3 men steal $800,000 in jewelry from Aspen luxury hotel - The Denver Post
ASPEN — Authorities say three men stole about $800,000 worth of diamond-encased jewelry from a display case in the lobby of The Little Nell hotel in Aspen.
The Aspen Daily News reports police say one of the men involved in the theft Friday used a screwdriver to pop open the locked case and deposited a necklace and at least one ring and a set of earrings into a backpack.
The items belonged to Piranesi, a New York City-based business that has an outlet in Aspen.
Piranesi employee Veronica Sumner says Piranesi has had the display case in the hotel’s lobby, employed for marketing purposes, for more than 20 years.
Another Piranesi employee, Tina Lee Taylor, says the thieves made off with “very high-end, beautiful jewelry.”
Aspen Police Officer Kirk Wheatley says “a whole team is working on it, it’s pretty big.”
