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Inside Job Gone Wrong: Jewelry Store Employee Busted by Co-Workers After Allegedly Raiding the Safe

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8 years ago

May 19, 2016

INSTORE Staff

Thief deactivated the alarm, but not the surveillance camera.

An employee of Littman Jewelers in Naples, FL is now in jail after admitting to stealing more than $1 million in goods from the store’s safe, Wink News reports. According to the article, Jeffrey Vickers allegedly deactivated the alarm to get into the safe, then removed multiple jewelry cases and took money out of the cash register before leaving the store. He was captured on surveillance camera, however, and later identified by co-workers as the man in the footage. After police discovered the jewelry in his vehicle, Vickers confessed that he was planning to use the stolen items to fund his drug addiction.

You Wouldn’t Cut Your Own Hair. Why Run Your Own Retirement Sale?

After being in business for over a quarter of a century, Wayne Reid, owner of Wayne Jewelers in Wayne, Pennsylvania, decided it was time for a little “me time.” He says, “I’ve reached a point in my life where it’s time to slow down, enjoy a lot of things outside of the jewelry industry. It just seemed to be the right time.” He chose Wilkerson to handle his retirement sale because of their reputation and results. With financial goals exceeded, Reid says he made the right choice selecting Wilkerson to handle the sale. “They made every effort to push our jewelry to the forefront of the showcases,” he says, lauding Wilkerson for their finesse and expertise. Would he recommend them to other jewelers who want to make room for new merchandise, expand their business or like him, decide to call it a day? Absolutely he says, equating trying to do this kind of sale with cutting your own hair. “The results are going to happen but not as well as if you have a professional like Wilkerson do the job for you.”