Foiled: The $1.5m Macy's Jewelry Heist
February 16, 25
(IDEX Online) - Police in New York are hunting a brazen burglar who tried to steal $1.5m of jewelry from Macy's.
They say he hid inside the department store until after closing time (on Tuesday 11 February), then filled two suitcases (stolen from the luggage department in the basement) with gold and with 700 assorted jewelry items.
But the man, who was dressed as a security guard, was spotted leaving the store by a genuine security guard, who gave chase. The suspect dropped both suitcases as he fled.
The guard was astonished when he opened the abandoned suitcases. "Oh my God, I don't realize that dude took all that stuff from the jewelry section," he told the New York Post. "That's a lot of jewelry."
The heist took place at a Macy's Brooklyn Downtown store, which is closing later this year as part of a plan to shutter 150 underperforming locations by 2026.
NYPD is urging anyone with information to call its Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Screengrab courtesy NYPD shows the suspect entering the store.