Smash-And-Grab Crew Ransacks Santa Monica Luxury Store In Broad Daylight

SANTA MONICA, CA — Police are working to identify over a dozen people who burglarized a high-end consignment shop in broad daylight last week in what police are calling a highly coordinated incident.

Officers responded to The RealReal store on the 200 block of 26th Street at around 1:30 p.m. Friday in response to several callers who reported hearing breaking glass, according to the Santa Monica Police Department.

A group of suspects — more than a dozen — shattered the store's front glass door and went inside, police said.

"Once inside, the suspects broke multiple display cases and removed a large quantity of high-end merchandise before fleeing the scene," police said in a statement.

The suspects took the hauls away in getaway vehicles, which had their license plates removed, police said.

"The total loss is still being assessed but is considered significant," police said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Lawrence Kayondo at Lawrence.Kayondo@santamonica.gov or the watch commander at 310-458-8427.