NYC smash-and-grab thieves knock off Park Avenue jewelry store, take hundreds of thousands worth in gems

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A group of thieves completed a smash-and-grab raid on a Park Avenue jewelry store early Saturday morning, taking merchandise worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, police said.

New York City Police (NYPD) said that three thieves broke through the glass front of Cellini Jewelers near E. 56th St. at around 3:30 a.m.The group broke three display cases containing hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of watches and other jewelry.

The thieves escaped in a silver sedan that waited outside the store, completing the entire heist in under three minutes, according to police.

One employee said the crime was "not normal."  "I came this morning and saw my crew standing out here. I got numb from the neck up," a store worker who only gave his name as A.J.