Video: Dramatic NYC jewelry store break-in
NEW YORK - The NYPD is looking for three people who carried out a brazen burglary of a Midtown Manhattan jewelry store.
Police say the man used a sledgehammer to break two glass doors at Cellini Jewelers on Park Ave. at around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Once inside, they grabbed assorted high-end jewelry items. The estimated value of the jewels is more than $500,000.
The break-in crew then took off and remain on the loose.
A full inventory of the items they got away with was still being compiled.
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The NYPD released a video of the incident in hopes that someone might be able to help identify them.
The estimated value of the items removed is over $500,000. The individuals fled the location on foot in an unknown direction. No injuries have been reported as a result of this incident.
In May, the New York City Police Department arrested a member of a crew of brazen jewel thieves they say is responsible for a string of at least 18 heists across New York City.
In one of the incidents that was caught on camera, they used a sledgehammer to smash the front window of a Bronx jewelry store before making off with the valuables.