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USA Today
3 hours ago
- USA Today
Photos show stolen luxury loot from 'largest jewelry heist in US history'
Photos show stolen luxury loot from 'largest jewelry heist in US history' A robbery crew stole 24 bags filled with Rolex watches, emerald rings, diamond earrings, gold necklaces, and a lavender jade stone the size of a cicada. Now 7 men are charged in the case. Show Caption Hide Caption Seven charged with largest jewelry heist in US history Seven men have been charged in connection with the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history. They made off with more than $100 million of jewelry in 2022. Fox - LA From sparkling rubies, sapphires and emeralds, to diamond-encrusted necklaces and Rolex watches, the haul from what prosecutors say is the "largest jewelry heist in U.S. history" looks straight out of a shop window on Rodeo Drive. The stolen jewels include a ring with a sapphire stone the size of an almond, another ring of diamonds intricately woven between pools of amethyst, and a pair of dangling earrings made with six different gems. On July 11, 2022, the jewelry was stolen from a Brink's semi truck making a 2 a.m. pit stop at a gas station. As one of the truck's armed guard drivers went inside for food and the other slept, a robbery crew broke open the truck and got away with 24 bags filled with jewelry worth an estimated $100 million, according to federal prosecutors. The crime went unsolved for nearly three years until federal authorities announced charges against seven men in connection with the heist on Tuesday, June 17. In addition to the massive robbery, which the U.S. Attorney's Office considers to be the "largest jewelry heist in U.S. history," the men were charged in a series of thefts from various cargo trucks starting in March 2022. "They were definitely professional, organized, and prepared," Jena MacCabe, an assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case, told USA TODAY. "They clearly had a system worked out that was very successful, and they were able to take cargo load after cargo load." You can read more about the heist and how the suspected thieves were nabbed here. See below for photos showing some of the most eye-catching pieces that were stolen. Photos show jewelry stolen in brazen heist Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter for USA TODAY. Follow her on X at @amandaleeusat.
Time of India
10 hours ago
- Time of India
'Largest jewelry heist in US history': 7 Californian men stole $100M in diamonds, Rolex watches; no bullets, no witnesses
7 Californian men charged for the largest jewelry heist in US history. Seven men from California, including illegal immigrants, have been charged in thefts that the US Attorney's Office call the "largest jewelry heist in US history". Starting in March 2022, these men put a system in place where they just walked away with cargo load after cargo load with no bullets being fired or anyone witnessing them doing the massive plunder. And it continued for three years. Prosecutors said the robbery crew was scouting an international jewelry show on July 10, 2022, south of San Francisco in San Mateo when they saw the Brinks truck being loaded with a virtual treasure chest of goods. They followed the truck and when the truck stopped at a gas station about the driver and the guard went inside, these men quickly broke in and picked only some of the bags. Out of 73 bags containing millions of dollars worth of jewelry, they took 24, prosecutors said. Then these men disappeared, deactivated their cellphones and tried to cover their tracks the best. Before that, these men used the same modus operandi to rob a box truck containing Apple AirTags from China, and another semitruck with Samsung electronics. The investigators had a tough job cracking the case as there was no witness, making them rely mostly on surveillance footage and cell phone records. Prosecutors said they did not know how these men were spending any proceeds from the theft. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Order New Blinds Online & Get $199 Home Installation Learn More Undo "We don't have any information about them spending lavishly," Jena MacCabe, an assistant US Attorney, said. "I think as we continue to investigate this and look into what's been going on the past few years with these defendants, we'll know more. But right now, I don't know what they've done with all the spoils from this." Who are the seven men? Carlos Victor Mestanza Cercado, 31, Pasadena, California. Jazael Padilla Resto, a.k.a. "Ricardo Noel Moya," "Ricardo Barbosa," and "Alberto Javier Loza Chamorro," 36, is currently an inmate at an Arizona prison. Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig, a.k.a. 'Walter Loza,' 41, Rialto, California. Victor Hugo Valencia Solorzano, 60, Los Angeles. Jorge Enrique Alban, 33, Los Angeles. Jeson Nelon Presilla Flores, 42, Upland, California. Eduardo Macias Ibarra, 36, Los Angeles.
