Two suspects arrested in New Jersey
Beacon police officers interrupted an early-morning burglary of a Main Street jewelry store on June 13, chasing the suspects to the Newburgh-Beacon bridge before abandoning the pursuit because of unsafe speeds.
Police said they responded to Sky Diamond Jewelers at 226 Main St. at 4:30 a.m., where the front-door glass had been shattered and a vehicle was speeding away.
Two suspects were later arrested in Newark, New Jersey, with stolen merchandise, police said. The same morning, they are believed to have burglarized Jaymark Jewelers on Route 9 in Philipstown and Jewelry Designs in Danbury, Connecticut.
Jaymark’s owner, James Matero, said that no jewelry owned by customers was taken. “Due to our many safety procedures, our losses are mainly structural and emotional,” he said. “Broken glass can be cleaned up and replaced. We appreciate the outpouring of support from the community and the quick and professional response from all of the law enforcement agencies involved.”
In August 2017, burglars struck Joseph’s Jewelry on Main Street in Cold Spring by using a rotary saw to cut a square out of the lower half of the glass front door that was large enough to squeeze through.
