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Preston jewellery store targeted by thieves

A Preston jewellery store was targeted by two thieves yesterday afternoon.
A 9 carat chain worth £650 is believed to have been taken by a couple who “distracted staff.”
Pete Danby of Preston Police said: “We are appealing for your help to identify the people in the CCTV. Yesterday (Tuesday, 2nd May 2017) a theft occurred at Thomas Yates Jewellers in Preston. A man and woman entered the shop, approached staff and asked to see certain items of jewellery……

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Final Man Found Guilty of Aiding Female Robber Sentenced

Panama City, Fla.–The saga of the female armed robber and the three men found guilty of aiding her has come to a close, at least for now.
Lewis Jones III was sentenced to 32 years and one day in prison by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Panama City Division last Thursday, according to court documents. ….

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Suspected ram raid at Cornwall jewellers

Police are looking for witnesses after a jewellers in Porthleven was the target of a suspected ram raid.
A holiday maker called the authorities after seeing a car driving into the front window of The Jewellery Workshop at St Elvans Courtyard…..

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$500,000 in jewelry taken in Gwinnett armed robbery

Gwinnett County police continue to look for a man and woman who stole more than a half-million dollars worth of jewelry during a violent armed robbery last week.
The robbery occurred about 10 a.m. Wednesday at Kay Jewelers in the 1300 block of Scenic Highway…..

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Kay Jewelers robbery caught on tape

ATLANTA (CBS46) – Police are searching for a suspect captured on surveillance video during a robbery at Kay Jewelers.
Atlanta officers responded to the robbery at 1380 Atlantic Dr. in Northwest Atlanta around 10 a.m. on Oct. 2…..

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Thief jailed after threatening retail staff with pitch fork

A thief who threatened staff and stole from two Essex stores, including a jewellery retailer, has been jailed.
Connor Sexton targeted two shops in Halstead in March within three days. On 7 March he asked to view a ring in John Winter Drake Jeweller, but when the owner brought out a tray of rings, Sexton grabbed it and ran out……

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12 Charged in $9M Diamond District Scam

New York–Federal authorities in New York have charged 12 men with fraud for allegedly running a worldwide scam that cheated diamond dealers out of more than $9 million in goods.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said Wednesday that the FBI had been investigating a series of “predatory frauds” being perpetrated by this group since 2015……

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CCTV captures brazen thieves as jewellery robberies soar in Melbourne

There’s been 10 smash and grab jewellery store robberies in Melbourne in the past eight months – with some stores hit multiples times.
In the latest robbery, five men burst into the H&H jewellery store in Elsternwick as customers shopped yesterday afternoon – the second attack on the shop in three months.

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San Jose: Suspects sought in jewelry store robbery

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SAN JOSE — Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man and a woman who robbed a Valley Fair Mall jewelry store of a diamond just days before Christmas.
The robbery was reported at about 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 20 at the Ben Bridge Jeweler in the shopping center…..

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NJ Retailers Sentenced in Credit Card Fraud Scheme

Trenton, N.J.–Two owners of a New Jersey jewelry store involved in one of the largest credit card schemes ever investigated by the U.S. Justice Department have been sentenced.
Vijay Verma, 49, and Tarsem Lal, 78, both from Iselin, New Jersey, were indicted in October 2013 for being implicit in a scheme in which the perpetrators created more than 7,000 false identities and used them to obtain tens of thousands of credit cards……

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