Louisiana smash-and-grab jewelry heist; 4 Texas men accused
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February 16, 2020
HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Four Texas men are accused of smashing display cases with a sledgehammer and stealing $69,000 worth of jewelry from a Louisiana store, and Texas police are reportedly investigating similar heists.
"We've had several agencies from Texas contact us, saying they've had a similar-type robbery with the same MO," Lacy Landrum, the city's director of administration, said in an interview Friday.
She said three men in hoodies smashed cases at the Kay Jewelers store in Hammond about 5:15 p.m. Thursday and drove off in a white Toyota Avalon with Texas plates. A bystander photographed...
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