SMASH & GRAB – TROY, MI

On 12/10/18, at approximately 8:30 p.m., a subject entered a jewelry store and used pepper spray to incapacitate the store’s security guard. The subject then used a hammer to breach a glass display case. He took jewelry and then fled from the store. Approximately one week prior to this incident, another smash and grab occurred in Clinton Township, MI. In that incident, three robbers entered a store shortly before 8:30 p.m. After smashing display cases, subjects then proceeded to escape with 150 diamond rings valued at more than $100,000. Detectives in Troy, MI and their colleagues in Clinton Township will consult� to determine if the two events are connected. Clinton Township Detective Capt. Richard Maierle,� has stated, “Wer’re� thinking this possibly could be a loosely organized gang.” If you have any information regarding these incidents, please call the Jewelers’ Security Alliance at 212-687-0328.

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SMASH & GRAB – TROY, MI

Arrests

Washington, D.C. – Jewelry store owner said he was tied up during Dupont Circle robbery attempt.

NASHVILLE, TN – Gun pulled on employees who stop $9K theft at Nashville jewelry store

Westland, MI- Westland man arrested after allegedly trying to pawn necklace he stole from jewelry store the same day.

Milford, CT – Smash-and-Grab Mayhem: Mall Jewelry Heist Suspect Busted After Bold Robbery: Milford PD

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International

BRAZIL- Thief gets MMA-style beatdown after robbing jewelry store.

MEXICO- Cancun, QR police searching for group in broad daylight jewelry heist

Paris, France- $312,000 jewelry stolen from a department store in Paris

United Kingdom, England – A pair of Romanian Nationals arrested and sentenced to prison for thefts from Jewelry stores.