FBI asks for help from public to solve jewelry store robberies.Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Twice last year, Beaudet Fine Jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. in south Eugene was robbed by a masked bandit bandit: see brigandage. armed with a semiautomatic handgun who ordered customers and employees to the floor before scooping up thousands of dollars in valuable jewels and fleeing the scene. FBI officials believe two men responsible for those hold-ups are the same people who committed similar heists last summer at a pair of Lake Tahoe area jewelry stores. The robbers remain on the loose, and frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: FBI officials said Friday they will give up to $10,000 to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the men. "It's a pretty big reward, especially for this kind of case," FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele
The drowning of her betrothed, a Mr. said. "Investigators are at a point where they need more information flowing in, and they think a reward may help with that." Steele said the robbers netted more than $150,000 worth of jewelry in the four heists. The series of hold-ups began June 6, 2007, at the Beaudet Fine Jewelry store at 2849 Oak St. It continued last August, when an armed intruder An attacker that gains, or tries to gain, unauthorized access to a system. See attacker, intrusion and IDS. robbed jewelers in Tahoe City, Calif., and Stateline, Nev. Beaudet Fine Jewelry was again targeted on Oct. 6. No one was injured in any of the robberies, police said. Steele said most of the stolen jewels were recovered months ago, many from pawn shops in Eugene and Portland, where the merchandise was sold for less than retail value. FBI officials believe the robbers also used a stolen Oregon driver's license Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something to open, then empty, a bank account in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , using a check taken during one of the jewelry store hold-ups. One of the robbers is described as a white man in his 20s, with dark hair and a medium build. FBI officials said his partner in crime appears to be Asian, although details of his appearance are sketchy. Investigators believe the men may live in or have connections to the Eugene, Portland, San Francisco or Reno, Nev., areas. FBI officials ask that anyone with information about the suspects' identities to call the FBI at (503) 224-4181, or contact the Eugene Police Department at 682-5175. |
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