SMASH AND GRAB – PORTLAND, OREGON

On 6/22/13, at approximately 1:35 pm, a subject went directly to a high end watch case and proceeded to remove a hand-held sledgehammer from his waist. He smashed the top of the glass repeatedly until it broke. He then grabbed 3 watches before running out of the store. The subject was caught by good Samaritans and they managed to apprehend him. The subject was bleeding from his arm after he cut himself on the glass display case.

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