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'Tis the Season for Stealing a Rolex
Police seeking suspect who stole $39K Rolex
Associated Press 5:57 AM CST, December 24, 2009 TROY, Mich. Authorities are still searching for a man who stole a $39,000 diamond-encrusted watch from a suburban Detroit jewelry store. Troy police say the suspect walked into Tourneau Watches at the Somerset South mall shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday and asked to see an 18 karat gold Rolex Presidential wristwatch. Police reports said immediately after a store employee placed the watch on the suspect's left wrist, the man sprinted to the parking lot, jumped into a 2000 Ford Taurus driven by another man, and fled. |
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Oh man not again...
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And the AD was an idiot! ![]() If the store was mine, no one would try on a watch unless they were locked inside a room first. and the watch was handed to him through a small door. Same procedure for exiting the room as well. Watch goes in the safe and the buyer is let out of the room. |
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Unbelievable!
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At least no one was hurt. Shame people have to resort to this.
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I'm sure that would be a very popular store. Customers love being locked into rooms.
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Merchants around here are too tight to hire extra security for the Holidays. I'm thinking that they wish they would have hired the off duty officer for $25.00 an hour.
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Well at least jewelry stores have insurance for this kind of thing, I assume.
I've noticed some ADs I've been to have armed guards, some have unarmed guards and others have no visible guards at all, I'm not sure why they have different approaches. |
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I have been to that store at Somertset Mall. The first thing i saw was 5-6 big guys in suits watching the door. Where was those guys? They also have like 5-6 sales people they as well, they stock alot of watches. Ron
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That's sickening. Hopefully it will be recovered unscathed...
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Unbelievable. I guess nobody told him he needed to pay for it first!
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No one was hurt.
That is the most important thing.
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Coming soon to a pawn shop near you .....
As John Prine says "it's a big old goofy world.."
![]() A few months ago I was in an AD in NC and asked to see the GMT2c from the show case. The saleslady ask for my drivers license before getting out the watch. I laid my id on the soft pad and then removed my yg Day-Date and placed it next to the license so I could try on the GMT. The poor lady picked up my watch got a very embarrassed look on her face and actually apologized for asking for my id. I just laughed and told her "no problem, I understand". Best, Mike |
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This type of thing always seemed very easy to do...I guess that's why it's so common. Oh well, insurance saves the day.
Where's the video?
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I agree, merchants need to hire professionals at this time of year for added protection.
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With the way Rolex is and parts and checking SNs, I would think the watch will resurface sometime in the future.
here is the real question. If it is returned to Tourneau. Will they sell it as new or used? |
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People should understand that is why some AD's ask for an ID before they whip out a watch. I would imagine a diamond encrusted Rolex would stick out like a sore thumb in Flint, MI.
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I live right in the area.
Somerset Mall is one of the most exclusive malls in the country.... What a shame. Troy police will get the guy, I have NO doubt about it! Troy is not a city to mess around.
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This sux!! NO wonder we all get a bad name because some idiot decided to run away with the watch???? What were they thinking....
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That's Turdneaw for ya!
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Is that the big beaver road on exit 69?? I laughed so hard when I saw that. I was there staying in Pontiac...
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Tough economic times = risky behavior
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Make that Toledo, OH.
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To me stealing a Rolex is like stealing a car. VIN numbers cannot be removed easy on both. So why do it?
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I'm glad no one was hurt, at my AD the salesperson releases the door to let customers enter or exit.
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