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It sounds like a plot for the new ‘Ocean’s’ movie … a group of alleged thieves hit a Nike store in Tennessee Thursday morning, allegedly stealing nearly a quarter million worth of kicks and merchandise, before fleeing the scene in 5 different vehicles, police in Memphis told TMZ Sports.
The incident — which occurred about 12 miles south of downtown — happened around 4 AM at the Nike Employee store. Police were called to the scene, and an MPD officer “observed 5 vehicles fleeing the scene with their lights off.”
It’s unclear if the cop attempted to stop the vehicles.
On the scene, investigators found a chain cut, and the back gate open to the Nike store property, and boxes from a nearby semi scattered throughout the parking lot,
“The tractor-trailer had its contents rummaged through and opened,” MPD said.
Police spoke with Nike security … and the woman told them she heard a “loud boom” and saw a guy open the trailer while on her break.
“I watched them and I called my supervisor,” security told MPD.
The Nike manager told police that “approximately $200,000 dollars worth of merchandise” was stolen by the suspects.
It’s not the first time a Nike store in Memphis has been robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise this year.
Just last month, $400k in Nike sneakers were stolen from a boxcar in North Memphis. Two people have been arrested for that robbery.
So far, no one has been taken into custody for this morning’s crime.