A Lancaster man has been arrested for allegedly participating in a flash mob robbery at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park last August.
On Aug. 12, 2023, a group of between 20 and 50 people ransacked Nordstrom, taking designer clothes, purses and other merchandise.
The Los Angeles Police Department now says one of those people was 28-year-old Travelle Hamblet, who was booked on a robbery charge on Wednesday.
When searching Hablet’s residence, police said they found an “unregistered handgun, an extended magazine, ammunition, and approximately $4,500” in cash.
The LAPD supplied this photo of a gun, ammunition and cash they seized on Jan. 31, 2024. 
A group of flash mob robbers raiding a Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga mall on Aug. 12, 2023 and video of a group of thieves ransacking a Nordstrom Rack in Riverside on July 10, 2023. (TNLA, Riverside Police Department) 
A group of flash mob robbers raiding a Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga mall on Aug. 12, 2023 and video of a group of thieves ransacking a Nordstrom Rack in Riverside on July 10, 2023. (TNLA, Riverside Police Department)
He is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail at the Valley Jail in Van Nuys.
Anyone with information is asked to call Lt. Michael McComas at 818-374-9420 or email ORC@lapd.online.
During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247).
To report information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or visit lacrimestoppers.org.
