Authorities are investigating a series of jewelry thefts in Lower Bucks County. In total, police say about $100,000 was stolen.
Police are looking for the two suspects described in all three cases that happened last week.
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Here’s what happened, according to information from Bensalem, Lower Southanpton and Middletown police:
The first incident occurred last Tuesday around 6 p.m. at the Sears in Bensalem’s Neshaminy Mall. A suspect walked into the jewelry department and cut a cable securing a spinning displaying case full of jewelry to the main display case. The suspect then loaded the entire spinning display case into a shopping cart and walked out of the store. The suspect got in the passenger side of a red pickup truck parked outside the store and drove away. The total value of the theft is estimated to be $53,000.
Two men wearing gloves entered the Kmart store on Street Road approached the jewelry counter and cut the security cord of an earring case in the afternoon. The two suspects exited through the front door and smashed the case open. All the earrings, which were worth about $10,000, were stolen. The suspects fled east on Street Road in a red Nissan Titan pickup truck. The first three characters on the license plate were ZCP.
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On Thursday, two suspected went to the Sears in the Oxford Valley Mall in Middletown at 2:10 p.m. and stole $48,000 worth of jewelry. The two are accused of stealing a spinning jewelry display case and fled in a red or orange pickup truck with the first two letters of ZC.
Anyone can call Lower Southampton Detective Shane Hearn at 215-357-1235 or Bensalem Detective Mike Moretti at 215-633-3719.
