Shocking Moment: Scantily clad woman and male accomplice loot underwear from LINGERIE store as they attack an employee who tried to stop them
- The underdressed couple aroused little suspicion as they casually searched the stash
- But the staff stood helpless as they cleared the shelves and ran for the exit
Police in San Bernardino are hoping to apprehend a woman in a form-fitting dress who stripped $500 worth of underwear from a lingerie store.
Security footage shows the woman and her male accomplice casually rummaging through negligees and nightgowns on rails in the virtually empty store, even talking to a sales assistant about some items that caught their eye.
But the video takes a darker turn as they head for the exit, where a female member of staff intercepts them and tries to stop them from leaving.
The member of staff follows the suspect outside as she pushes past her, clearing the way for the man to jump through the door and escape the as-yet-unnamed shop.
A second member of staff intervenes outside and they both unsuccessfully try to take the woman’s stolen underwear before fighting them off and letting her escape.
Security cameras caught the woman and her accomplice casually browsing the rails in the store
A female member of staff tried to intercept the wanted woman as she headed for the door
But their getaway vehicle was spotted and police later found it after linking it to an earlier traffic stop, finding the man in his nearby garage.
“While officers were tracking him down, they saw that he was unloading several shopping bags full of stolen items from another company,” a police spokesman said.
Later footage shows the man being arrested and taken into custody as they search his property.
During the search, officers found multiple items taken during the robbery, packaged methamphetamine for sale, and multiple bags of stolen items for the other company.
“The female suspect seen in the video is still open.”
The police have registered a load of drugs and stolen goods that they found at the home of the male suspect
The pair gathered their arms full of underwear they liked
They even talked to a sales assistant about the products as they browsed the store
When a store member struggled with the woman, the man was able to escape
A second shop member came to the aid of the first as they tried unsuccessfully to take the stolen goods from the heavyset suspect
Police say bags of methamphetamine were among the illegal items recovered from the man’s incarceration
Their loot included items stolen from other businesses in the San Bernardino area
The man was arrested ‘without incident’ and taken into custody
“If only we could keep them in jail,” Carol Olson Collazo wrote under the images posted to Facebook.
“Thank you for your contribution to the police.”
“They leave the same day to do it again tomorrow,” De Los Santos Reynaldo wrote.
“Thanks to California’s zero bail!” added Mick Hall.