Seattle police chief reportedly eating close by throughout $2M jewellery heist

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The chief of the Seattle Police Department was reportedly simply yards away from a jewellery retailer when it was ransacked in broad daylight on Thursday, with the robbers getting away with an estimated $2 million in diamonds, gold and luxurious watches.

That day, 4 masked robbers executed the theft at Menashe & Sons Jewelers in West Seattle, threatening staffers with bear spray and a stun gun after smashing the locked glass entrance door with a hammer and stealing all the pieces from six show circumstances within the retailer.

However as the jewellery heist was going down, Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was consuming lunch simply yards away, a police supply instructed The Jason Rantz Present on Seattle Purple 770 AM.

A spokesperson for the Seattle Police Division confirmed to The Jason Rantz Present that the chief was close by, however could not say particularly the place he was on the time of the theft.

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4 masked robbers executed a brazen noon theft at a jewellery retailer in West Seattle, leaving with diamonds, gold and luxurious watches in lower than two minutes. (Menashe Sons & Jewelers)

"Chief Barnes and his safety element have been at a close-by enterprise when the theft occurred," the spokesperson stated. "They have been contained in the enterprise and have been unaware of the crime unfolding.

"The suspects have been out and in of the jewellery retailer in precisely 90 seconds," the spokesperson added. "His safety element was in plain garments on the time of the theft."

The division spokesperson additionally instructed the radio show the chief and his element grew to become conscious of the theft after police automobiles with lights and sirens responded to the scene.

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Chief of Seattle Police Shon Barnes was reportedly having lunch at a restaurant simply yards away when the jewel heist went down. (Menashe Sons & Jewelers)

Thieves smashed open a case with an emerald necklace price $125,000 and a case containing round $750,000 price of Rolex watches, police stated.

"We’re fairly shook up as a workers," Josh Menashe, vp of the family-owned retailer, stated on Friday. "We’re gonna be closed for some time."

Matthew Strommen, the supervisor of close by Industrious Gymnasium instructed FOX 13 in Seattle the staff of the jewellery retailer escaped out the again and went to the fitness center for assist.

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The police chief had no concept the theft was taking place till he and his safety element seen police automobiles with lights and sirens displaying up, in keeping with reporting by The Jason Rantz Present. (Google Maps)