Palo Alto police say 10 suspects stole $150,000 in handbags from Neiman Marcus
By KTVU staff
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PALO ALTO, Calif. - Without weapons or causing any injuries, police say a group of 10 people made off with more than $150,000 in handbags on Wednesday from Neiman Marcus at the Stanford Shopping Center.
43 bags in all were stolen when a group of five men and five women raided the luxury department store. Palo Alto police initially responded to 180 El Camino Real at 12:20 p.m. on the erroneous report of a man with a gun inside the store.
While that ended up not being true, the high-end heist inside the store involved the unarmed suspects ripping the name-brand bags off of security cables, causing some display case glass to shatter.
Godiva to close all stores, including seven in Bay Area
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FILE: A display of chocolate treats is displayed at Godiva s just-opened cafe in New York, Tuesday April 16, 2019.Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press
Chocolatier Godiva is closing all of its Northern American stories, including seven locations around the Bay Area.
The mass closure affects 128 stores in the U.S. and Canada, although its outposts in Europe, the Middle East and China will remain open. The closures will be completed by March, as the stores are expected to stay open during the lucrative Valentine s Day season.
The news comes less than two years after Godiva s planned expansion of 2,000 cafes around the globe by 2025. Americans won t be short on Godiva chocolates, though. The products will continue to be sold online, in grocery stores and other retailers that carry their products.