Mastermind of Stamford Jewelry Heist is Sentenced

The mastermind of a smash-and-grab robbery of a jewelry store in the Stamford Town Center mall last November, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday.

U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport sentenced Brian Moore, 26, of Detroit, MI to 48 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, for organizing and carrying out a smash-and-grab robbery.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. 26, 2014, three of Moore’s accomplices, armed with hammers, entered Sidney Thomas Jewelers in the Stamford Town Center Mall during regular business hours. Soon after entering, the accomplices used the hammers to smash open a jewelry display case and removed more than $250,000 worth of Rolex watches. The three accomplices then fled with security guards in pursuit. One of Moore’s accomplices, Richard Mathew Bailey, was caught and apprehended inside the mall while fleeing.

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Moore helped organize and carry out the robbery by soliciting others to participate and partially funding it. He also drove accomplices from Detroit to Stamford to carry out the robbery, and picked them up after the robbery in order to return to Detroit, according to the U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly’s office.

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Bolden also ordered Moore to pay restitution to victims in an amount to be determined at a later date.

On Aug. 31, Moore pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with commerce by robbery.

Richard Mathew Bailey and a third defendant, Dajuhn Griffin, both from Detroit, have pleaded guilty to the same charge and await sentencing.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Stamford Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gabriel J. Vidoni.