Atlanta is known for being the home of the flashy.? Us ATLiens know what we want and we go get it….but lately a select group have made a name for themselves by snatching and grabbing high end jeans.? The media has dubbed the gang “Blue Jean Bandits” and they’ve been around for years.?? You may think that stealing blue jeans is minor league, but these guys have entered into felony territory by not only targeting high-end jeans, but taking one-of-a-kind rhinestone studded hoodies, $12,000 belts, and designer shoes. The single biggest heist so far nabbed $145,000 from a Pearle Vision store on Lenox Road.

A?friend of mine, Adrene Ashford has been targeted on more than one occasion at both of her locations.? Pieces of Adrene in East Atlanta and Adrene’s Boutique in Castleberry Hills.

Adrene says ~ “Being a new store, having hot merchandise, being a popular neighborhood ? I knew they were watching, waiting for an opportunity,”??

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