About 40 people asked to leave mall after unauthorized entry, West Hartford CT
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Security at Westfarms Mall requested police assistance for about 40 people who entered through an unlocked vendor door near Macy's Women's area without permission before a shoe release event. Officers were instructed to meet with mall security and have the individuals leave the mall.
Audio|Heard on: West Hartford Police, Fire and EMS
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01:58
Transcript:
00:00
For the units headed down there, just meet up with Westfarms Security inside the mall.
00:10
They're having a shoe drop there, and they're claiming that these individuals snuck in through the back hallways when they weren't supposed to and lined up in front of the stores, and security wants them out of the mall.
00:27
One of the stores is Farmington.
00:30
One of the stores is Farmington, Foot Locker, and the other two are upper level by JCPenys.
00:41
Well, the Foot Locker by JCPenys is Farmington.
00:45
The other two stores,
00:48
Snipes and a store called JD.
00:53
That front is to confirm.
00:56
Macy's security just wants them trust that.
00:58
They want them to be told to leave.
01:01
Okay.
01:08
Can you call them all security if you see where they entered because they called Farmington first? I just want to confirm the answer to Farmington.
01:17
They entered through some rear doors by Macy's Women's, which they confirmed it's in West Hartford.
01:48
Doors that they went through were unlocked.
01:50
It was supposed to be used for vendors only.
01:53
But there's like 40 people here and they just want them all to leave and they could reenter at the right time.
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New Britain Ave, West Hartford, CT 06110
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