Brooklyn, N.Y. – Three masked thieves stole more than $2 million worth of jewellery in a smash-and-grab robbery at Facets in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighbourhood.
Surveillance video captured three men entering the store at around 5pm on 8 January, according to the New York Police Department.
Armed with hammers, the thieves smashed display cases, grabbed the jewellery inside and fled on foot.
The men stole mostly rings, the NYPD said, with a total value of about $2 million.
Fox 5 New York reporter Lisa Evers shared surveillance video of the incident in a tweet.
In an interview with the New York Post, owner Irina Sulay said the robbery lasted just 38 seconds, with the thieves targeting boxes of diamond engagement rings.
When an employee reached for the phone, the robbers threatened to shoot her, she said, although they did not pull out a gun.
No one was injured. No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.Facets shared news of the robbery on its Instagram page, along with a video of an interview Sulay did with Fox & Friends First
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“We ask that in your support of our Facets family, you respect the privacy of our employees at this time. We have received an outpouring of support and love from our beloved friends and customers,” the jeweller said on Instagram.
Facets assured customers that their items were safe, as they were locked in its vault, and that it was taking steps to prevent this from happening again.Brooklyn, N.Y. – Three masked thieves stole more than $2 million worth of jewellery in a smash-and-grab robbery at Facets in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighbourhood.
Surveillance video captured three men entering the store at around 5pm on 8 January, according to the New York Police Department.
Armed with hammers, the thieves smashed display cases, grabbed the jewellery inside and fled on foot.
The men stole mostly rings, the NYPD said, with a total value of about $2 million.
Fox 5 New York reporter Lisa Evers shared surveillance video of the incident in a tweet.
In an interview with the New York Post, owner Irina Sulay said the robbery lasted just 38 seconds, with the thieves targeting boxes of diamond engagement rings.
When an employee reached for the phone, the robbers threatened to shoot her, she said, although they did not pull out a gun.
No one was injured. No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.Facets shared news of the robbery on its Instagram page, along with a video of an interview Sulay did with Fox & Friends First.
“We ask that in your support of our Facets family, you respect the privacy of our employees at this time. We have received an outpouring of support and love from our beloved friends and customers,” the jeweller said on Instagram.
Facets assured customers that their items were safe, as they were locked in its vault, and that it was taking steps to prevent this from happening again.”We are very sad, not only for our experience, but for Park Slope as a community. We insist that we are stronger as a result of this incident. This is our home too; we support and welcome your advocacy and political support to petition for more police presence and security systems to protect our Park Slope residents and businesses”.
The store will be open by appointment only until further notice.
A week earlier and just two miles away, thieves targeted Roxy Jewelry in the Prospect Lefferts Garden section of Brooklyn on December 30. They made off with about $100,000 worth of jewellery.
The 79-year-old store owner was brutally beaten during the robbery and is in intensive care.
