East Brunswick smash-and-grab shoplifters sought in $157k jewelry theft
EAST BRUNSWICK NJ Feb 22 2020 – Arrest warrants have been issued for two Brooklyn men, and police are still trying to identify a woman and driver who are all being sought in connection to an alleged smash-and-grab theft of about $157,000 worth of jewelry from a Route 18 store.
Warrants have been issued for Andrew Joyner, 35, and Garry Dunbar, 23, who are both charged with shoplifting, conspiracy to commit shoplifting, and criminal mischief.
About 2:15 p.m. Feb. 11 police responded to the Kohl’s store, 333 Route 18 for a report of shoplifting and criminal mischief after suspects allegedly used hammers to smash out the jewelry display cases and remove jewelry, police said.
An investigation revealed three suspects, two men and a woman, entered the store while a fourth person stayed in a vehicle parked in front of the Kohl’s store, police said.
Carrying tote bags, the three suspects walked up to the display cases where the men used hammers to break the glass and remove the jewelry inside. The woman took items in the area of the display cases, police said.
After removing the merchandise, all three suspects fled the store and got into a black Dodge Charger and headed south on Route 18, police said.
The damage to the display case is valued at more than $2,000, police said.
Joyner and Dunbar were identified using the store’s interior surveillance footage and still shots of the incident by Detective Alex Danese, assisted by the New York Police Department and police departments from Pennsylvania and Delaware, police said.
