The suspects entered the Best Buy between 6:30 and 7 p.m. on Friday.
3-5-13 - Hadley - Police seek public's help as they seek two adult suspects who allegedly used three young children to help steal electronics from the Best Buy store in the Hampshire Mall last Friday night.
HADLEY - Police seek the public’s help as they seek to identify a man and woman who allegedly used three young children to help steal electronics from the Best Buy in the Hampshire Mall early Friday night.
Witnesses told police the incident occurred between 6:30 and 7 p.m. when the couple sent a child, approximately 10 years old, into the store to select numerous electronic items and place them in a single location, Officer Mitchell Kuc said.
When the adult suspects entered the store, two younger children with them started to run around the store, diverting the attention of store employees, Kuc said.
While that was going on, the adults collected the items, placed them in a stroller and left the store in what is believed to be a gray Honda Accord or Toyota Camry, Kuc said.
The suspects are suspected to have made of with several thousand dollars worth of electronics including Nintendo Wiis. “We know it was a lot of stuff,” Kuc said.
Although it's not uncommon for shoplifting suspects to bring children into a store, it is unusual for them to actually enlist their aid in stealing items, Kuc said
Surveillance photos release by police show the suspects near the Target store in the same mall.
Those with information are asked to call Hadley Police at (413) 584-0883.