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An apartment store security guard snatching $25,000 worth of high end purses. >> they attack him with some kind of a caustic chemical, after the initial suspect attacked the security guard, additional suspects entered the location and removed a number of high dollar purses. >> reporter: criminals seen using similar tactics in the heart of san francisco. >> hands up! hands up! >> reporter: and in a nearby suburb, organized shoplifting crews breaking into high end retailers grabbing merchandise and fleeing as a cluster of getaway cars block traffic. an estimated $200,000 worth of merchandise gon...

Chemical. after the initial suspect attacked the security guard, additional suspects removed a number of high dollar purses. >> reporter: criminals seen using similar tactics in the heart of san francisco. >> hands up. >> reporter: and in a nearby suburb. organized shoplifting crews breaking into high-end retailers and fleeing as a cluster of get away cars block traffic. an estimated 200$,000 worth of merchandise gone in a matter of minutes. >> i saw people running down the street. i probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, crowbars, a bunch of weapons. >> reporter: many of the robberies orc...

To some of the state's most popular shopping destinations. this morning, amidst the black friday frenzy, retail stores and shoppers across california on edge. >> so it is kind of scary. and the fact that this has happened now makes me wonder if i should even walk in there. >> reporter: following a string of so-called smash-and-grab robberies. striking retail stores across the state. wednesday night, suspects attacked a department store security guard, snatching $25,000 worth of high-end purses. >> they attacked him with some kind of a caustic chemical. after the initial suspect attacked the se...

They made off with over $1,000 in merchandise. overnight another break in. this one at l.a.'s high end shopping center, the grove, leaving store windows smashed, the suspects still at large after a police pursuit. it comes after a separate string of smash and grab robberies in northern california. from the heart of san francisco to suburban walnut week, highly organized shoplifting crews breaking into high end retailers grabbing merchandise and fleeing. a cluster of get away cars blocking traffic to aid their get aways. the sprees taking place in a matter of minutes. >> i saw people running do...