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Jewelry Dealer Ambushed and Robbed Outside Florida Store

The thieves took a backpack and a suitcase.

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12 months ago

December 5, 2022

INSTORE Staff

A jewelry dealer was robbed last week outside a store in Pompano Beach, FL.

Security footage shows three assailants ambushing the victim Tuesday afternoon. The crime happened outside a jewelry store on East Atlantic Boulevard.

The thieves — one of whom appeared to be armed with a knife — took a backpack and a suitcase, WPLG-TV reports. They left in a getaway car driven by a fourth person, according to the news outlet.

WSVN reports that the incident happened outside Atlantic Jewelers.

Employees at the store said the victim was a jewelry vendor.

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