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NORWALK, Conn. – An armed robbery of a Norwalk jewelry store was foiled Friday night by Norwalk Police officers who arrived minutes after an alarm was sounded, Sgt. Drew Sedlock said. The robbers fled out the back door and left in a speeding automobile. One was apprehended a short time later after he crashed his car into a house.
Sedlock gave the following account of the incident:
The robbery at the Jewelry Gallery, 247 Westport Ave., was reported at 6:50 p.m. A man had forced his way into the store as the owner was trying to close. He ordered a woman to buzz in his accomplices, as many as four other people, all wearing black hooded sweatshirts and turtlenecks, which were pulled up over their faces. At least one had a handgun.
The four people in the store – including two young children – were forced to the floor. One was forced to let one of the suspects into the back room, where the safe was opened. The robbers were grabbing items when the first police officer arrived at 6:52 p.m. The suspects ran out the back door and got into a car with Virginia plates, which sped out of the parking lot as a police patrol car came in. The car was quickly out of sight.
Minutes later a gray sedan crashed into the front porch at 28 George Ave. The driver ran, but was tracked down by Czar, a canine officer, and Czar's handler, Sgt. Frank Reda, on Matthew Court. Police said the man was one of the suspects in the robbery. He was charged with evading responsibility with injury, reckless driving, operating without a license and misuse of a plate. Bond was $5,000.
Police are withholding more information as the investigation continues.
TIMT:
I don't know where you get your numbers, but it sounds like you make them up. Reading the same story, I understand one police car pulled into the parking lot as the robber's car left. There is no mention of a chase. The robbers crashed on George Ave and the occupants fled on foot before the police arrived. The police dog was able to track one robber, who is in custody.
I doubt if there was 25 cops on duty at that time or 20 cars. You can be sure, whatever the correct number, most of them were nowhere near the robbery. By now, the cops probably know a lot more than they are ready to tell the press. It would be very bad procedure to publish, for you and the still at large supects, how much the really have learned. When they have the others, then they will be able to tell a little more. Until then, we have to wait. Giving out too much now could make effective prosecution impossible and might even make catching the others more difficult..