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Fordham Heights: Jewelry Store Bandits Make off with $2.15 Million in Diamonds

by Monica C. Smith


By DAVID GREENE

POLICE SAY THE pictured individual was buzzed into Rocco’s Jewelry store, located on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights, and held the door open for three others who smashed a display case and made off with over $2 million in diamonds and high-end jewelry on Friday, August 5, 2022.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Police are looking for four men who brazenly walked into a Webster Avenue jewelry store and used a hammer to smash at least one display case, before fleeing on foot down a busy Webster Avenue with over $2 million in gems.

 

BROKEN GLASS SITS atop jewelry left behind by four bandits who made off with $2.15 million in high-end jewelry during a daylight smash and grab of Rocco’s Jewelry store located on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights on Friday, August 5, 2022. 
Photo by David Greene

Officers from the 46th Precinct were called to Rocco’s Jewelry, located at 2521 Webster Avenue just south of the northern Fordham Heights border at 2:38 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5.

 

BANDITS SMASHED THIS display case of Rocco’s Jewelry, located on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights, with a hammer and made off with more than $2 million in high-end jewelry on Friday, August 5, 2022.
Photo by David Greene

According to a police source, “An unknown individual approached the front door and was buzzed inside of the store by an employee. The individual then held the door open for an additional three individuals.

 

Once inside the store, the three individuals used a hammer to smash open the display case and removed a large amount of high-end diamond jewelry.”

 

THE IRON GATE of Rocco’s Jewelry store on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights is pulled partially down and tape blocks the entrance after four bandits made off with over $2
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JEWELRY

Caught on camera: $2 million in diamonds stolen from Bronx jewelry store

by Monica C. Smith

NEW YORK – A brazen robbery at a Bronx jewelry store was caught on camera Friday afternoon.

Police say that stolen jewelry was worth over $2 million.

As CBS2’s Alecia Reid reports, the robbery appeared to be all planned out. Witnesses say the thieves were in and out in less than a minute.

The shutters at Rocco’s Jewelry on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights remain closed Saturday, but employees and detectives were inside.

Newly released surveillance images show a man in a white t-shirt, black jeans and black hat get buzzed in around 2:30 p.m. He then holds the door open for three others who are seen running down the street. They enter the store and use hammers to smash display cases. They then load the high-end jewels into bags they brought with them before taking off on foot.

Witnesses tell CBS2 the banging was so loud, they thought they were hearing gunshots.

“They came in, boom boom boom, in and out and gone,” one man said.

“Unfortunate. I’m sorry this happened to them. Unfortunate even though it’s probably insured, but this type of stuff happens,” another man said.

In addition to dark clothing, police say the three individuals who stole the merchandise were all wearing dark face masks and gloves.

Luckily, no one was hurt.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips

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NYC smash-and-grab nets over $2 million in jewelry: NYPD

by Monica C. Smith

A 30-second smash-and-grab heist in The Bronx netted a clutch of thieves more $2.15 million in “high-end diamond jewelry” during a wild, caught-on-video robbery, police say.

Surveillance video shows a suspect, clad in a white T-shirt and a black cap and wearing sunglasses, acting like a customer when he’s buzzed into Rocco’s Jewelry on Webster Avenue in Fordham around 2:30 p.m. Friday, cops said.

But instead of going inside, the man then let his three masked cohorts rush through the door, video shows.

It was reported to police that on Friday, August 5, 2022 at approximately 1438 hours, at Rocco's Jewelry located at 2521 Webster Avenue, an unknown individual approached the front door and was buzzed inside of the store by an employee. This individual then held the door open for an additional three individuals. Once inside the store, the three individuals used a hammer to smash open the display cases and removed a large amount of high-end diamond jewelry. The jewelry was placed into bags being carried by the individuals, who fled the location on foot heading southbound on Webster Avenue. The total value of stolen property is approximately $2.15 million. No injuries were reported.
The caper lasted about 30 seconds, the security footage shows.
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It was reported to police that on Friday, August 5, 2022 at approximately 1438 hours, at Rocco's Jewelry located at 2521 Webster Avenue, an unknown individual approached the front door and was buzzed inside of the store by an employee. This individual then held the door open for an additional three individuals. Once inside the store, the three individuals used a hammer to smash open the display cases and removed a large amount of high-end diamond jewelry. The jewelry was placed into bags being carried by the individuals, who fled the location on foot heading southbound on Webster Avenue. The total value of stolen property is approximately $2.15 million. No injuries were reported.
A classic smash-and-grab heist in the Bronx netted a clutch of thieves more $2.15 million in “high-end diamond jewelry.”
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Surveillance video shows a suspect acting like a customer when he’s buzzed in.
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A hammer-swinging man then smashes the glass cases while the other thieves pulled out trays of pricey baubles, cops said.

“Once inside the store, the three individuals used a hammer to smash open the display cases and removed a large amount of high-end diamond jewelry,” police said.

The jewelry was placed into bags that were carried by the thieves, who fled the location on foot heading southbound on Webster Avenue, cops said. 

The caper lasted about 30 seconds, the security footage shows.

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