A pair of thieves made off with more than $19,000 worth of jewelry after a Sunday burglary at Riddle's Jewelry in the Buffalo Mall, according to the Jamestown Police Department.
When the store opened, one man distracted the clerk, while another crawled through a gap in the store's display to open a case and steal four ring sets, said Detective Scott Edinger of the Jamestown Police Department.
In total the thief was in and out of the store in about a minute, Edinger said.
"We believe this is the same group that hit a jewelry store in Bismarck on the 17th of September," he said.
Security footage of the Bismarck job shows three men, while footage in Jamestown shows only two, Edinger said.
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He described the thieves as two black males, one about 6 feet tall weighing about 300 pounds with short black hair; the other is shorter and thinner with a shaved or bald head.
A white gold, "princess cut" wedding set with two rings totaling three-fourth karats worth $8,570 was taken along with another white gold "princess cut" with 1 1/2 karats worth $4,570. The report also listed unknown wedding sets, likely white gold, worth $6,000 as missing.
The Jamestown Police Department sent fingerprints and DNA samples to the state crime lab, Edinger said.
The case remains under investigation.
A call to Riddle's corporate office was not returned Monday.
