A momentary thief stands behind a San Francisco Walgreens counter as staff stares helplessly, fills a huge bag of stolen goods, then throws BANANAS at a buyer who confronts him.
- The thief entered Walgreens in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday and searched the shelves behind the counter
- The bandit was filmed calmly filling a plastic bag with loot, including batteries, COVID tests and electronics.
- When a buyer tried to intervene, a thief grabbed a bunch of bananas and threw it at the man, then hit Chips Ahoy! packages to it
- Walgreens and CVS close stores in the Bay Area amid epidemic of retail theft
A thief from San Francisco was filmed filling a bag of stolen goods behind the counter of a Walgreens store while staff stood helplessly watching.
The robbery took place on Tuesday in Walgreens in the Richmond area of the city and saw the brazen thief throw bananas and cookies at a man who confronted him.
This is the latest in a long series of shocking outrages with shoplifting that have affected the famous liberal bay area.
San Francisco and its Gulf neighbors have been hit hard by a wave of property crimes and robberies since the start of the pandemic. This has forced many Walgreens branches to close in an attempt to stop their theft losses, amid growing criticism of prosecutors with soft-spoken crimes, many say, allow widespread crime.
The video from a mobile phone, taken by professional photographer Nicholas Stenet, shows a man dressed in black pulling items off the shelves behind a drugstore in Richmond with complete disregard for two store employees standing right next to him.
One of the employees is on the phone with a dispatcher on 911 and reports a robbery.
At the beginning of the video, the brazen thief can be seen behind the counter stuffing some of Walgreens’ most valuable items in a huge bag while helpless staff watch him.
A few minutes later, he encounters a male buyer, pictured left, but is not kind enough to check his behavior …
“We have this man who … takes everything from the counter,” the woman said. “Can you send the cops?” Can you send them immediately, please?
Meanwhile, the robber calmly moved to another part of the counter and continued to fill a plastic bag with various goods, including tests for COVID, batteries and electronics, according to one eyewitness.
After searching the shelves to the brim, the criminal goes out from behind the counter and heads for the exit.
When a random person tries to confront him, the daring bandit grabs a bunch of bananas from a basket and forcibly throws them at the man, who takes some of the fruit and throws it back at the attacker.
… and eventually threw bananas at the potential good Samaritan, who then responded in kind
The thief was apparently angry at the hero’s decision to confront him, and returned to throw nuts and candy at the unfortunate man.
Visibly enraged by such a hostile reception, the thief grabs packages of Chips Ahoy! from a nearby shelf and measures the good Samaritan with them before leaving the store and triggering the exit alarm.
Drugstore chains such as Walgreens and CVS have become attractive and easy targets for thieves, leading to numerous store closures in the Gulf region. In San Francisco’s largest city, low-level crimes, such as petty theft, have been effectively decriminalized under the leadership of Progressive District Attorney Chesa Budin.
Wandering gangs of criminals carry out brazen robberies targeting high-end stores such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry, but also national chains such as Walgreens and CVS.
Walgreens said last year that retail thefts in San Francisco were five times higher than the average for the chain, and security costs were 46 times higher than the average for the chain, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has vowed to crack down on gangs of petty thieves, despite a controversial 2014 law – Proposal 47 – that bans prosecutors from prosecuting suspected thieves accused of stealing less than $ 950 worth of goods. goods.
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