BOCA RATON — On Thursday, September 20, at 7:53 p.m., Boca Raton Police officers responded to Saks Fifth Avenue at the Town Center at Boca Raton mall after receiving a report of a robbery.
Witnesses told police four males wearing masks and black clothing and carrying sledge hammers entered the store through the south doors. The suspects yelled for everyone to “get on the ground.”
Police said the suspects went to several jewelry cases and smashed the glass. The suspects stole an undetermined amount of jewelry and money from a cash register.
The suspects left the store through the south doors and got into a waiting black, four-door BMW. No one was injured during the crime.
On Friday, September 21, police said, the BMW was recovered in the residential neighborhood south of the Mall.
If anyone has information about this crime, they are asked to call Detective Jeff Clare at (561) 338-1246 or Palm Beach County Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS.