‘Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen’: Retailers Reeling As Thieves Ransack Multiple Stores In Woodland And Davis

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DAVIS (CBS13) – Thieves sent section retailers reeling aft boldly ransacking stores successful wide daylight close successful beforehand of customers. Davis Police accidental 2 suspects deed 3 stores from Woodland to Davis Thursday earlier being caught connected the interstate.

“The radical that are doing this are traveling up and down the interstate and hitting antithetic cities,” said Deputy Chief Paul Doroshov. “I deliberation from a instrumentality enforcement position we truly request to enactment together. I deliberation CHP gathering a task unit is simply a measurement successful the close direction.”

One of the stores hit, the CVS disconnected Covell Blvd., was deed little than 2 weeks ago. Now, respective from instrumentality enforcement to District Attorneys and retailers are scrambling for solutions. The smash-and-grab thieves person shown nary shame, with surveillance video showing 4 suspects filling duffel bags astatine CVS and past walking out.

CEOs of aggregate retailers signed a missive to Congress Thursday calling for authorities to halt criminals from easy re-selling stolen merchandise, particularly online. Rachel Michelin, President of the California Retailers Association, is taking it successful a antithetic direction. She’s pushing for diversion programs for the juveniles, homeless, and cause addicts being lured into these organized transgression rings.

“We would alternatively person idiosyncratic enactment for america than bargain from us. So we privation to bash immoderate we tin to assistance those susceptible populations beryllium victimized arsenic they are,” said Michelin.

There’s a hopeless hunt for solutions arsenic thieves measurement up their game.

“The past mates of weeks astir Thanksgiving took this to a full caller level. It’s similar thing we’ve ever seen before,” said Michelin.

Doroshov says the thefts person ranged from $1,000 to $15,000 successful stolen items.

“If you commencement expanding that statewide, you tin lone imagine. And that outgo is being passed down to the consumer. And this clip astir the holidays we’re paying much partially due to the fact that of this,” said Doroshov.