{"id":334987,"date":"2026-09-01T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334987\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:22:11","slug":"news-12-bronx-two-colombian-nationals-extradited-in-44m-jewelry-theft-ring-targeting-connecticut-and-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/334987\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Two Colombian Nationals Extradited In 44m Jewelry Theft Ring Targeting Connecticut And New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A nationwide jewelry theft ring that allegedly targeted stores in Connecticut, New York and other states has led to the extradition of two Colombian nationals, federal prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The men have been brought to the United States to face charges connected to the alleged scheme.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Prosecutors said the group targeted jewelry stores and kiosks in malls across several states between May 2023 and April 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">After businesses closed, the suspects allegedly broke into stores, sometimes cutting through walls to gain access.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Prosecutors said the group then smashed display cases and stole merchandise.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The total losses exceeded $4.4 million, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The case is continuing in federal court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A nationwide jewelry theft ring that allegedly targeted stores in Connecticut, New York and other states has led&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-334987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}