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(IDEX Online) - A jewelry store employee was shot in the chest after confronting armed raiders in Illinois, USA.
His condition was described by local media as critical but stable following the attack at Reichman Jewelers (pictured), in Oak Lawn.
Police say three masked male black offenders entered the store, pulled out guns and disarmed the security guard, on 1 July.
They then started smashing display cases and stealing jewelry.
The injured employee was shot in the upper chest and the wrist when he challenged the raiders as they left the building by a rear exit. They fled in a silver sedan, captured in a surveillance image.
Locals said the jeweler, a family firm founded in 1908, brought in a security guard after a number of earlier robberies....
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(IDEX Online) - Two men and a woman have been charged with a series of robberies on staff at jewelry stores across South Florida, USA, that netted merchandise worth millions of dollars.
They are accused of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery - taking property by means of actual or threatened force - in Miami Beach, Boca Raton, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach and Fort Pierce.
The US Justice Department identifies the defendants as Allan Lucas, 30, of Miami, Diana Grisales Basto, 37, a Colombian national, and Carlos Morales, 44, of Miami. They are charged with six, five and two counts respectively.
All three are charged with "forcefully taking and attempting to take jewelry and other property from victims engaged in the business of buying and selling jewelry throughout South Florida, between September 2019 and December 2020".
Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison....
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