Woodland hills >> Armed with a handgun and knife, a bold bandit forced a female clerk to disable the security system at Sunglass Hut at The Village at Westfield Topanga before escaping with more than $10,000 in goods and cash, police said Tuesday.

The man spray painted five video cameras inside the store on July 6 before ordering the clerk to fill large trash bags full of designer sunglasses, cash and gift cards, said Detective Fernando Avila of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The incident was reported at 9:30 a.m. at the shopping center located at 6316 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Avila said.

The robber was captured on mall surveillance footage with his face exposed, a sign of ignorance and arrogance, Avila said.

“At a large mall, most people would assume there are surveillance cameras,” Avila said. “And part of it could be just him being brazen to the point where he says, ‘I don’t care if you have a picture of me.’”

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Officers have dubbed the robber the “Ocean’s Eleven Bandit” because his lack of a disguise reminded them of a scene from the popular Hollywood heist film.

In The Village incident, authorities said the man waited for an employee before the store opened at 10 a.m. and forced her inside at knifepoint. Authorities said the man also displayed a compact, semi-automatic handgun.

The female clerk was not injured, but Avila said the robber forced her to lock the front door and peek out the front window during the incident, which lasted at least 30 minutes.

Avila said the robber’s face was covered with a black bandanna and dark sunglasses when he committed the robbery, but he removed the disguise before leaving the store, and mall surveillance cameras captured his face.

An employee working at Sunglass Hut on Tuesday declined to comment for this story.

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Los Angeles police were able to get video from the mall’s security system of the robber outside the store carrying several white trash bags.

The suspect is described as white or possibly Middle Eastern, about 6 feet tall, medium build and age 25 to 30.

He wore a backward baseball cap and carried a duffle bag.

At the mall near Sunglass Hut on Tuesday, sales associates and customers said they had not heard about the incident.

“I had no idea it happened until right now, which is a little scary because you would think they would inform us, especially if it happened more than a week ago,” said Becca Franks, a salesperson at Latres Lingerie located across from Sunglass Hut.

Kelsey Aliabadi, 20, a saleswoman at Athleta clothing store, described the incident as “crazy” and not like a usual theft.

“I feel like people shoplift but not in that way where they come in and aggressively take things; it’s more like they slip it in their bag and we don’t notice,” Aliabadi said.

Shirley Jones, 81, of Woodland Hills was walking through the mall near Sunglass Hut when she heard the news but said she was not concerned.

“You watch so much on television about these things happening,” said Jones, who visits the mall once a month to shop.

Erin Anderson, senior marketing director for Westfield Topanga, The Village & Promenade, said the company had no comment.

Anyone with information is urged to call LAPD Detective Fernando Avila at 818-756-3520.