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title: ""After months of seeing its shelves repeatedly cleaned out by brazen…"
date: 2020-10-20
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# "After months of seeing its shelves repeatedly cleaned out by brazen…

*October 20, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/Rampant-shoplifting-leads-to-another-Walgreens-15654730.php](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/Rampant-shoplifting-leads-to-another-Walgreens-15654730.php){target="_blank"}
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\"After months of seeing its shelves repeatedly cleaned out by brazen shoplifters, the Walgreens at Van Ness and Eddy in San Francisco is getting ready to close.\
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"The last day is Nov. 11," Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso said.\
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The drugstore, which serves many older people who live in the Opera Plaza area, is the seventh Walgreens to close in the city since 2019.\
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"All of us knew it was coming. Whenever we go in there, they always have problems with shoplifters, " said longtime customer Sebastian Luke, who lives a block away and is a frequent customer who has been posting photos of the thefts for months.\
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The other day, Luke photographed a man casually clearing a couple of shelves and placing the goods into a backpack.\"
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