A Stockton resident and another man were arrested over the weekend in connection with a robbery at a high-end handbag store in Livermore, authorities say.
Livermore police officers responded to a report of a robbery just before 5 p.m. at the Gucci store at the Livermore Outlets mall, 3890 Livermore Outlets Drive. Police said the suspects grabbed several purses worth about $28,000 off racks in the store before fleeing.
Video from the scene showed at least three men dressed in black and wearing hoodies, arms loaded down with Gucci bags, running from the store.
As the thieves fled the scene in their vehicle, they rammed through barriers at the mall, causing thousands of dollars in property damage, authorities said.
Multiple agencies coordinated search efforts to locate the suspects, two of whom were found in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco.
Officers with the San Francisco Police Department arrested Curtis Jamel, 19, of Stockton, and Crosley Stanley, also 19, of San Francisco. Police said they recovered stolen purses as well as a firearm from the suspects’ vehicle.