Thieves bust through walls to make off with $250K in jewelry, cash in ‘Ocean’s 11’-style heist

PHILADELPHIA – Police say someone broke through the walls of two downtown Philadelphia businesses and escaped with about $250,000 in cash and merchandise from a jewelry store.

Time & Gold owner Matena Kamara tells Philly.com (http://bit.ly/1NLolEP ) the burglar or burglars first gained access to the basement of a storefront two doors down before breaking through a wall into the basement of a dry cleaning business next door. From the dry cleaners, the burglars drilled through another wall into Time & Gold.

Kamara says she discovered the damage when she opened the store just after 8 a.m. Thursday.

Police have confirmed the robbery at the location but couldn’t provide details.

The owner of a restaurant located in one of the burglarized buildings described the heist as “totally ‘Ocean’s 11’-style.”

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Information from: Philly.com, http://www.philly.com/

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