Thieves steal $2m in jewelry in under two minutes at Seattle store

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Aug 16, 2025

Thieves steal $2m in jewelry in under two minutes at Seattle store

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Thieves steal $2m in jewelry in under two minutes at Seattle store

Smash-and-grab thieves in Seattle made off with an estimated $2m in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items. Video from the west Seattle store’s surveillance cameras shows four masked suspects shattering the locked glass front door with hammers. One display held about $750,000 worth in Rolex watches, and another had an emerald necklace valued at $125,000.

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Smash-and-grab thieves in Seattle made off with an estimated $2m in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items in a daring midday jewelry store robbery that took just about 90 seconds, police said on Friday.

Video from the west Seattle store’s surveillance cameras shows four masked suspects shattering the locked glass front door with hammers and then ransacking six display cases on Thursday.

One display held about $750,000 worth in Rolex watches, police said in a statement, and another had an emerald necklace valued at $125,000.

Midday jewelry store robbery in Seattle that netted thieves about $2m in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items.

A masked suspect threatened workers with bear spray and a stun gun, police said, but no one was injured.

“We’re pretty shook up as a staff,” Josh Menashe, the vice-president of the family-owned store, said by phone on Friday to the Associated Press. “We’re gonna be closed for a while.”

Menashe said workers finished cleaning up the broken glass and were working on a full inventory of the losses.

Police said they responded to the robbery but the suspects had already fled in a getaway car and eluded a search of the area.

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Smash-and-grab robbers steal $2M in jewelry in daytime Seattle heist that took about 90 seconds

Four masked suspects shatter the locked glass front door with hammers. One display held around $750,000 worth in Rolex watches, police say. Another had an emerald necklace valued at $125,000. No one was injured in the robbery in West Seattle, Washington, on Thursday. The thieves fled in a getaway car and eluded a search of the area.

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Exterior view of Menashe & Sons Jewelers.

Smash-and-grab thieves in Seattle made off with an estimated $2 million in diamonds, luxury watches, gold and other items in a daring midday jewelry store robbery that took just about 90 seconds, police said Friday.

Video from the West Seattle store’s surveillance cameras shows four masked suspects shattering the locked glass front door with hammers and then ransacking six display cases Thursday.

Jewel thieves in Seattle, Washington, made off with approximately $2 million in diamonds, luxury watches, gold, and other items in a midday jewelry store robbery that lasted under 2 minutes. Menashe & Sons Jewelers

The Rolex watches the thieves stole were worth around $750,000, along with an emerald necklace valued at $125,000, according to police. Menashe & Sons Jewelers

One display held around $750,000 worth in Rolex watches, police said in a statement, and another had an emerald necklace valued at $125,000.

A masked suspect threatened workers with bear spray and a Taser, police said, but no one was injured.

“We’re pretty shook up as a staff,” Josh Menashe, vice president of the family-owned store, said by phone Friday.

“We’re gonna be closed for a while.”

Menashe said workers finished cleaning up the broken glass and were working on a full inventory of the losses.

Police said they responded to the robbery but the suspects had already fled in a getaway car and eluded a search of the area.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/seattle-jewelry-store-robbery