Two Los Angeles County stores were targeted by so-called “smash-and-grab” looters in Black Friday incidents, officials say. A group of young males wearing ski masks targeted a Lakewood, California, Home Depot at around 8:30 p.m on Nov. 26., making off with hammers, mallets, crowbars, and sledgehammers, officials told FOX11. In all, the suspects stole about $400 worth of items before fleeing in getaway vehicles, one of which was identified as a red Mercedes Benz with a severely damaged front end. “We tried to stop them,” Home Depot employee Luis Romo told the station. “We closed the front entrance, and they put their sledgehammers up and whoever got in the way, they were going to hurt them.” The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told other local media outlets that the stolen hammers and crowbars could be used in other Los Angeles-area store robberies. Also on Nov. 26, a large group of …
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