SOHO — Four young men stole nearly $6,000 in designer goods — including a $1,252 Louis Vuitton bag and two Burberry key chains worth a total of $489.93 — from four different SoHo shops within minutes of each other, authorities said.
The crew of men, all in their early 20s, went on their post-Christmas shoplifting spree on Dec. 28, starting at about 6 p.m., according to the criminal complaint from the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
The accused shoplifters — Patrick Noble, 20, William Winter, 22, Samuel Whitmire, 20, and Delano Ballenger, 20 — allegedly stole eight designer key chains, worth a total of $2,814.44 from 100 Greene St. boutique MCM, according to the complaint.
They also took a $1,252 Louis Vuitton bag from 351 W. Broadway store What Comes Around, three pairs of designer jeans, worth a total of $1,510, from Robin's Jeans at 60 Grand St. and three key chains from the Burberry store at 131 Spring St., authorities said.
According to the complaint, employees from each of the shops said they saw the four men "shortly after 6 p.m."
A police officer saw the young men passing items between themselves at about 6:18 p.m., arrested them and recovered the stolen items, according to the DA.
The men were charged with grand larceny, two counts of criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny.
Calls to their court-appointed lawyers were not immediately returned.
