tonight show suspect making off with merchandise worth thousands of dollars. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live with the 1rid yo and details. good evening. reporter: good evening to you trace. these flash mob robberies, perhaps we should call them flash mobries continue to playing the la area the latest happening tuesday at a macy s store in arcadia northeast of los angeles. but there is good news among the bad tonight for desperate retailers and terrified customers. the lapd announced just a short time ago that 11 arrests have been made in connection with recent robberies, including this one at a nordstrom s store on august 12th in which dozens of people stormed the store and escaped with purses, clothing and other merchandise worth tens of thousands of dollars. investigators believe some of the items are being stolen in what are well-planned and highly organized attacks with the suspects frequently escaping in a fleet of vehicles with license plates removed.