Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Man Steals $57,000 Watch from Lenox Jeweler
Police are looking for the suspect in the Mayors Jewelers incident, which was captured on surveillance video.
Atlanta Police are looking for a suspect that stole a watch valued at $57,000 from a Lenox Square jewelry store.
Officers were dispatched on July 3 to inside Lenox Square, where they learned that a male suspect initially entered the store and asked to view a Rolex watch. He then viewed the watch and left the store, the report states.
The suspect came back a short time later, however, and asked to see the watch again. He was then taken into a back room to try the watch on. At that point, the suspect put the watch on and ran out of the store.
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The incident was captured on surveillance video, which was released to the media by police on July 13.
The suspect is described as a black male, about 5'9" and 180 pounds. He was wearing a pink shirt and blue shorts at the time of the incident.
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Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.
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