Atlantic Beach police say the suspected thieves went to Target on Beach Boulevard and GameStop next door, trying to spend more than $1,000 on electronics and gift cards.
If you can identify the suspected thieves, contact Atlantic Beach police Detective Fissel at 904-247-5859 or jfissel@coab.us.
“It makes you rethink going to lunch and hanging a bag on the back of your chair,” said MaryLou Rinehart, who had just finished having lunch with a friend in Atlantic Beach.
“The fact that it’s women completely throws me because you’re always kind of leery of maybe a guy hanging around. But with women, you don’t think that as much,” said Atlantic Beach diner Kelly Touhey.
Most of the victims were women.