NEW YORK — Police are searching for the suspects who burglarized a high-end boutique and stole merchandise reportedly worth millions of dollars in New York City early Monday morning.
The owner of Manhattan’s 4G Seller says the value of the stolen items is nearly $2 million, and whoever broke in and took these items knew what to look for.
Surveillance video captures the thieves smashing their way into the second-floor boutique from the fire escape around 4:30 a.m.
“We got an alarm alert and looked at the cameras and there were two guys in here, masked up, in construction crew outfits, headlamps. They sort of targeted it like they knew exactly what they were going for,” said Tommy Macari, partner and brand ambassador of 4G Seller.
The suspects grabbed custom-designed clothes, belts, bags and jewelry from 4G Seller’s curated collection.
“They had garbage bags on them and they were just dropping them off the balcony and someone was running it to the car,” Macari said. “They were in and out of the store in four and a half minutes and they left, and 91 seconds later, the NYPD was here. And four minutes after that, we were here.”
The shop, which caters to celebrity clients by appointment, kept most of its appointments on Monday as NYPD crime scene detectives went through the shop and broken glass, looking for clues as to who was behind the heist.
“We heard some crashing sounds that woke us both up,” said upstairs neighbor Guy Story about the incident.
Story has been living in the neighborhood for decades, long before the high-end boutique came in that thieves might target. He says 4G Seller’s owner, Vincent Ferraro, doesn’t deserve this.
“He’s been working super hard for a few years, trying to build a business here, and so I feel really bad. I mean, he’s really dedicated to this business,” Story said.
Some of the stolen items are worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many of them are one-of-a-kind.
The owner’s cousin who helps run the shop tells us the thieves may have known what to do, but may not know just how recognizable the items are, should anybody try to sell or use them.
“People wear these clothes to be seen in it. And, you know, if you’re seen in a one-of-one piece, we’re going to figure it out,” Macari said.
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