Suspect In 2017 Woodlands Smash And Grab Heist Arrested: Police

CONROE, TX – A man who police said committed a smash and grab robbery with a hammer inside the Woodlands Mall in 2017, has been arrested. Shamarie Harris, 28, is accused of robbing the Helzberg Diamonds Store inside The Woodlands Mall in 2017 and taking $75,000 in jewelry.

Harris and another man went into the store on Jan. 3, 2017, spray painted the security cameras and smashed the display cases with a hammer, police said. The two men ran from Helzberg Diamonds toward a Zales Jewelry store inside the mall.

A Good Samaritan, who tried to stop the thieves was hit in the face with the hammer, police said at the time. The man was rushed to an area hospital and recovered from his injuries.

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The robbers, meanwhile, ran from the mall to a Toyota Rav4 that was later found abandoned outside Oak Ridge High School.

Officials placed several areas campuses on lockdown for several hours during a search for the suspects, but they were never found.

Harris was arrested on July 26 and is being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, police said.
Police didn’t say if any of the stolen merchandise was ever recovered.

Harris is charged aggravated robbery and faces a sentence of five to 99 years if he is convicted, police said.

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