Jewelry store robbed again





GUILDERLAND — After being burglarized just three months ago, Northeastern Fine Jewelry was struck by theives again this week.

While the first burglar hasn’t been caught, Guilderland Police are now searching for two more suspects.

At 3:30 p.m. on Monday, police say, a white male entered the store, at 1575 Western Ave., and pretended to be a customer. He asked to see two diamond rings and, after a sales clerk handed him the rings, he ran out of the store, police say.

The rings were worth $45,000 total, police say.

No weapons were displayed and the employees of the store were not injured, police say.

The man got into a red Jeep Cherokee in the store’s parking lot and left with a getaway driver, police say. Later on Monday, the Jeep was found in the parking lot of Crossgates Mall.

Police searched the mall and surrounding area for the burglars, but were unsuccessful. The Jeep was found to have been reported stolen in another town, police say.

Tuesday, police reported that, on Monday evening, the man who stole the rings asked for directions at the Mobil gas station, at 1667 Western Ave., not far from the jewelry store. Security cameras at the gas station photographed him and a white sedan he rode in.

The man who stole the rings is described as: being in his mid-40’s; weighing about 190 pounds and standing five feet, ten inches tall; having dirty blonde hair and a pale complexion with discolored skin around his eyes; and being clean shaven.

At the time of the burglary, he wore a blue sweatshirt with a logo on it, a white T-shirt underneath, khaki pants, white socks, and sneakers, police say.

The driver of the Jeep is described as being about 45 years old with dark hair and a heavy build. He wore a hat on Monday, had a mustache, and wasn’t shaved.

A surveillance video from the store was shown on local television news stations. Police are asking that anyone with information call 356-1501.

One evening in late September, when Northeastern Fine Jewelry was closed, a burglar pried open an outer door to the store and smashed an inner door. He then stole jewelry from display cases.

Police showed video footage on television of a man walking by the store’s entrance earlier that evening and requested that he be turned in for questioning. Neither the man in the video nor the burglar were found.

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