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Jewelry Courier’s Tire Slashed During Distraction Theft

The victim was conducting money and jewelry pickups in Brooklyn for a wholesale dealer.

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1 year ago

October 7, 2024

INSTORE Staff

A group of two men and two women followed a jewelry courier in New York and stole from him.

On Sept. 12, the victim was conducting money and jewelry pickups in Brooklyn for a wholesale dealer based in New Jersey, according to a bulletin from the Jewelers’ Security Alliance.

The subjects followed the courier to Manhattan, where they slashed his tire while he stopped at a red light and offered assistance in changing it, JSA reported.

While he was distracted, they removed the victim’s bag containing the contents of the pickups and fled.

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