Chicago Store Robbed Of $50K In Merchandise 24 Hours After Being Promoted On Local News

A Chicago store was robbed of about $50,000 in merchandise on Monday when a group of individuals stole numerous designer bags a day after the shop was shown in a segment on the local news, according to reports.

About 10 burglars robbed Cynthia’s Consignments, located in the 2200 block of North Clybourn Avenue in Lincoln Park,FOX32 Chicago reported.

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Store owner, Cynthia Dibuglione spoke to the news outlet to express her thoughts about the situation. “It was fast, it was so fast,” she said. “It’s like they’ve done this plenty of times before and unfortunately in the city of Chicago, there’s no repercussions. None. Even if they do get them, they’ll be out tomorrow.”

Dibuglione, went on to share that the store was busy when she opened the door for a male customer from outside. She said a group of 10 to 12 young men just rushed into the store behind the man and yanked merchandise from her shelves before running away to awaiting getaway cars.

The shop was just featured on local news and on Youtube only 24 hours before the store was robbed. Currently, the video has been removed from YouTube due to the robbery. 

“The same consignment shop featured a few days ago on WGN news segment?” one user wrote. “Wonder how someone thought to rob them knowing Chicago PD can’t do anything.”

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Another wrote: “They never knew about this place until they put it on the news the other day…”

“I mean, what could I do differently,” Dibuglione told FOX32. “And I had a house full of people here.”