$16,000 in Burberry Handbags Stolen From Center City Philadelphia Store

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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE – August 2, 2012 – Police say 15 high-end handbags were stolen

during a robbery on Thursday morning in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square.

Officers were called to the Burberry Store at 1705 Walnut Street around 11:20 a.m.

When police arrived employees told them two women came in and distracted them.

Then, four men ran into the store and stole the handbags, believed to be worth more

than $16,000.  All six suspects then ran out of the store and jumped into a silver Ford

Contour and fled the scene.