On 6/7/20, at approximately 4:51 p.m., two male subjects returned to a pawn shop they visited earlier in the day. The subjects were armed with guns at the time of their return. One of the subjects demanded jewelry at gunpoint, while a second subject point ...
SIX SUSPECTS SOUGHT FOR LOOTING – BRONX, NY
On 6/2/20, at approximately 2:30 a.m., several subjects forced open a jewelry store's security shutter, front door and window. The store's surveillance cameras captured six subjects going through the glass display cases and removing gold jewelry and baubl ...
SHOTS FIRED DURING ROBBERY – WINSTON-SALEM, NC
On 6/11/20, at approximately 8:35 p.m., several subjects forced their way into a jewelry store. One subject brandished a handgun. Merchandise was stolen from the business. During the robbery, an employee attempted to grab a firearm for protection. A strug ...
PAWN & JEWELRY SHOP OWNERS BRUTALLY BEATEN – BRONX, NY
On 6/1/20, the owners of a pawn & jewelry shop received an alert from their security company indicating there was movement in their store. The family then drove to their store, but they were unaware of the looting taking place in the area. When the fa ...
SMASH & GRAB ROBBERS FROM TEXAS ARRESTED – LAKE CHARLES, LA
On 65/8/20, at approximately 1:44 p.m., four men from Texas committed a smash & grab robbery at a jewelry store in Louisiana. The men stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. They were also armed during the commission of the crime. Lak ...
SUSPECTS IMPERSONATE NYPD OFFICERS – BRONX, NY
On 6/6/20, at approximately 1:30 p.m., two suspects robbed a jewelry store of over $150,000 in jewelry by impersonating officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD). The two suspects were identified as Ismael Igartau, 59 of Queens, NY and Jose Rodr ...
SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF RETIRED CAPTAIN – ST. LOUIS, MO
On 6/7/20, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced that Stephan Cannon, 24, was charged with first-degree murder, first degree robbery, first degree burglary and three counts of armed criminal action and being a felon in possession of a weapon. C ...
10 ARRESTS MADE IN JEWELRY STORE BURGLARY – LOUISVILLE, KY
On 6/4/20 shortly after 1:10 a.m., seven adults and three juveniles were arrested for committing a burglary at a retail jewelry store. At the time of the crime, a sergeant from the Louisville Metro Police Department was on patrol and saw several suspiciou ...
RETIRED POLICE CAPTAIN KILLED BY LOOTERS – ST. LOUIS, MO
On 6/2/20, at approximately 2:30 a.m., 77-year-old retired police Captain, David Dorn, was shot and killed outside of a jewelry pawn shop. Dorn assisted the owners of the business by utilizing his law enforcement training.� He provided security for t ...
WEBINAR: HOW TO PROTECT YOUR STORE, AND YOURSELF, IN THE MIDST OF RIOTS AND LOOTING
On June 2, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., EST John Kennedy, President of Jewelers’ Security Alliance conversed with Michelle Graff, Editor-in-Chief of National Jeweler, about advice JSA had offered following a weekend of riots and looting in cities across the ...