Two people were arrested and charged after a burglary at YINOVE LUXE in Frontenac that left the luxury resale boutique short designer handbags, a hat and other merchandise valued at $35,301 in a criminal complaint. Police said the theft happened around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, when two people wearing hoods broke through the front door and were caught on security video taking goods from the store in about 20 seconds.

Store owner Shuwen Zou said he got an alert from the alarm system early Tuesday morning and watched the break-in unfold on camera. He said the suspects took 12 items, including several designer bags, and moved fast enough that it looked like they knew exactly what they wanted. Zou said they grabbed bags from one side of the shop and from a wall display, then ran out. The theft cut deep, he said, because the business now has to file insurance claims, repair damage and rebuild stock.

The case moved quickly because the burglary did not end at YINOVE LUXE. On the same day, Jerrail West tried to sell a Louis Vuitton men’s crossbody bag worth $1,885 at one resale shop. The owner turned him away, saying he recognized West from earlier suspicious sales and believed the bag was stolen. West and Lamont Walker then went to Clothes Mentor and tried to sell the bag again, prompting Hannah Benz to alert police.

Benz said she knew immediately the bag was stolen and wanted to make sure it went back to its rightful owner. She said her store does not want to buy stolen goods or profit from someone else’s loss. When West and Walker returned the next day at their scheduled time with Benz, police were waiting and arrested both men.

Zou said the response from the community has helped steady his store after the break-in. He said local businesses called and sent messages after the theft, telling him to let them know what was stolen so they could watch for it. That help matters because the merchandise was distinctive: Zou said the thieves made off with Goyard, Celine and Chanel bags among the items taken, and the stolen goods were valued in the complaint at $35,301. The store owner said he is still working with the insurance company to finalize the loss amount.

The arrests also point to how quickly stolen luxury goods can move through resale channels, and how fast an alert shop owner can interrupt that path. Benz said her own business has also been victimized by burglaries, which made the attempted sale stand out even more. For now, the merchandise list, the surveillance video and the failed resale attempts have given investigators a clear chain of events, and the case against the two men rests on what happened both inside the boutique and after they left it.