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Video: Brazen ‘Flash Mob’ Heist of $30K in Merchandise in 30 Seconds

Police in Wisconsin are searching for a group of 10 men accused of stealing an estimated $30,000 in merchandise in a brazen heist at the Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets earlier this week.

A video circulating online shows the men entering the North Face store around 7:45 p.m. Monday and quickly grabbing armfuls of merchandise before fleeing the story. The theft was brief — between about 20 and 30 seconds — and ended without confrontation.

Police said the men fled in at least three vehicles, two with Indiana license plates — a maroon Dodge Magnum and a Pontiac Grand Prix of the same color — along with a smaller red car that could be a Chevrolet Cobalt or a similar Pontiac model.

“Each grabbed as much merchandise as they could carry before running to the cars and leaving the property,” said Pleasant Prairie Police Sgt. Aaron Schaffer.

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While the incident is still under investigation, Pleasant Prairie Police Chief David Smetana said the heist appears to have a connection to a robbery of an Illinois outlet mall… Journal Record

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