Hot Hair on the Streets of Houston!

A group of north Houston hair merchants have banded together and posted a $5,000 reward for the capture of weave snatchers!

Well, technically not weave, but hair from the popular Saga line, which can go for $40 to $100 depending on the length. Saga sells for only $25 a pack on the street -- get 'em while they're hot!

One owner, Matt Yi, was hit twice in two weeks when the thieves bust a hole in his wall using sledgehammers.

According to Fox 26 Houston, at least seven Houston-area stores have been robbed of the premium hair product in the last few months. In addition to soliciting the help of the Houston PD, some store owners have beefed up private security at their stores and raised more than $5,000 through Crime Stoppers.

Apparently, the recession is driving women who want to keep their hair tight to desperate measures. And someone is capitalizing off of it. I mean, I know girls in H-town like their hair to be "hot", but um, this is taking it to another level...

Comment by TINA aka Last of Dying Breed... on March 10, 2009 at 12:45am: DAMN CUZ U AIN'T LIEING... THIS IS TAKING BEING CUTE TO FAR! IMEAN DAMN MA IF YOU CAN LEGALLY AFFORD TO GETCHA DO DONE 5 TIMES A MONTH... DON'T RESORT TO ROBBING... IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD LOOK... BUT SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SAGA LINE OF HAIR!!!

Comment by keith on March 10, 2009 at 5:35pm: IF RIHANNA HIT CHRIS FIRST THEN HE HAD THE RIGHT TO FIGHT BACK. IF YOU TOUCH ANY MAN,WOMAN OR CHILD PLAN ON GETTIN HIT BACK BY THAT MAN,WOMAN OR CHILD. THESE PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST AS LONG AS PEOPLE KEEP MAKIN WOMAN AND LIL GIRLS THINK IT IS ALRIGHT TO HIT MEN AND BOYS WITH NO REPERCUSSION. I DONT KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE BUT I WAS NOT BORN WITH A "LET IT SLIDE GENE" LIKE SOME PEOPLE THINK MEN HAVE. ITS NOT THE MANAGERS FAULT. IF RIHANNA HIT CHRIS FIRST THEN ITS RIHANNA FAULT. IF CHRIS HIT RIHANNA FIRST THEN ITS HS FAULT. TO THE LADIES; ITS NO LONGER OK TO THROW DRINKS IN A MANS FACE OR "BUST THE WINDOWS OUT HIS CAR". IF HE HURTS YOUR FEELINGS OR CHEATS ON YOU THEN MOVE ON. THATS THE DEFINITION OF A LADY OR REAL WOMAN. IF YOU ARE THAT TYPE THEN YOU'RE A LIL GIRL. NOT TRYNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OLD ASS THEORY THAT ITS OK TO HIT A MAN CAUSE HE'S STRONER.