{"id":22924,"date":"2025-10-30T19:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22924\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:00:26","slug":"thieves-disguised-as-construction-workers-pull-off-3-2-million-new-york-city-jewelry-and-safe-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22924\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves disguised as construction workers pull off $3.2 million New York City jewelry and safe heist"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least three men, two of them disguised as construction workers, broke into a New York City home and drove off with a safe and jewelry worth more than $3 million<\/a>, authorities said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The daring heist happened on Oct. 16 at about 2:20 p.m. ET in the Jamaica Hills neighborhood of Queens, police said.<\/p>\n

\"Surveillance<\/p>\n

Surveillance video released by police shows the Oct. 16 robbery as two men on the crew walk up to the Queens home in the middle of the afternoon. (NYPD)<\/p>\n

The burglars “forcibly” opened a rear door of the home and once “inside the location the individuals removed a safe and jewelry, valued at approximately” $3.2 million, according to an NYPD statement.<\/a><\/p>\n

They were last seen fleeing east on 84th Drive in a blue Hyundai Elantra, surveillance cameras showed.<\/p>\n

One of the men was described by police as “wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants, black sneakers, a neon construction vest, white construction hat, eye protective wear and seen carrying a black backpack.”<\/p>\n

A second man donned “a black sweatshirt, black pants, gray sneakers, a neon construction jacket, white construction hat, eye protective wear, black face covering and carrying a black backpack,” police said.<\/p>\n

The third suspect wore “a white hoodie sweater, black pants, gray sneakers” and black gloves, serving as the getaway driver behind the wheel of a blue Hyundai Elantra, officials said.<\/p>\n

No one was injured in the heist.<\/p>\n

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