Police looking for suspect in jewelry store robbery on Strip
Las Vegas police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who posed as a customer to steal jewelry from a business on the Strip.
The man police are looking for walked into a jewelry store about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at the Fashion Show Mall, near the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Spring Mountain Road, threatened an employee and demanded jewelry be placed in his bag. He filled the bag with "several jewelry items" and walked out of the store, police wrote in a release Thursday morning.
Police described the robber as a light-skinned black man 36 to 38 years old, 5-feet-10-inches tall and 160 pounds. He has a slight mustache and is unshaven, the release said.
He was last seen wearing a fur hat, blue sweater, blue jeans and black shoes.
Anyone with information should call Metro's robbery section at 702-828-3855 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or visit www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
Contact Kimber Laux at klaux@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @lauxkimber
