San Francisco DA charges nine of Union Square mob with felonies in $1million theft wave of luxury stores.
San Francisco Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin said Tuesday that he has charged nine people with felonies in a series of shoplifting incidents that included a mass smash-and-grab at Union Square luxury stores.
“These are not petty thefts. These are not misdemeanor conduct. This is felony conduct,” Boudin said. “We are charging felonies today.”The district attorney said he would seek in court to keep two of those charged behind bars because of the nature of their alleged crimes. Francill White, Tomiko Lamar Miller, Kimberly Cherry and Ivan Speed are each charged in the Louis Vuitton incident with felony looting during a state of emergency, felony second-degree commercial burglary, felony grand theft and felony receiving stolen property.
San Francisco Assistant Police Chief Mike Redmond, appearing with Boudin, announced that extra uniformed officers will be deployed to shopping areas and a traffic plan put in place “to keep cars out of the area if we see things ramp up downtown.” The mayhem continued later Sunday with stores targeted in the East Bay and San Jose. Late Monday, a group attempted to break into Nordstrom at the Grove shopping center in Los Angeles before leading police on a high-speed chase. Los Angeles officers arrested three people on suspicion of theft.
Scott said he is also placing enough officers in such areas to prevent a mob of 40 or 50 people from overwhelming store security, as happened last week.
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