How Greece Police arrested 3 in connection with Mall at Greece Ridge jewelry store robbery
GREECE, N.Y. – Three people were arrested in connection with a jewelry store robbery at Dubai Jewelry in the Mall at Greece Ridge. The robbery happened on January 6.
News10NBC obtained surveillance video of people wearing face masks rushing into the store and smashing displays. You can watch that footage by clicking here.
On Wednesday, February 5, SWAT teams executed a high-risk search warrant at an address on Remington Street and three other Rochester locations. Evidence linked to the robbery was recovered during the searches and three people from Rochester were arrested.
Michael Ruiz, 28, who is on parole for robbery, Jahrusalem Smith, 30, and Destiny Allen, 41, were each charged with robbery, grand larceny, and criminal mischief.
“We think that there was some type of surveillance done by them at an earlier date, they knew what they were doing. One of the people we arrested, they were sent in as a lookout and they communicated to multiple people in the parking lot and when they were told that the coast was clear,” said Greece Police Captain Michael Perkowski.
Officials say Allen was the lookout for the ones headed into the store.
Police say technology helped them identify the suspects.
“Technology is a huge part of what we do now to solve crimes,” said Perkowski. “Surveillance video, ya know, we pick up on things that maybe the general public doesn’t may it be the swish on a sneaker being red or pink or the design of a shirt. We just didn’t rely on surveillance video from the mall, we relied on surveillance video in the Rochester area and also, there’s been a huge push on this, the license plate readers.”
The investigation is ongoing and Greece Police says it expects to make more arrests.