by Nick
Trio suspected of staging panty raid
March 22, 2007 in Arts and Crafts, Business & Economy by Nick
Police were trying to pick up the trail of three people suspected of staging a panty raid this week at a Victoria’s Secret in Newport Center Mall. The trio — two men and a woman — were able to thwart security sensors at the store because they used shopping bags lined with aluminum foil, known as “booster bags,” police said. A security camera at the store caught the heist, but not before the trio grabbed dozens of bras and women’s panties from two display tables. The Tuesday night heist netted nearly $12,000 in undergarments: $4,905 in bras and $6,821 in women’s panties. “That’s a lot of underwear,” police Lt. Edgar Martinez told The New York Times for Thursday newspapers.
