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Multiple suspects hunted after jewelry store at Richmond Hill mall robbed

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A jewelry store at a shopping mall in Richmond Hill was targeted by robbers on Saturday afternoon, York Regional Police say.

No one was physically injured during the incident at Hillcrest Mall, and police say multiple suspects had fled.

It was not immediately clear if any items were taken from the store. No suspect descriptions have been released.

The store joins a list of other jewelers in the Greater Toronto Area that have been robbed over the past few months.

Two weeks ago, an off-duty officer was pepper-sprayed while trying to stop suspects who robbed a jewelry store at Scarborough

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David Webb Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary in Jewelry

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“David Webb is unquestionably one of the leading 20th-century American jewelry designers,” Medill Higgins Harvey, associate curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said, “distinguished by his originality, the bold sculptural quality of his work, and the distinctive way in which it reveals a keen and nuanced sense of history and art history, as well as current trends and tastes.”

Ms. Harvey’s assessment echoes a lot of voices in the jewelry world as the American jeweler’s company marks its 75th year.

Since Mr. Webb’s death in 1975, his original designs have remained in production — and

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Caught on video: $800,000 taken from North Miami-Dade jewelry store

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MIAMI – Brazen burglars go to great lengths to make sure they don’t leave empty-handed. Two thieves got away with close to a million dollars worth of jewelry and were caught on camera while doing so.

In the store’s surveillance video, you see the two thieves in hoodies and with their faces covered inside a north Miami-Dade jewelry store early Monday morning.

According to the owner, the crooks made their way into his business at NW 186 St. and 75 Avenue through the nail salon next door.

“It was easy just to get in no alarm no security nothing they

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Attempted jewelry store robbery in Barrie under investigation

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Police are looking into a possible link between a Collingwood jewelry store robbery and an attempted robbery in Barrie that both took place on Monday afternoon.

According to Barrie police, three males, believed to be under 18, entered a downtown jewelry store around 4 pm armed with several weapons, including a firearm, behind a customer who was granted access through the locked front door.

Police say the suspects took off without any merchandise after encountering the store employees.

They were last seen leaving the area in a white Honda CRV, reported stolen from the Toronto area.

In a release, the

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Collingwood armed robbery at jewelry store results in series of charges for 3 teens

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Three teenagers face multiple charges in connection with an armed robbery in Collingwood where police say they fired a weapon after going into the downtown store.

Police say a 16 and 17-year-old from Brampton and a 17-year-old from Whitby were arrested on Monday after fleeing the scene in a suspected stolen vehicle.

The three teens face charges of armed robbery, unauthorized possession of a firearm, using a firearm while committing an offense, pointing a firearm, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, fleeing officers, discharging a firearm into or at a place in a reckless manner, and disguise with

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Armed robbery at downtown Collingwood jewelry store results in 3 arrests

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Three people face charges in connection with an armed robbery in downtown Collingwood.

A security camera perched atop Town Hall captured what appears to be three individuals walking into DC Taylor Jewelers around 3:20 pm on Monday and running from the store exactly one minute later.

According to provincial police, the suspects fired a weapon after going into the Hurontario Street store.

A short time later, the suspects were seen taking off in a dark-colored SUV.

Police say none of the store employees were injured.Three armed robbery suspects are captured on camera heading into a jewelry store on Hurontario

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Thieves snatch watches from jewelry store’s window display in Northwest

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Smash-and-grab theft at DC jewelry store under investigation

Thieves stole several watches from the front window display of a jewelry store in Northwest Friday while customers and staff were inside. FOX 5’s Shomari Stone has the latest details.

WASHINGTON – Thieves stole several watches from the front window display of a jewelry store in Northwest Friday while customers and staff were inside.

The smash-and-grab theft is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department.

According to the police report, officers were sent to the Tiny Jewel Box in the 1100 block of Connecticut Avenue for the report of an armed

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