Truck used in Grimsby jewelry heist stolen in London, Ont., in January
Niagara Regional Police
say they are looking for five male suspects in their early 20s following a smash-and-grab robbery at
Harmony Jewellers
in Grimsby on Thursday morning.
Police said they received a 911 call at about 11:25 a.m. after a black Dodge Ram pickup truck crashed in reverse through the window of Main Street West store.
This is the third time in the past four months the store has been targeted by thieves.
Footage supplied to Niagara This Week shows suspects fleeing in an SUV as person smashes the windshield and back passenger window. Others can be heard repeating the licence plate number of the white four-door Honda.
Police said four masked men, armed with axes and hammers, got out of the truck and went into the store where they smashed display cases containing jewelry and watches.
The driver of the pickup went across the street to an unoccupied white Honda CRV.
Police said the CRV was used by the thieves to escape.
Video taken in the seconds after the front window was smashed show the masked men running out of the store and across the street and getting into the CRV.
They were being chased by a man who smashed the windshield and windows of the CRV with a crowbar.
Police said a black handgun with a narrow silver barrel was pointed at an individual attempting to stop the escape.
Kevin Luttjehuizen, owner of Harmony Jewellers in Grimsby that was targeted by robbers last
The CRV used to flee the scene was found by Hamilton Police on Baseline Road near the North Service Road in Hamilton a short time after the robbery.
Police said a witness told them the suspects got out of the CRV and into an awaiting pickup truck.
All the suspects wore dark-coloured clothing and blue surgical-style face masks.
The items stolen and their value remain under investigation.
A four-door Dodge Ram truck sits in the window of Harmony Jewellers as Niagara Regional Police investigate that latest robbery of the downtown Grimsby store.
Police said the Dodge Ram pickup truck was stolen in London, Ont., on Jan. 10 and the Honda CRV was stolen in Toronto on Wednesday.
The jewelry store was open for business at the time of the incident and no one was injured.
Harmony Jewellers posted on Facebook that it is closed until further notice.
Detectives said they are aware of the videos and images that are circulating online and asked anyone who may have witnessed the incident or took videos and pictures to contact the lead detective by calling
905-688-4111
, option 3, ext. 1009383, or by email at
9383@niagarapolice.ca
.
Niagara Regional Police on the scene of a smash-and-grab heist at Harmony Jewellers on Main Street West in Grimsby on Thursday morning.
Information can be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers of Niagara at
1-800-222-8477
.
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