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Shoplifters “Game of Confusion” nets them $2,000 in goods www.privateofficer.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. July 29 2009 — Police are looking for a team of women who stole thousands of dollars worth of clothing from a store in north Charlotte.
Store surveillance video shows nine women, including one with a baby, crowding around a cashier at Famous Mart on North Tryon Street. While the clerk was distracted ringing up the stacks of clothing, some of the thieves pushed carts loaded with merchandise out the door.
As the flustered clerk kept folding items, the final thief simply walked away without paying.
Store owner Louis Sinkoe said he’s never seen anything like it.
“They had so much commotion going on, cell phones and talking and noise. You just lose track of your surroundings,” he said. “They just overwhelmed the cashier.”
It was the biggest rip-off in Famous Mart’s 50-year history.
Police admit it’s an unusually well-coordinated crime that other stores should be aware of.
“Usually suspects continue to do something until they get caught, so (we need) vigilance on the store owners’ and managers’ part and employees,” said Sgt. Ken Schul of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Police said they haven’t seen any similar crimes recently so they don’t know if the group is based in Charlotte or elsewhere.
The women drove off in a blue Chevrolet Impala and tan Ford LTD.
Anyone with information about the identities of the thieves is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
Store surveillance video shows nine women, including one with a baby, crowding around a cashier at Famous Mart on North Tryon Street. While the clerk was distracted ringing up the stacks of clothing, some of the thieves pushed carts loaded with merchandise out the door.
As the flustered clerk kept folding items, the final thief simply walked away without paying.
Store owner Louis Sinkoe said he’s never seen anything like it.
“They had so much commotion going on, cell phones and talking and noise. You just lose track of your surroundings,” he said. “They just overwhelmed the cashier.”
It was the biggest rip-off in Famous Mart’s 50-year history.
Police admit it’s an unusually well-coordinated crime that other stores should be aware of.
“Usually suspects continue to do something until they get caught, so (we need) vigilance on the store owners’ and managers’ part and employees,” said Sgt. Ken Schul of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Police said they haven’t seen any similar crimes recently so they don’t know if the group is based in Charlotte or elsewhere.
The women drove off in a blue Chevrolet Impala and tan Ford LTD.
Anyone with information about the identities of the thieves is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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