Sledgehammer-Wielding Thieves Nab $800k Worth Of Jewelry From Store

NEW YORK CITY — Three sledgehammer-wielding thieves destroyed a jewelry store window in Queens and took $800,000 worth of jewelry last week — they are also responsible for an attempted robbery in Brooklyn this past weekend, police said.

The NYPD released surveillance footage of the suspects on Wednesday.

The Queens incident happened on Dec. 6 at 37-40 74th Street around 6:20 p.m., police said.

The three men exited a white Jeep and used sledgehammers and hammers to break a display window and removed numerous jewelry items valued up to $800,000, police said.

The suspects fled the scene in the Jeep and later abandoned the vehicle for a black sedan, police said.

Two days later, the group attempted to rob a jewelry store in Brooklyn.

The men tried to break the windows at Pyramids Jewelry II with sledgehammers and hammers around 1:35 p.m but were unsuccessful, police said.

The trio then fled in a Honda Civic with Pennsylvania plates reading LKH8653 and traveled in an unknown direction.

No injures were reported from both incidents.

No arrests have been made as of Wednesday night. An investigation remains ongoing.

This is a developing story. This post may be updated.