JACKSON — A couple who asked about buying a ring at a jewelry store in Jackson tonight instead pulled out a handgun and stole about $10,000 to $20,000 worth of jewelry, officials said.
The man and woman walked into the Zales Jewelry Story at the Jackson Premium Outlet Mall on Monmouth Road about 20 minutes before closing, said township police spokesman Lt. Andrew Cheney.
After asking for help near the section of rings, the man pulled out a silver handgun and ordered employees to a room in the back of the store, said Cheney.
They then ordered one employee, at gunpoint, to open up a case, he said.
The couple emptied that case and others of wedding, engagement and other types of rings and fled, said Cheney.
When a K-9 unit from the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department arrived to track the suspects, a scent led to what authorities believe was where the getaway car had been parked, he said.
Officers are reviewing surveillance tapes of the incident, he said.
Jackson Township police ask anyone with information about this case to contact Detective Frank Mendez at (732) 928-1111.
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