Buckhead Shop Raided, Suspected as Training Ground for Jewel Theft Ring

ATLANTA, GA -- An Atlanta business was raided by law enforcement officials on Monday morning who reportedly suspect the window tinting business of being a training ground for an interstate jewelry theft ring.

Buckhead Window Tinting is located on Cheshire Bridge Road. Police say the owners, Michael and Larry Gilmore, used the business to train a Smyrna woman in how to hold handguns, tie employees up and what merchandise to steal, reports WTOC.

Both Gilmores, as well as Abigail Lee Kemp, are in custody and charged with operating an interstate jewelry theft ring that stole millions of dollars of merchandise over five states.

Another man, Lewis Jones III of Atlanta, is also in custody.

Police say in each robbery, the robber brandished a firearm and ordered the employees to the back of the store where they were forced to lie face down on the ground with their hands zip tied behind their backs.

Police now believe the Buckhead shop was where the Gilmores trained Kemp to commit the robberies.