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Brazen Burglars 'Smash-Thru' Jewelry Store

Reported by: Lynn Giroud
Photographed By: Jason Garrison
Last Update: 9/16/2009 12:40 am

The two men were dressed in black, and wore ski masks and white gloves.

It was 3:37 a.m. Tuesday. They threw a large rock through the glass door of Finer Diamonds on Kemper Road – and in 90 seconds they smashed through three display cases –  taking off with more than $20,000 worth of jewelry.

"The glass door was broken and there was jewelry all over the place," said Allen Finer.

Finer has been at the location across from Tri-County Mall for 16 years.

He says he used to keep some jewelry out in the cases all night. But now, he'll lock everything in the safe at night.

He has several surveillance cameras in the store that caught the burglary on tape.

In it you see the two men rush in and grab what they can.

One has a hammer and smashes through glass display cases, loading bags they carried in with them.

"They knew exactly what to do," said Finer. "They were very experienced people. They had everything planned out."

Finer showed 9News pictures of the stolen items.

He's hoping someone might recognize the unique jewelry pieces and could share information that could help catch the thieves.

He's offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.


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