# Smash and grab robbery at a mall minutes after I left

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 1, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581 "2024-09-01T20:30:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581/1 "2024-09-01T20:30:19Z")

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My son and I were at the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington VA this afternoon, and left an hour or two ago. It appears that minutes after we left, there was an organized armed robbery:

> **[Hammer-wielding trio wanted in robbery at Pentagon City mall, noises startled...](https://wjla.com/news/local/pentagon-city-mall-fashion-centre-metro-arlington-virginia-shots-fire-smash-and-grab-robbery-sledgehammer-fire-extinguisher-loud-bang-noise-county-police-panic-evacuation-nordstrom-victoria-secret-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken)**
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> Arlington County Police are investigating after loud noises were heard inside The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City.

Three guys in ski masks with hammers smashed glass cases, then deployed a fire extinguisher, then left and are still at large.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581/2 "2024-09-02T01:48:06Z")

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Glad your ok. We’re living in much different times. Stay safe.

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581/3 "2024-09-02T02:22:38Z")

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Convenient alibi you’ve established here.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581/4 "2024-09-02T02:40:56Z")

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I’m reminded of the time we shopped at a strip mall in suburban Indianapolis in the '80s, leaving about an hour before three people were shot and killed during a robbery at a nearby store.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581/5 "2024-09-02T05:27:48Z")

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I’m reminded of the time we went to Arby’s drive-thru and a few hours later, after closing, it caught fire. It took over a year to re-open.

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-and-grab-robbery-at-a-mall-minutes-after-i-left/1006581/6 "2024-09-02T19:06:15Z")

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They were really roasting that beef!