NYPD seek crooks caught on video stealing $2M in jewelry store smash-and-grab
Video released by the NYPD Tuesday shows masked thieves smashing a display case inside a Brooklyn jewelry store before they ran off with about $2 million in gems earlier this month — a case first reported by The Post.
T꧅he three crooks entered Facets Jewelry store in Park Slope and threatened to shoot a 59-year-old worker on Jan. 8, cops said.
Two of them then used a ha꧅mmer to break a glass display case, while thཧe third held the door, according to police.
The crooks shoved the jewelry into a black bag and then ran off on fooဣt southbound on President Street, cops said. There were no injuries reported.
The heist lasted about 38-seconds, shop ow♍ner Irina Sulay told The Post the day after the♌ robbery.
“I am shocked,” Sulay said. “Honestly, it’s very scary. I couldn’t even talk yesterday. I was hyperventilating, crying, sobbing, and shaking.”
The brazen thieves “took two and a half full cases of diamond engagement rings, newer pieces we’ve designed in-house, and pieces we’ve collected — Art Deco and Edwardian rings,” she said.
“I want to say 100 rings,” Sulay said of the stolen goods that are valued at between $1 million a🎃nd $2 million.
Police described the🃏 suspects as men, medium build, and approximatel✃y 25 to 35 years of age.
The Post previously obtained video from the st꧑ore that shows the thieves breaking the glass and taking the jewels. The NYPD released a portion of that footage.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
