Smash-and-grab burglar caught on camera

A smash-and-grab burglar targets a high end store on Melrose avenue.

This happened about two months ago at 'Parabellum.' police are just now releasing this security video.

A man smashed the window, and then started stuffing an oversized bag with more than a dozen purses valued at about 25-hundred dollars apiece.

The suspect is described as a black male, 40 to 50 years old. He's big - about six-feet three-inches tall, 260 pounds.

He was wearing a white towel or rag on his head. He was also had on white shoes and gloves.

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