Moment shoplifter struts behind counter of San Francisco Walgreens as staff watch helplessly, fills huge bag with stolen goods, then hurls BANANAS at shopper who stood up to him
Shoplifter walked into a Walgreens in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday and ransacked shelves behind the counter
Bandit was filmed calmly filling a plastic bag with loot, including batteries, COVID tests and electronics
When a shopper tried to intervene, thief grabbed a bunch of bananas and hurled it at the man, then lobbed Chips Ahoy! packets at him
Walgreens and CVS have been closing stores in Bay Area amid retail theft epidemic
By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
Published: 12:15 EST, 4 March 2022 | Updated: 14:47 EST, 4 March 2022
A San Francisco shoplifter was filmed filling a bag with stolen goods behind the counter of a Walgreens store as staff stood helplessly and watched.
The heist took place on Tuesday at a Walgreens in the Richmond area of the city, and saw the brazen shoplifter hurl bananas and cookies at one man who confronted him.
It is the latest in a long line of shocking shoplifting outrages to hit the famously-liberal Bay Area.
San Francisco and its Bay Area neighbors have been hit hard by a wave of property crimes and smash-and-grab robberies since the start of the pandemic. That has forced multiple branches of Walgreens to close in a bid to stem their theft-related losses amid mounting criticism of soft-on-crime DAs many say are enabling the widespread criminality.
Cellphone video captured by professional photographer Nicholas Stennet shows a man dressed in all black removing items from shelves behind the counter of the San Francisco drug store with utter disregard for two store workers standing right next to him.
One of the employees is on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, reporting a robbery in progress.
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