Rolex Robbers

A scary heist at Schlanderer's

by Jan Schlain

posted 9/7/2010

For the third time in seventeen years, armed robbers hit Schlanderer & Sons jewelry in August. A worker at the downtown Sweetwaters took out the trash one afternoon and found a Schlanderer's employee in the alley, her hands still shaking after running out the back door and calling the police. The three men took Rolex watches and jewelry, ran out the front, and hopped into a waiting van--only to crash near Wurster Park and flee on foot.

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