$100K Jewelry Heist at Kay, Police Say

Mount Olive police do not have a suspect in a burglary that took place Sunday morning.

More than $100,000 in jewelry was stolen from Kay Jewelers in Flanders on Sunday, and no one has been arrested in connection with the incident, according to Mount Olive Township police. At 11:14 a.m., police received a “frantic” phone call from a Kay Jewelers employee who said the store at the ITC Crossing on International Drive had been burglarized, Cpl. Eric Anthony said. The employee told police there was no electricity in the store, and the alarm system was no longer working, Anthony said. When police responded it was determined someone broke into the safe and stole items, Anthony said. Police also determined someone broke in through the roof of the mall complex sometime between 4 and 11 a.m., Anthony said. Store management is still …

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Landscaper Stole Jewelry, Pawned It, Cops Say

Authorities said June burglary was committed by man who is now in jail on probation violation.

A Hopatcong man who is currently in jail allegedly stole jewelry while he was landscaping at a borough home in June, Hopatcong police said. John Shaker, 24, was charged with burglary and theft for allegedly taking $250 worth of jewelry from the residence. Shaker, who is currently in the Sussex County Jail on a probation violation, was served the complaints at the jail, police said. According to police, on June 20 a resident of Brooklyn Mountain Road reported she left for work in the morning and when she came home at night, she found jewelry missing from her jewelry box. Police said they found evidence of forced entry through the window. When police questioned the woman's landscaper, he said Shaker was working for him that day doing yard …

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Kay Jewelers Robbed, Cops Say

Mount Olive police do not have a suspect in a burglary that took place Sunday morning.

Landscaper Stole Jewelry, Pawned It, Cops Say

Authorities said June burglary was committed by man who is now in jail on probation violation.