The Hollywood clothing store was temporarily closed after a group of burglars stole a large number of items a few months after the Pacific Palisade location of the business was destroyed in the Palisade fire.
Surveillance video from Magoo’s LA, which sells sneakers and streetwear, showed three robbers breaking through windows and grabbing a pile of clothing from the store.
The robbery took place for more than six months after the Palisade fire destroyed an earlier location at the store on Swarthmore Avenue in Palisard, the Pacific.
“It looks like we won’t be able to take a break this year,” Jacob Maged, owner of Magoo’s LA, told social media. “To say my store was broken and stolen is a blow to my heart. Unfortunately, we will be closed in the near future.”
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Maged told NBC Los Angeles that the robbers appear to know where to go around the store to get the most valuable items.
“They know the exact layout of the store,” the owner said. “They were grabbing the very specific racks and certain items, brands they cleared.”
As criminals appeared to have used signal jams in their alarm systems, Maged urged other business owners to step up their security measures.
“As I’ve learned, it’s always better to be too protected than not.”
Despite an unthinkable series of difficulties, Maged said he was determined to stay open.
“Whether it’s fires, tsunamis, robberies, tornadoes, whatever you want to throw at me, we always find a way to come back,” he said. “This is definitely not the end.
It was not immediately clear how much financial damage the business had suffered.
