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Approximately 20 bicycling riding thieves targeted the Hollywood area convenience stores two miles apart on Friday night, according to NBC Los Angeles, citing the LAPD.
The brazen bunch broke into each store and stole food and drink items beginning with the 7-Eleven located at 7040 West Sunset Boulevard just after 8 p.m.
The store was left with a broken window.
An employee at a second store near Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave. was allegedly assaulted around 8:16 p.m., the outlet reported.
Friday night’s mayhem is the most recent smash-and-grab incident plaguing The Golden State.
One store manager told the outlet that the teens caught on video surveillance cameras on Friday, looked like the same group that struck two other 7-Eleven locations in the area last week.
Between 2019 and 2022, California saw a 22% increase in shoplifting and 16% and 13% upticks in commercial burglary and robbery, respectively, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.