capitalizing off of wearing these face masks," said Harrison. "So it's extremely difficult to identify who these individuals are. Unfortunately, we have not been able to identify these perpetrators. But we do have persons of interest we are looking at."
"We saw this trend/pattern started around September 1," Harrison continued. "We have over 20 incidents that we want to say may be attributed to this crew of individuals committing these crimes."
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