NYPD releases surveillance video of $500,000 jewelry heist in Manhattan
Three thieves smashed through the glass doors of a Park Avenue jewelry store with a sledgehammer before making off with half a million dollars in gems, surveillance video released by the NYPD shows.
The heist happened around 3:30 am on Saturday at Cellini Jewelers on 56th Street in midtown Manhattan.
Surveillance video shows the three masked suspects breaking through two glass doors then smashing display cases and grabbing watches and jewelry.
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