Victoria’s Secret lingerie shop in Rice Village damaged in latest smash-and …

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Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4,…

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

Workers were cleaning up the mess early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2015 after thieves smashed into a Victoria’s Secret lingerie store in Rice Village.

Photo: Metro Video

PHOTOS: Rice Village’s Hot Undies Run
The smash-and-grab at the Victoria’s Secret in Rice Village came just three nights after nearby students and others stripped down to their underwear and PJs to go dashing through the village on a beloved annual undeerwear run.

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners pose for a photo at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Runners start the race at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

An Pham is seen running along Rice Boulevard during the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston. “I love doing fun charities,” Pham said.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Christy Nittrouer, a Ph.D. student at Rice University, is seen on the second half of the course at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Grant Gurrola and Kate Horton finish the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Elizabeth Kukla finishes the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Christy Nittrouer, a Ph.D. student at Rice University, begins the race at the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Emily Jones, Brock An and Tristyn Moore run along Rice Boulevard during the 2015 Hot Undies Run Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Houston. “Clothes are overrated,” Moore said.

Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle

Thieves smashed a van into a lingerie store Tuesday morning in Rice Village, but left some of their booty in the getaway car.

The smash-and-grab burglary happened about 3:45 a.m. at a Victoria’s Secret store at University Boulevard, said Jodi Silva, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department. 

Silva said suspects crashed a white or silver cargo van through the glass front doors and windows, snatched merchandise and then sped away. 

Police found the van abandoned a short time later with some of the of purloined items inside. The van had been reported stolen.

So far, police have not found the suspects. No description of them was available.

When workers arrived they saw shattered glass and toppled displays. They began cleaning up the damage.

Fortunately for students living nearby, the lingerie shop smash-and-grab came three nights after Rice Village’s beloved Hot Undies Run, in which participants show up in underwear and pajamas to run through Rice Village (see photos).

 

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