On 5/11/18, three subjects committed a gunpoint smash and grab at a jewelry store. The subjects used a sledgehammer to breach display cases. One subject pointed a gun at the manager, They entered and exited the store within 24 seconds. They targeted high- ...
GRAB AND RUN – CLACKAMAS, OR
On 5/9/18, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a subject entered a jewelry store and asked to see gold chains. The sales associate remembered the subject from a prior visit to the store. After looking at chains the subject fled from the store with one of the chai ...
DISTRACTION THEFT – EDISON, NJ
On 5/8/18, at approximately 7:20 p.m., a sales associate was organizing chains in a display case.� At that point, a subject approached the kiosk and inquired about silver chains. As the team member presented the subject with an item, they failed to ...
GRAB AND RUN – LYNNWOOD, WA
On 5/6/18, at approximately 5:18 p.m., a subject entered a jewelry store and inquired about several items. He exited the store at 5:24 p.m., and returned at 5:28 p.m. As an associate was assisting a new customer, the subject broke a display case off of a ...
VETERAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR JEWELER’S DEATH – NEW YORK, NY
On 5/2/18, a Federal Judge ordered Hector Rivera, 66, a Vietnam veteran, to serve life in prison plus 25 years for paying a hit man to kill a jeweler on a busy Midtown Manhattan street in 2004. � Rivera’s sentence was announced 6 months after ...
EXTERNAL SWITCH – PLEASANTON, CA
On 5/3/18, at approximately 1:45 p.m., a subject entered a store and inquired about diamond earrings. He made two visits to the store. After the subject left the store. The associate tested the earrings and determined they were CZ’s. The subject wa ...
ROBBER SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS – LAS VEGAS, NV
On 5/2/18, 38-year-old Jessie Mendoza, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for committing a smash and grab robbery on September 12, 2016. Mendoza wore a “Friday the 13th†�" style hockey mask during the commission of the crime. Upon ente ...
GRAB AND RUN – VACAVILLE, CA
On 5/1/18, at approximately 3:46 p.m., a subject asked to see multiple solitaire rings. He stated he was looking for his girlfriend. The sales associate attempted to get the subject’s name, however, the subject refused. After obtaining a 2.06 ct. r ...
BANK DROP ROBBERY – LAWTON, OK
On 4/30/18, at approximately 9:45 p.m., two jewelry store employees arrived at a bank to make the nightly deposit. As one of the employees approached the ATM, a male subject brandished a handgun. A second subject then emerged from the bushes. Both subject ...
SUSPICIOUS LYFT RIDER ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY – WICHITA, KS
On 4/28/18, at approximately 4:50 p.m., two men entered a jewelry store. One man was armed with a gun. One of the subjects then pointed a gun at a sales associate. The associate fled from the store and pulled an alarm on her way out. One of the subjects f ...