
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 21, 1995                   TAG: 9503210108
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HAMPTON                                LENGTH: Short

$10,000 REWARD OFFERED IN JEWELRY HEIST

Police are searching for two thieves who stole a large amount of jewelry Thursday from a Best Products store.

While a woman distracted a clerk by asking questions, her accomplice crawled behind the display counter, unlocked two jewelry display cases and pocketed a large number of diamond rings and bracelets, said police Lt. Ed Davis.

Best would not reveal the dollar value of the heist, but Davis called it a ``very substantial amount of jewelry.'' The company is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.

Store employees did not notice the jewelry had been taken until after the man and women left.

- Associated Press

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