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Group of shoplifters hits clothing stores

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Authorities are looking for five women who stole clothes from stores in the Towne Center/Bocage areas over the past couple of weeks. Three of them were even caught on tape.

According to East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies, the most recent shoplift happened when the three women walked into the Baby Gap on Corporate Boulevard around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The suspects put some items into bags and after leaving the store, took off in a black, older-model Chevy Monte Carlo with no license plate. Based on the video, the vehicle appeared to have a dent on the back right fender. It also had a custom front plate with an unknown air-brushed image.

In a previous incident, five women stopped by American Eagle Outfitters on Corporate Boulevard around 5:30 p.m. Monday. They started putting merchandise in bags and purses, but when a manager in the store confronted them, they left.

Three days earlier, two women entered The Children's Place on Corporate around 7:30 p.m. The two reportedly filled a blue bag with several pieces of clothing and left in the Monte Carlo previously described. One of the women was described as between 5'4" and 5'5" with a heavy build. She had braids in her hair and wore green pajama pants. The second suspect was between 5'8" and 5'9" with a slim build. She sported blonde or gold wavy hair and wore red pajama pants. 

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