Two wealthy retired dentists were arrested after committing a series of bizarre robberies in the Bay Area while clutching Louis Vuitton purses, according to police.
Tatyana Zhukovsky and Clara Michelson, both 68, are accused of a string of thefts of luxury items from a ski shop in Lake Tahoe, as reported by the Reno Gazette Journal.
The women were allegedly seen on surveillance footage stealing over $1,500 in goods from Parallel Mountain Sports in Olympic Valley on July 22, August 19 and November 25.
They were arrested after a cop recognized their getaway car, a luxurious silver Lexus SUV, and pulled them over.
Surveillance footage shows the women calmly exiting the shop in cheerful comfortwear.
The two then drove away in the Lexus SUV and remained on the run until their December 2 arrest.
Tatyana Zhukovsky and Clara Michelson, both 68, are accused of committing a series of robberies in Lake Tahoe until their arrest earlier this month
The duo was arrested after a police officer recognized their getaway car, a Lexus SUV
Both of the women are licensed dentists in California at one point. Zhukovsky is pictured
Police said the women are from San Francisco and Hillsborough, two of the most expensive communities in the nation, with a median home price of more than $7million.
According to public records, Zhukovsky lives in a $1.5million two-bedroom home in San Francisco.
Meanwhile Michelson purchased a $1.65million home in Nevada in 2021.
They were both licensed dentists in California at one point.
Zhukovsky and Michelson were charged with grand theft and conspiracy to commit a crime following their arrest.
They have since been released.
In 2022, the women sued the Hyatt Regency in Incline Village, claiming they suffered serious injuries and mental anguish after a catamaran they were in crashed into rocks.
Michelson purchased the above $1.65million home in Nevada in 2021
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The lawsuit was settled out of court earlier this pear, per the RGJ.
Zhukovsky’s social media shows she was selling discount Louis Vuitton bags back in 2021.
She appears to be originally from Russia.
