Популярное: Workers threw away $5M in diamonds from Midtown jewelry store

The mystery of how nearly $5 million in diamonds went missing from a Midtown jewelry store has been solved.

As it turns out, some dimwitted workers at J. Birnbach Inc. were helping their boss move to another floor and tossed three weathered wooden boxes filled with diamonds in a heap of trash without bothering to look inside, law-enforcement sources said.

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Wilfred Martinez, 47, sold some of the booty to a jeweler in the same building where he found them, but not the 17-carat diamond that was the $3.2 million crown jewel of the collection, the sources said - nypost.com

But a building security guard patrolling the third floor allegedly did take a peek — and discovered the mother lode: a cluster of expensive stones, including one worth $3.2 million.

Wilfred Martinez, 47, sold some of the booty to a jeweler in the same building where he found them, but not the 17-carat diamond that was the $3.2 million crown jewel of the collection, the sources said.

He has now turned over that piece to cops, along with two smaller diamonds and $10,000 in cash.

Authorities are trying to track down the rest of the stones, law-enforcement sources said.

Cops reviewing surveillance video from Nov. 24 saw Martinez grab the boxes from the third-floor hallway, and arrested him at 4 p.m. Monday at the building on Fifth Avenue and 47th Street.

He has been charged with criminal possession of stolen property. Judge Melissa Crane set his bail at $100,000 at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday.

Jeweler Jonathan Birnbach initially told cops he tucked the three boxes away in a safe that had been left unlocked on Nov. 24, and didn’t discover the gems were missing until last Wednesday.

Source: nypost.com

Photo: bbc.com

Workers threw away $5M in diamonds from Midtown jewelry store обновлено: 30 марта, 2019 автором: Анна Старкова
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