On Monday officials said that, three burglars were caught on the camera stealing about $500,000 worth of goods from two Irvine businesses this weekend.
The first incident occurred at the high-end sunglasses company about 7 a.m. on February 11th. According to the Irvine Police Department, the thieves drove up in the white van, allegedly used a crowbar to break into the warehouse and stole about $400,000 worth of the merchandise. The next day a gaming company which makes laptops, headsets and virtual reality equipment was broken into at about 7 a.m.
In that incident the suspects again came up to the business in a white van and used the crowbar to break in. The burglars allegedly stole $100,000 worth of items.
During one of the incidents, one of the burglars is seen climbing over fenced off area of the warehouse to grab the boxes and throws them to the other person.
Surveillance video captured the license plate of the van, 46712W1, and the authorities determined that the vehicle had been stolen from another Irvine business.
The suspects were also seen in the surveillance video.
One of the suspects is described as being a man wearing the gray hooded sweatshirt with a dark gray hood and “California” printed across the chest. Police said that, he was wearing yellow gloves, red pants and red shoes with white laces.
The second suspect is also a man who was wearing the gray and black patterned hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, black shoes with white laces and black gloves.
Police said that, the third man was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with the tan horizontal pattern across the chest, red cloves, jeans and a gray shirt.
Anyone with the information about burglars or the vehicle can call the Irvine Police Detective Matt Ricci at 949-724-7189.
By Mrudula.
