A number of vendors say their entire life work is gone -- stolen from an armored truck. The total loss in the heist is estimated to be as much as $150 million.
One of the jewelers whose one-of-a-kind valuables were among the pricey jewels stolen from a Brinks truck in northern Los Angeles County, shared photos of his inventory with KPIX. "My life. That's how I live. That's how I feed my kids," said the victim who did not want to give his name."You're looking at 19 karat yellow gold with over 100 carats of multicolored sapphire," the jeweler said of his merchandise.On Sunday night, merchandise belonging to 18 jewelers was loaded onto a Brinks truck bound for the Pasadena Convention Center.The victims were participating in the International Gem and Jewelry Show.
The FBI confirms it's working with the LA County sheriff's department on the case but the jewelers haven't been able to get a straight answer from Brinks.The trade show manager says about two dozen lockers were stolen from the armored vehicle early Monday morning."It's their whole life. Some of these people are completely done at this point," said Brandy Swanson, International Gem and Jewelry Show manager.
KPIX reached out to Brinks for comment but were not able to speak to anyone at the armored truck company after business hours.
the white San Francisco police can't stand to see these black men working on these jobs, depend who is managing, they will go to that company and ask why is that N-Word working here in secret, they do this to all companies in SF, they have train people from other countries {why}
Maybe they shouldn't have dressed so robbable.
Something’s not right…jewelers claim $150M, while Brinks says less than $10M.
Inside job. Anyone think it’s a coincidence that the one armored car that gets jacked has $150MM in gold and jewels (and which is heavily insured)?
Had to be an inside job I am thinking. Knowledge of inventory, next location stop, etc. Hopefully police are looking at that angle.
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