2012年6月25日 星期一

Smash-and-grab robbers break into Valley

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"It was pretty traumatic," Murphy Jeweler owner Patrick Murphy said,More and more people wear cheapshox when they take exercise, because this pair of shoe has a positive effect on the entire body. though no one was hurt in the robbery. "It happened so fast."

The brazen heist in the upscale Upper Saucon Township shopping center is one of a growing number of "smash-and-grab" robberies nationally and across the Lehigh Valley region in recent years as thieves capitalize on the soaring prices of gold and other precious metals, officials say. The robberies have captured the attention of the FBI, and store owners are fighting back by adding more security measures.

The pricey merchandise is a target,For more detailed search information about watchreplica , officials say, because it's easy to sell and hard to trace.

"These are objects that are easy to carry away and they're valuable and easily sellable on social media or just on the streets," said Robert McCrie, a professor of security management at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice in New York City.

Last fall, Bixler's Jewelers in South Whitehall Township was the victim of a similar smash-and-grab robbery. The Philadelphia region has been peppered with such incidents in recent months, including a brazen gang-style robbery at a jewelry store in the busy King of Prussia Mall in Montgomery County.

There were 310 jewelry store robberies in the country in 2011, up 20 percent compared with 2010, according to an annual crime report by Jewelers' Security Alliance, a nonprofit, New York-based trade association.

Pennsylvania has ranked among the top five states for jewelry store robberies in both years, according to the Alliance. California ranked the highest.

Jewelry store robberies netted $39 million in losses last year, up 37 percent from $28.4 million in 2010, according to the report. Arrests were also up. Last year, police made 229 arrests for jewelry store robberies,Buy hublotreplica and designer clothing online from a leading retailer of US celebrity fashion. up 34 percent compared with 2010, according to the Alliance's report.

Capt. William Teper,however this marcjacobsshoes with improved quality and the rest. commanding officer of Troop M in Bethlehem, said smash-and-grab jewelry store robberies have been going on for years, but he has heard of a lot more in the region recently, and it may be because an organized group of robbers are operating in the region.

"You see those a lot," he said. "It's typically a group that works its way through the East Coast and they hit as many stores as they can."

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