The robbery at Mayors Jewelers, 1000 Lincoln Rd., took place at approximately 8:30 p.m., while several salespeople and customers were inside. According to the police report, a group of hooded men ran into the store yelling ''Get down, nobody move,'' then used sledgehammers to smash the cases holding Rolex and other watches. They ran out of the store and fled in two waiting cars, the police said.
''Robberies like this are very uncommon in Miami Beach, and it was committed by someone who knew what they were doing,'' said police spokesman Robert Hernandez. ``Criminals like these, they come a few days before, case the store, decide what they want, then come in methodically to take what they want. This was not your rookie robber.''
The Lincoln Road Mayors was also the victim of the city's last smash-and-grab robbery in 2000, Hernandez said. The modus operandi was virtually identical in that case, and the criminals made off with approximately $150,000 in watches, according to the police report.
After the 2000 robbery, the jewelry store hired off-duty police officers to provide security, but the management later discontinued the service, police sources said.Store representatives could not be reached for comment.
The police are looking into a possible link with a similar robbery in Coral Gables, Hernandez said.''When you have more than one of these crimes, it's often the same people,'' Hernandez said. ``They use the same procedure and just go from county to county.''
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