Posted on 03/22/2022 7:56:10 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
New video captured by bystanders showed a group of assailants using what appeared to be sledgehammers to smash a Beverly Hills jewelry store's windows before snatching the jewelry on display and running Tuesday.
Police were investigating in the 200 block of south Beverly Dr.
Beverly Hills police said about five robbers rolled up in a stolen vehicle, and then used sledgehammers to smash the windows of a jewelry store.
After quickly smashing the window, the group snatched handfuls of jewelry and ran.
Aerial images from NewsChopper4 showed the business is called Luxury Jewels of Beverly Hills.
The thieves got away with an estimated $5 million worth of jewelry, Beverly Hills police said.
Video from a passersby showed the crime happening in real time, with five robbers smashing the window before scooping up the jewelry on display and running.
Police said because the robbers had their faces covered and drove in a stolen car, it will be very difficult to find them.
The car, initially stolen out of Long Beach, was recovered by police.
Beverly Hills had previously bolstered security in the wake of follow-home robberies and smash-and-grab robberies.
Cameras are on many Beverly Hills streets after the rash of crimes.
I think this was the plot of Beverly Hills Cop II
Prediction: White liberal ‘elites’ will START getting tired of being ‘tolerant’ of criminals NOW THEIR STORES ARE BEING HIT.
Prediction: White liberal ‘elites’ will somehow blame conservatives.
Gee.
There was once a time in America when it was against the law to engage in robbery.
There was once a time in America where someone wearing a mask would be viewed with rightful suspicion.
With each passing day, I am more convinced (and have been) that the destruction of this country is not due to incompetence.
It is intentional, and due to malice.
Or the ever-reliable “Trump’s Fault”
Prediction: White liberal ‘elites’ will soon tire of being so ‘tolerant’ of criminals NOW THEIR STORES ARE BEING HIT.
“estimated $5 million worth of jewelry”
I will be..it sounds just like the old days in Chicago and the outfit.
5 mill? They got to fence it.
It’s time to outsmart the thieves. Have a drone up 24-7 taking surveillance videos. When an alarm went off, the drone would be there with camera(s) fast. If it was done at night, infrared would track their movement. The drone would track those yahoos right up to where they live. Then, doors would come down and arrests made.
So the criminals don’t know they supposed to stay out of Beverly Hills and only rob stores in their own neighborhood?
“The thieves got away with an estimated $5 million worth of jewelry”
businesses like that need to install impact-resistant “glass” instead of simple plate glass, as well as install “man-trap” entrances ... jewelry stores in Kowloon had setups like that over 50 years ago ...
Generally speaking, I’ve found shotguns to be effective against sledgehammers.
I feel no Gloukenstoucken over enjoying the Schadenfreude. Keep voting for the Demagogic Party, you rich white nitwits.
Plice might want to look at the financial status of the owners. Just saayin’
Excellent call. Malice aforethought, as the saying goes.
Nice to see entrepreneurials at work supported by the very people they rob
How’s that cultural enrichment coming along?
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