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Workers Hit With Pepper Spray in Jewelry Store Robbery

Police are still searching for the four suspects.

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4 months ago

August 22, 2023

INSTORE Staff

A group of men attacked jewelry store workers with pepper spray during a robbery, police said.

The robbery happened Saturday evening at Javier the Jeweler in Philadelphia Mills Mall, WPVI-TV reports. The mall was evacuated after the robbery, in which the suspects smashed display cases with a sledgehammer.

Medics on the scene treated the people who were sprayed.

It’s not yet clear how much jewelry was taken. Police are still searching for the four suspects.

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