NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD has released surveillance footage Thursday of three women wanted for allegedly stealing over $41,000 in jewelry from three businesses across multiple neighborhoods in one day earlier this month.
According to officials, on Monday, March 9, the trio used a coordinated tactic where two suspects would distract a female employee with conversation while the third person removed jewelry from unlocked display cases.
The spree began in Manhattan at approximately 2 p.m., when the suspects entered Catbird at 253 Centre St. and made off with $31,000 in jewelry. Later that evening, at 6:10 p.m., the group targeted a business at Catbird Jewelry Williamsburg on North 7th Street and stole $7,000 worth of items, cops said.
Their final hit occurred less than an hour later at 6:55 p.m. at Gorjana located at North 6th Street, where they took an additional $3,500 in jewelry before fleeing.
No injuries were reported in any of the encounters, and the suspects—described as three females—remain at large.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.