Thieves steal $500K of jewelry, cash in violent smash-and-grab robbery in Jersey City

Submitted by SoundMachineJC t3_z7fe81 in jerseycity

I know the Newark Avenue robbery was already posted and has many comments. So it doesn’t get lost in that thread here is the latest from Eyewitness News today with a little more information. That was a $500K robbery, the indoor surveillance cameras were not working, and there was a 3 year old kid present..

Thieves steal $500K of jewelry, cash in violent smash-and-grab robbery in Jersey City

WABC

Monday, November 28, 2022 6:00PM

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police are searching for the thieves who stole nearly half a million dollars' worth of jewelry and a bag with $20,000 cash during a violent smash-and-grab robbery in Jersey City.

One worker was hit in the head with a gun and even though surveillance video wasn't working, customers in the store recorded the robbery.

The incident was reported Sunday just after 4:30 p.m. at Sara Jewelry at 787 Newark Avenue.

https://abc7ny.com/jewelry-robbery-smash-and-grab-cash/12503357/

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The thread from Sunday by sjain75

https://www.reddit.com/r/jerseycity/comments/z6fxcr/brazen_daylight_robbery_in_jersey_city/

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AugustWest7120 t1_iy6m7q2 wrote

Was this the one that was posted last night? Just two dudes rifling through the merch?

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mooseLimbsCatLicks t1_iy6pee6 wrote

Didn’t the video capture the license plate?

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doglywolf t1_iy8nhdz wrote

They are stupid but not that stupid . They steal cars before doing these things .

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SoundMachineJC OP t1_iy7wtuz wrote

(as mentioned on the other tread the Newark Avenue robbery  is so similar to the Iselin one in June.  One guy in white all others in black, gloves, tells people to lay on floor, getaway vehicle a type of Mercedes, someone pointed out that a Charger is also there like in the Newark Avenue robbery. (creatures of habit?) Too bad they didn’t have their surveillance cameras working maybe
could have picked something up to tie it to the Iselin thugs.)  
 
Jewelry store owner traumatized after brazen smash and grab robbery in New Jersey
 
By Eyewitness News via WABC logo
Monday, June 13, 2022
 
 
ISELIN, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police are on the hunt for suspects in a brazen smash and grab robbery at a jewelry store in New Jersey.
 
It happened around 7:45 p.m. Friday at Virani Jewelers on Oak Tree Road in Iselin.
 
Police say that as the store was nearing closing time, an armed group of people wearing masks and gloves followed an employee through the front door.
 
 
https://abc7ny.com/virani-jewelers-jewelry-story-robbery-iselin-new-jersey/11954841/

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SoundMachineJC OP t1_iya5f83 wrote

NBCnews NY  report  wow owner says he had no insurance…. 
"No insurance for any of the product...we never thought [it would happen] because the street is safe, always cops here," said owner Waheed Akbary.
  
Thieves Steal $500,000 Worth of Jewelry, Cash in Jersey City Smash-and-Grab: Police
 
By Erica Byfield • Published November 28, 2022 • Updated on November 29, 2022 at 1:56 am      
 
 https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/thieves-steal-500000-worth-of-jewelry-cash-in-jersey-city-smash-and-grab-police-ny-only/3974791/

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