Two men are being sought by police for stealing around $100,000 in merchandise using weapons from a jewelry store in the Bronx (NYC).
The robbery occurred close to closing time, around 6:54 p.m. on March 5 at the Kings and Queens Jewelry business on 8 East. Fordham Road. The New York police said two men They approached the 74-year-old owner and pulled out weapons. The suspects They fled the scene on foothighlighted CBS News.
Surveillance video captured the violent robbery. Owner Abdurrahman Mian suffered minor injuries and said the two men ran into the store with firearms, taking him by surprise. One of them attacked him and the other jumped over the display case and grabbed jewelry, in front of at least two people.
Mian, a member of the Pakistani community in the Bronx, said Tuesday was the first time experienced a robbery in 30 years who is in the jewelry business.
No arrests have been made in these cases. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
In New York, the interior and surroundings of businesses are frequently crime scenes, both robberies and homicides, sometimes with attacks on customers and employees. Many owners have chosen to reduce hours and lock up merchandise due to the rise in thefts in stores, pharmacies and warehouses.
This week five people, including a minor, were arrested in connection with the murder of Money Perkins (37), shot inside her laundromat in Brooklyn (NYC) in December when her gold chain valued at $60,000 was stolen, leaving three orphans. The plan was orchestrated by a cousin of the victimaccording to the accusation.
Last week, in broad daylight, a 37-year-old employee was shot to death in the head in Brooklyn (NYC) in an apparent argument over a cigarette that started in the warehouse where he worked and spread to the street.
In early February, thieves broke into a Hispanic warehouse in the Bronx at dawn and took $100,000 in cash. Days later, three armed criminals took luxury merchandise valued at $51,000 from a Gucci boutique in Lower Manhattan (NYC) that was open to the public at the time. Those suspects fled in a car to New Jersey, according to the NYPD.
Also in February, a man died from a blood clot after being shot in the ankle when his Rolex watch worth $42,000 was stolen in the “Fashion District” of New York.
2024-03-09 14:26:00
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