Crime & Safety
87K In Jewelry Stolen From Macy's At Livingston Mall: Police
The Livingston police said someone asked Macy's staff to see jewelry that was in a drawer. Then they took $87K worth and ran.
LIVINGSTON, NJ — A person grabbed $87,000 in jewelry from the Macy's store at the Livingston Mall on Sunday evening and fled, according to the Livingston police.
A police spokesman said on Tuesday that this past Sunday at 7:46 p.m., officers responded to the store on the report of a jewelry theft.
Macy's staff told police that a suspect "came into the jewelry department and asked to see a piece of jewelry in a locked cabinet."
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When staff opened the cabinet, the person reached inside and grabbed "numerous bracelets" valued at $87,000, police said.
The suspect fled, and the Livingston police are investigating.
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That store has been the site of many shoplifting attempts. In fact, two weeks ago, two Paterson men were charged with shoplifting after they took $5,000 in clothing from the store, police said. READ MORE: Shoplifters Tried Taking $5K In Clothes From Livingston Macy's: Police
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