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#MoCo Online: Cartier Robbery Comments

The smash-and-grab robbery at Cartier got people talking on social media.

After the robberies at Cartier and the Gap in Friendship Heights on Tuesday, comments were flying on social media reacting to the crimes.

Nyasa Boadus commented on Facebook: "Ballzy criminals! Who robs a Cartier store on Wisconsin in the middle of the day? Fearless criminals! They stand a snowballs chance in hell of fencing that stuff!"

Twitter user @mikeledroit wondered if it was related to his birthday: "Was someone getting me a Bday present?"

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@andreasiegs didn't like how close the crimes were to her: "Right down the street from work- ah!! // Group of Robbers Takes Over Cartier, Escapes with Loot via @BethesdaCCPatch

Perhaps @iwbadg summed it up best with this question about the two robberies: "What is going on today?!? “@ChevyChasePatch: Do thieves have end-of-the-month quotas, too? First Cartier, then Gap: http://ow.ly/kzQVg

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