• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.

80 person heist happened yesterday on a Nordstorm in Walnut Creek California

Squarehard

Squarehard

Member
Oct 27, 2017
25,831
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com

UPDATE: Police Warn of More Mass Robbery Attempts After Looters Ransack Walnut Creek Nordstrom

Dozens of looters swarmed into the Nordstrom store in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday night, terrorizing shoppers, assaulting employees, ripping off bag loads of merchandise and ransacking shelves before fleeing in a several vehicles waiting for them on the street.
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Dozens of looters swarmed into the Nordstrom store in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday night, terrorizing shoppers, assaulting employees, ripping off bag loads of merchandise and ransacking shelves before fleeing in a several vehicles waiting for them on the street.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Police began receiving calls from Nordstrom employees about the looting at around 9 p.m. He said there were approximately 80 individuals who ran into the store and began looting and smashing shelves.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Brett Barrette is one of the managers of P.F. Chang's restaurant across from the Nordstrom store. He watched as the bedlam unfolded.

"I probably saw 50-80 people in like ski masks with crowbars, a bunch of weapons," he said. "They were looting the Nordstrom."

"There was a mob of people," he continued. "The police were flying in. It was like a scene out of a movie. It was insane."
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Sounds like some sort of Black Friday nightmare.
sales-black-friday.gif


Loot thread if old.
 
jwk94

jwk94

Member
Oct 25, 2017
13,418
Seeing people steal shit in real life is so weird. There was a time when someone grabbed a whole bunch of clothes at jc penny's and booked it out the door. One lady screamed, but the rest of us just were confused about what happened. The alarms went off but no security guards or anyone went after the lady. It wasnt nearly as dramatic as I thought it'd be.

This thought sounds intense. Do nordstroms things sell for that much on the market? I didn't realize people actually liked their stuff like that. Always figured if you had money, you would shop somewhere else.
 
Jawmuncher

Jawmuncher

Crisis Dino
Moderator
Oct 25, 2017
38,396
Ibis Island
jwk94 said:
Seeing people steal shit in real life is so weird. There was a time when someone grabbed a whole bunch of clothes at jc penny's and booked it out the door. One lady screamed, but the rest of us just were confused about what happened. The alarms went off but no security guards or anyone went after the lady. It wasnt nearly as dramatic as I thought it'd be.

This thought sounds intense. Do nordstroms things sell for that much on the market? I didn't realize people actually liked their stuff like that. Always figured if you had money, you would shop somewhere else.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

I had a similar experience at a marshall's ages ago.
Dude had a shopping cart full of clothes. I was standing on the side waiting for my friends. He just booked it out of the store with cart.
Everyone just kinda looked around like "Did that actually just happen" lol.
 
sfedai0

sfedai0

Member
Oct 27, 2017
9,933
Back in the day when I was working at Babbages, some kid stole a brand new PS2 and I gave chase until he got in to his get away car. Thinking back, that was really stupid.
 

LordByron28

Member
Nov 5, 2017
2,348
Crazy how it is slowly upticking around the country. I expect with more media attention it will give more people ideas. Also the multiple Louis Vuitton targets seem a little more than just coincidental. I wonder if there is any coordination amongst these various robberies and what their reasoning was for the places they chose to rob. It's not like they are starving robbing grocery stores for food, they are picking high end fashion stores.
 
Lunchbox

Lunchbox

ƃuoɹʍ ʇᴉ ƃuᴉop ǝɹ,noʎ 'ʇɥƃᴉɹ sᴉɥʇ pɐǝɹ noʎ ɟI
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
7,548
Rip City
I saw a bunch of people raid a Gucci store once.
 
Avitus

Avitus

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,904
LordByron28 said:
Crazy how it is slowly upticking around the country. I expect with more media attention it will give more people ideas. Also the multiple Louis Vuitton targets seem a little more than just coincidental. I wonder if there is any coordination amongst these various robberies and what their reasoning was for the places they chose to rob. It's not like they are starving robbing grocery stores for food, they are picking high end fashion stores.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

I assume the high retail value makes them easy to fence.
 
Keywork

Keywork

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,125
Just like this and the EVGA 30-series truck robbery I imagine we might see these increase as the supply chain crunch continues, especially this holiday season. If this starts hitting more average consumer stores, not luxury department stores like Nordstrom, I'll feel a bit of sympathy. Not because it harms the corporations, but because it might be taking things out of the hands of families and such who might have been saving up all year to get that PS5 or even a Nintendo Switch their kid has been asking for and would become one of their favorite childhood memories that many of us here have when we got the console we had been eagerly wanting.
 
mbpm

mbpm

Member
Oct 25, 2017
23,544
Wow, wonder if we'll learn what specifically prompted this, or if they all just gathered together for a flash mob due to the bad conditions we're already aware of
 
anaa

anaa

Unshakable Resolve
Member
Jun 30, 2019
1,554
i've been in that nordstrom a few times lol, havent lived out there in years.. but its crazy to imagine that kind of chaos in downtown walnut creek
 
AlgusUnderdunk

AlgusUnderdunk

Member
Dec 30, 2020
15,248
User Banned (3 Days): Inappropriate Commentary; Drive-By Posting
Part of me says, "well, it was a luxury store." Part of me says, "flamethrowers."
 
Lonewolf

Lonewolf

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
3,900
Oregon
jwk94 said:
Seeing people steal shit in real life is so weird. There was a time when someone grabbed a whole bunch of clothes at jc penny's and booked it out the door. One lady screamed, but the rest of us just were confused about what happened. The alarms went off but no security guards or anyone went after the lady. It wasnt nearly as dramatic as I thought it'd be.

This thought sounds intense. Do nordstroms things sell for that much on the market? I didn't realize people actually liked their stuff like that. Always figured if you had money, you would shop somewhere else.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Depends on what was grabbed. They're a luxury department store, so high price clothing, shoes, handbags, and especially jewelry could be shifted for cash.
 
Supercrap

Supercrap

Member
Oct 28, 2017
2,352
Oakland Bay Area
Alot of this happened immediately after the George floyd protests last year when people were taking advantage of the "protests" as cover. There was famously multiple dodge hellcats stolen in San Leandro lol.

There have been LV stores hit quite frequently including the one in union square on Friday night and alot of Asian and other nationality owned jewelry stores it as well. Alot of criminals dgaf right now
 
Tortfeasor

Tortfeasor

Member
Oct 28, 2017
64
Chicago
akilshohen said:
This has been happening in Chicago for a while now, especially since the Cabrini Green projects are near the magnificent mile.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

The Cabrini Green projects have been gone for more than a decade. These flash mob heists are happening all over the Chicagoland area including posh suburbs like Northbrook and Oakbrook. It's not about proximity to "projects".
 
DWarriorSN

DWarriorSN

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,131
PA
Ngl being part of some underground thief mob sounds kinda cool XDXDXD.

But obviously screw these people.
 
Curler

Curler

Member
Oct 26, 2017
15,597
A Concord jewelery was hit several days ago, then LV on Fri in SF, then Union Square in SF/this Walnut Creek hit last night... tonight was apparently Southland Mall in Hayward. Organized crime going hard on luxury goods and jewelery all week :x


Kinda gets scary if you are shopping during the holidays during this, because I feel like they will add more security/guards/etc, and if some bring firearms....
 
freetacos

freetacos

Member
Oct 30, 2017
13,175
Bay Area, CA
User Banned (3 Days): Drive-By Posting
Two employees assaulted and another pepper sprayed. That's no good, hope they catch those who did that.

Can't be mad about the heist/stealing though. Keep at it.
 
guiloahhhhh

guiloahhhhh

Member
Oct 29, 2017
2,728
FYI Walnut Creek is a very nice upscale area. A lot of this in SF Walgreens which can sometimes be in sketch areas. But this is sort of expanding throughout the Bay Area
 
Midas

Midas

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,535
sfedai0 said:
Back in the day when I was working at Babbages, some kid stole a brand new PS2 and I gave chase until he got in to his get away car. Thinking back, that was really stupid.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Yeah, that's stupid. I saw two guys chasing a junkie, that likely shoplifted something from the grocery store they ran from. I would never risk my life for that.
 
Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash

One Winged Slayer
The Fallen
Oct 29, 2017
3,828
Michigan
SquirrelSaysNuts said:
"ripping off bag loads of merchandise" - what does this sentence even mean? Is is that the merchandise is somehow fastened to something?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Maybe, but I'd assume it's just the normal phrase "ripping off" applied to these people stealing, and bag loads trying to quantify the amount they took.

"Stealing lots of merchandise" would be a bit more clear
 
You must log in or register to reply here.