Crime & Safety

Area Jeweler Attacked in Home Invasion, Robbery

Multiple assailants bound the man and his wife, ransacked their home, then drove him to his jewelry story to rob it.

Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch is reporting that a Berwyn couple were attacked in their home Thursday night, Jan. 31. The home invasion then led to a jewelry store robbery:

Information received by police was that a local resident, who had returned from work at approximately 7 PM, was accosted by three or four black male (masked) subjects armed with handguns who forced themselves into his home.
Once inside, the actors bound both victims (husband and wife) and ransacked the home. The actors then took the male victim (in the victim’s white Volkswagen Passatt bearing PA registration plate DJM0696) to the jewelry store (Shuler’s Jewelers) owned by the victims in East Norriton, Montgomery Co.

Tredyffrin Police, East Norriton Township Police and Chester County Detectives are cooperating in the investigation, and they're looking for help locating the vehicle used in the theft:

The public’s assistance is requested in locating the white VW Passatt sedan bearing PA registration DJM0696.  Anyone with information relative to this case is asked to contact the Tredyffrin Twp. Police Department at 610-647-1440.

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