Police seek public's help in jewelry store theft in Los Banos - Merced Sun-Star
Los Banos police on Tuesday asked for the public’s help identifying three men suspected of swiping thousands of dollars worth of jewelry earlier this month from a downtown store.
Investigators released images of the men they say orchestrated the theft of about $17,000 in jewelry Oct. 12 from Pearson’s Jewelers.
According to police, three men entered the store posing as customers. One of the men reached into a display case while the other two distracted the clerk.
“Two of the men are suspected of committing a similar theft at a jewelry store in Madera,” police said in a brief news release.
Madera Police said two men used a similar distraction ploy that same day to take an undisclosed amount of jewelry from Leightons Jewelers on D Street in Madera.
Investigators in Madera released a short video clip they said showed the theft.
