Thieves in Orange County caught mid burglary with $100K in luxury handbags

An estimated $100,000 in luxury merchandise was recovered from two alleged thieves caught in the act of burglarizing a high-end Orange County handbag store, authorities announced Monday.

The incident played out in the early morning hours in the area of Jamboree Road and Dupont Drive, according to an Instagram post from the Irvine Police Department.

Police were alerted by building security that two suspects were seen on surveillance cameras scaling a wall to the building and entering the premises. Footage of the incident showed the two males, now identified as 40-year-old Los Angeles resident Richard Bernard Spencer and 30-year-old Hollywood resident Marcellus Ronell Shelby, both donning black hoodies, face masks and sunglasses, inside the store…

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