Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Westfield Jewelry Store Victim of Theft Days Before Robbery

Police release photos and information of an earlier theft at Liljenquist and Beckstead Jewelers, but will not say whether the incidents are connected.

Anne Arundel County Police said Thursday that the same jewelry store in Westfield Annapolis mall that was robbed earlier this week also was the victim of a theft two days before.

At about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, police said an unidentified man entered  and requested to see some jewelry. The man grabbed the jewelry and ran away from the store.

Justin Mulcahy, a police spokesman, said detectives are still investigating to determine whether the two incidents are related.

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, on Monday, March 7, two men entered the same store, which is located in the mall across from the JCPenney entrance, and asked to see some watches. The men then pulled a handgun on the employee, grabbed the watches and ran away from the store.

Police, assisted by a K-9 unit and the State Police helicopter, searched for the men, but were unable to find them.

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“It hasn’t been determined if there is a nexus between the two events,” Mulcahy said.

But unlike the March 7 robbery, police have released several surveillance photos of the man they suspect in the March 5 theft.

Mulcahy said the March 5 theft was not previously reported because the department does not typically release information on minor thefts. He said it depends on whether detectives require the help of the public in the investigation.

But with the armed robbery at the same store two days later, police decided to release the information and photos, Mulcahy said.

“It really depends on where the investigation takes them,” he said.

Police said the man they are looking for in the March 5 theft is black, about 30 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, with a round face and a dark complexion. They said he also has a tribal-style symbol tattooed on the back of his right wrist that extends up under his sleeve. He was last seen wearing a navy blue Polo sweater, navy blue slacks and a driving cap with a bill.

Police also said the other two men in the March 7 armed robbery are black, in their 20s and each have a thin build. They were both wearing a dark-colored New York Yankees baseball cap and were each wearing a dark-colored backpack.

Anyone with information on the identity of the men is asked to contact police at 410-222-1960.

You can also contact Metro Crime Stoppers 24 hours a day at 1-866-7LOCKUP or text “MCS plus your message” to CRIMES (274637). You can also visit www.metrocrimestoppers.net. Calls are not recorded and callers remain anonymous. You also may be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000.


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