The Lowbrow Bandits who hit the JCPenny at Westfield Plaza Camino Real Mall last Friday after robbing a Pennys in Laguna Hills only 90 minutes earlier have amassed close to $2.5 million dollars in gold over the past 18 months according to a story in the LA Times.
As the price of the precious metal continued to zoom to more than $1,000 an ounce, the thieves’ activity increased until they had stolen about $2.5 million worth of gold jewelry from 11 JCPenney stores throughout California. . . . “It’s a strange series of crimes, to target only JCPenney stores,” said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. “Then they steal only the gold and don’t even touch the more expensive jewelry.”
They might not be so lowbrow after all.
[Link: LA Times]
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