Four audacious criminals stole $52,000 worth of luxury goods from the SoHo headquarters of designer Givenchy over the weekend, as seen by surveillance film.
The newly released video depicts three men and a woman breaking into the upscale boutique on Greene Street near Spring Street in a popular Manhattan area just before 7:30 a.m. on Saturday using a hammer to crack the door window.
The suspects are observed entering the store sequentially, then stealing expensive handbags from the shelves and placing them in large duffel bags and backpacks.
One of the suspects is seen walking to the back of the store by himself and removing many clothes items from the rack in one swift motion.
According to police, their loot included handbags, shoes, and apparel.
After the robbery, the team raced north on Greene Street toward West Houston Street.
The female suspect is estimated to be in her 30s, approximately 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds, with one male accomplice in his 30s and two others in their 50s, according to the police.
The NYPD has also published stills from the surveillance film that depict each suspect in close-up.
The suspects violently remove merchandise from the shelves and stuff their bags.
On the day of the event, police sources reported that the store security alarm was not activated and the entrance grate was not down because a security person was on duty.
It is unknown where the security guard was when the burglars were rifling through the shelves.
Because of the incident, Givenchy Soho did not open until around 3 p.m. on that Saturday, a store staffer stated, adding, “Everyone is okay.”
Givenchy Soho, which debuted in June, is the brand’s second New York City location; the first is on Madison Avenue.
Earlier this month, a Post examination of police data found that reported retail thefts in the Big Apple reached record levels for the second consecutive year in 2022.
The number of shoplifting complaints increased to almost 63,000 in 2018, a 45% increase from the around 45,000 reported in 2021 and a nearly 275% increase from the mid-2000s, according to the statistics.
During his speech at Albany’s annual budget hearing, the mayor, Eric Adams, underlined his determination to crack down on repeat shoplifters.
We cannot permit serial offenders to make a mockery of our criminal justice system, he said.
“We are losing chain retailers as they close. Those employees in these stores are being laid off. They contribute to our unemployment rate.
“Therefore, those who claim that we are criminalizing the poor are mistaken,” Hizzoner continued. “Poor and low-income New Yorkers are unemployed as a result of the loss of these companies in our city.”
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