Atlanta police Friday were investigating an early morning smash-and-grab burglary at the Macy's store at Lenox Square mall.
The break-in was reported just before 3:30 a.m. after a motion-sensor alarm sounded.
Atlanta police Sgt. Z. Wilson said about 80 pair of blue jeans worth an estimated $10,000 was taken by burglars who used an unknown object to smash a plate glass window.
Wilson said security video showed nine males with their faces covered, traveling in three vehicles.
The incident was the latest in a string of dozens of similar burglaries at clothing and other retail stores across Atlanta, including several within two blocks of the Macy's store that was hit Friday morning.
Wilson said the burglars "know they can go in and out so quick before the alarm companies can notify us."
At least two businesses directly across Lenox Road from Macy's - an AT&T store and a Pearle Vision store - have been hit by smash-and-grab burglars. Thieves made off with $150,000 in designer eyewear from Pearle Vision in May, 2008.
Earlier this month, the Blue Genes store in the Around Lenox shopping center suffered its seventh break-in in eight years when thieves used a piece of asphalt to break the front window of the store before taking more than $100,000 in merchandise.
The Filene's Basement store, just up Peachtree Road from Macy's, was hit by smash-and-grab burglars in February and again in March.
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