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Jeweler — Once Victim to $15M Heist — Is Burglarized Again, and Other Crime News

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7 years ago

May 18, 2017

James Ritchie

Four men wearing masks broke through the doors.

A jeweler who was in 2011 the victim of a $15 million heist has been hit by thieves again.

Four men wearing masks stole jewelry from Provident Jewelry in Jupiter, FL, before daybreak on Wednesday, the Palm Beach Post reports. They used tools — sledgehammers or axes — to break through the doors, and then they broke into 15 jewelry cases.

Store owner Rob Samuels is still determining the value of the merchandise that was taken, according to the newspaper.

When the store was victimized in 2011, thieves made off with $15 million in jewelry. A judge sentenced Pedro Luis “El Loco” Enriquez to 15 years behind bars for his role in the burglary.

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Marvin Lewis, who apparently enjoys spending time near the rich and famous, is now trying to avoid spending time in jail. He’s defending himself in court against charges that he was involved in jewelry store robberies, the Austin-American Statesman reports. He faces 16 felony counts. Lewis has been photographed with a wide variety of celebrities, from Ed Sheeran to Madonna.

JEWEL THIEF GETS NEARLY 100 YEARS FOR SMASH-AND-GRAB

Marquis DeShawn McDonald of Detroit has received a 96-year prison sentence in connection with a jewelry-store robbery in the Denver, CO, area, the Denver Post reports. McDonald, 28, and three other people used sledgehammers during the 2015 robbery of Ben Bridge Jeweler in Park Meadows mall, authorities said.

This Third-Generation Jeweler Was Ready for Retirement. He Called Wilkerson

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