Florida mall heist: Thieves cut hole in mall roof, steal $50,000 in sneakers

[ad_1] Thieves took "Simply Do It" to an entire new degree.

Masked robbers lower a gap within the concrete roof of a Florida mall earlier than dropping in to steal 400 to 500 pairs of Nike and New Stability sneakers, the Martin County Sheriff's Workplace introduced this week.

In response to authorities, the theft occurred within the again storage room of a Champs Sporting Items at Treasure Coast Mall in Jensen Seashore between midnight and eight a.m. on Tuesday.

On this picture launched by the Martin County Sheriff's Workplace, stolen Nike sneakers are proven on the roof of the Treasure Coast Mall in Martin County, Fla. The robbers dropped into the mall to steal 400-500 pairs of sneakers.

Martin County Sheriff's Workplace

"Not fairly the Crown Jewels — but it surely’s clear these sneaker thieves put the identical effort and time into their crime," the Martin County Sheriff's Workplace mentioned in a social media submit. "The stolen merchandise was bagged, tagged, thrown off the roof, and loaded right into a getaway automobile. As you may see, among the items received rapidly left behind."

On this picture launched by the Martin County Sheriff's Workplace, stolen Nike sneakers are proven on the roof of the Treasure Coast Mall in Martin County, Fla. The robbers dropped into the mall to steal 400-500 pairs of sneakers.

Martin County Sheriff's Workplace

The stolen merchandise is estimated to be value between $40,000 and $50,000 and it'll value $10,000 to restore the opening, based on the sheriff's workplace.

On this picture launched by the Martin County Sheriff's Workplace, stolen Nike sneakers are proven on the roof of the Treasure Coast Mall in Martin County, Fla. The robbers dropped into the mall to steal 400-500 pairs of sneakers.

Martin County Sheriff's Workplace

At a press convention on Wednesday, Sheriff John Budensiek mentioned the daring theft appeared prefer it was straight out of a film.

"We had a housebreaking that we found yesterday that seems to be proper out of 'Mission Unimaginable,'" Budensiek mentioned. “I watched the nationwide information — noticed what occurred throughout the pond the place they stole the crown jewels, and it is a one-off of that,” he mentioned, referencing the Louvre jewellery heist over the weekend.

"These are organized criminals which are in all probability touring criminals that made their solution to Martin County, received off with a large quantity of product," he added. “They didn’t do this with a handsaw. They used electrical instruments — in all probability a grinder or noticed — and someway labored for hours with out being detected.”