Redmond jeweler robbed
Published 5:00 am Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Two armed men robbed a jewelry store just two blocks from the Redmond Police station Tuesday afternoon, just before officers were called across town to respond to a false report of a shooting at Central Oregon Community College.
Lt. Nathan Garibay said officers are investigating the possibility that the call reporting the shooting was placed to divert officers from the robbery at David Haffey Fine Jewelry on Sixth Street. Officers had began arriving at the jewelry store and had determined the suspects had left when the call about shots fired at COCC came in.
Two men entered the store shortly after noon, Garibay said, where they displayed weapons to an employee and a customer. The men took unspecified items from the store and fled, leaving the area in a vehicle.
Police are not yet releasing a description of the vehicle, Garibay said, and do not have a good description of the suspects’ appearance.