FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) — Crooks tried putting on their running shoes after robbing a Fort Lauderdale shoe store, Wednesday morning.

According to Fort Lauderdale Police, they smashed a window to get into a Footlocker on Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest 10th Street, which triggered a silent alarm that alerted police.

Officials arrived just in time to catch the suspected crooks before they escaped.

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