Police are asking for help finding three women they say are behind a string of jewelry thefts across the city — including two that happened just minutes apart in Williamsburg.
Investigators say the incidents all happened on Monday, March 9.
According to police, the group first hit a Catbird jewelry store on Centre Street in Manhattan around 2 p.m., where they took about $31,000 worth of jewelry.
Hours later, police say they showed up in Williamsburg.
The first Brooklyn stop was at Gorjana on North 7th Street around 6:10 p.m., where investigators say they took about $7,000 worth of jewelry.
Then, less than an hour later, the same group went to another Catbird store just around the corner on North 6th Street, taking about $3,500 more.
Surveillance video shows three women walking into the stores and looking at jewelry displays.
Police say the plan was simple: Two of the women kept an employee busy by asking questions, while the third reached into a display case and took the jewelry.
No one was hurt in any of the incidents. Police have released images of the three women and are asking anyone who recognizes them to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.