A Sacramento County jewelry store owner is considering closing his business after a robbery resulting in the theft of $25,000 worth of jewelry, raising concerns for his family’s safety.
Hamid Sohrabi, who owns Alta Arden Watches & Jewelry Repair, shared security footage of the incident with KCRA 3.
Sohrabi said that on the afternoon of Dec. 23, he’d been in the back of his store when two people came in. After greeting what he believed to be customers, security footage shows the pair grabbing dozens of rings running out.
“I thought to grab him, but I said, it’s not worth it because I have two kids, 6 and 7 years old. I have to think about their future, and I just let them go,” Sohrabi said. “For a small business, thousands of dollars is a lot, even $1,000. We come here, work here to support our family. We are not millionaire people.”
Following the robbery and concerned for his family’s safety, Sohrabi said he began locking the store’s front door. This precaution proved beneficial when, days later, security footage showed three masked individuals attempting to enter the store.
In an effort to cover bills and rent, Sohrabi started a GoFundMe campaign.
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Thieves drilled into a bank vault in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, stealing jewelry, gold and cash, worth up to $105 million, according to the BBC. The heist, one of the largest in German history, occurred during the Christmas holidays while the bank was closed. According to police, the perpetrators used a large drill to bore through a thick concrete wall of a branch of Sparkasse bank in the city of Gelsenkirchen, in North Rhine-Westphalia state. Breaking in from an adjacent parking garage, the thieves gained access to an underground vault room and forced open more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes. As of early this week, the perpetrators remain at large.
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