Crime & Safety

'Weave Thieves' Steal $30K in Hair Thursday from Headland Beauty Supply

Hair theft on the rise in southwest Atlanta and across the country.

Just weeks after theives stolen $10,000 in hair extensions from a College Park beauty shop, four masked men broke into another shop in southwest Atlanta and snagged nearly $30,000 worth of weaves, according to local news reports.

Atlanta police said the thieves used a large rock to smash their way into the Master Beauty Beauty Supply, 3031 Headland Dr., early Thursday.

According to a report by Fox-5 Atlanta reporter Portia Brunner, investigators say the thieves broke in around 4:30 a.m., shattering two glass doors at the store’s entrance and climbing inside to snatch packets worth $90 and $150 each.
The store manager says the suspects loaded the hair extensions into a black GMC Suburban and drove off. The store captured surveillance video of the thieves in action, but that video has not been released, Bruner said.

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Hair theft has grown significantly over the last few months.

Last month, The New York Times reported that "weave thieves" have stolen as much as $150,000 in extensions from a Houston salon and $90,000 of human hair from a beauty supply store in Chicago.

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According to the Times article, packages of the most expensive hair type can cost as much as $200 in beauty supply stores, but stolen hair extensions are sold on the street for as little as $25.

Cascade Patch will bring you more news soon about the growing hair theft trend in metro Atlanta and across the country.


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