Dramatic video shows the moment three brazen robbers stole nearly $58,000 worth of high-priced bags in a broad-daylight armed heist at a Manhattan Gucci store this week.
The clip, released by the NYPD early Tuesday, shows two men and a woman barging into the high-end retailer on West 14th Street near Ninth Avenue in the Meatpacking District just after noon Monday.
One of the crooks, seen wearing yellow gloves, holds a gun in one hand while pointing at store workers with the other, apparently ordering them to get on the floor.
One crook, wearing yellow gloves, points a gun and orders the workers to get on the floor. NYPDThe thieves snag as many items as they can, with one bandit seen stuffing several handbags into a brown sack while another grabs more and even grabs two rolling suitcases, the clip shows.
The footage then shows the suspects making a beeline out of the store with armfuls of stolen goods — one even tripping and falling on their way out.
The trio made off with almost $58,000 worth of ritzy goods and walked right past several people on the busy sidewalk as they scurried toward their getaway car — a black Honda CRV — bound for New Jersey through the Lincoln Tunnel.
The brazen Meatpacking District stickup went down around noon Monday. NYPDThe suspects were still on the loose Tuesday with the FBI handling the case, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.
“We’re looking into a crew that might possibly be doing this out of state as well,” Kenny told reporters on Tuesday. But the Gucci store is the only robbery linked to the crew, he added.
There were two cars involved in the getaway and one has been recovered by cops, Kenny said — although he couldn’t say if it was the car seen in the surveillance footage.
The store closed its doors for the rest of the day after the heist. The next morning, local retail workers and residents told The Post that such thefts have become so common in the city that they’re not surprised.
“They’re even stealing from the baby store across the street from us,” said Aldai Lamason, 25, an employee at a Bleecker Street business that sells Birkin handbags.
“They just come in and cut the security cords and we don’t even notice until they’re outside,” said Lamason, a Chelsea resident. “They’re professionals, they’re smart, they’re one step ahead of everyone.
One of the suspects could be seen stuffing handbags into a brown sack. NYPD“One thing we could do is to stop putting the merchandise in the windows,” said the retail worker. “We display everything and it makes us an easy target because they can like walk by and scope it out and see what they want to take and then just come in and take it. We should keep it all in the back.”
Mariel Snyder, 28, who just moved to Chelsea from Denver, Colorado, three days ago, said retail crimes of this nature are “happening everywhere.”
“I’m not surprised anymore,” Snyder said. “I don’t know if there are enough charges after they’re caught. Maybe that is the problem? But I guess that’s getting too political.”
The suspects stole $51,000 in loot, the NYPD said. NYPDMarie Toboso, 59, a language teacher from Jersey City, shared a similar sentiment.
“It seems like it’s happening every day,” Toboso said. “The shootings, the stealing, it’s like people are starting to think this is a normal thing. It’s scary! I mean, I’m looking all around now, all the time, especially if I’m down in the subway.”
Anyone with information on the daytime robbery is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The suspects walked past several pedestrians as they hauled their stolen goods to a black getaway car. NYPDThe public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.
