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Suspects in New York City Diamond District robberyreportedly sent by rival jeweler
The suspects are still at large, but the Post reported that investigators had recovered severalfingerprints from some of the store's merchandise. Authorities were also trying to use facial-recognition technology to identify the thieves from surveillance video.
"They have a beef over money and jewelry, and the [rival store owner] sends these two guys overthere to scare them," the Post quoted one source as saying.
The paper also reported that Mikhaylov has claimed to be the victim of two other store robberies inthe past, and has prior arrests for robbery, burglary and assault. The owner denied to a Postreporter that he was ever arrested.
Mikhaylov denied putting cops on the trail of his unidentified rival by informing them about thedispute, as the Post's sources insisted. When asked why he felt his store was targeted, the jewelerresponded, "Everybody's a target in this industry."
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The paper reported that one of the thieves heldMikhaylov, his sister, father and two others at gunpointwhile stuffing $500,000 worth of Rolex, Patek Philippeand other high-end watches and $6,000 cash into aduffel bag before fleeing the scene.
The New York Post, citing law-enforcement sources,reported that the two men who held up the Watch
Standard Jeweler store on West 47th Street in midtown Manhattan Tuesday afternoon were hired tointimidate store owner Danny Mikhaylov, not rob the place.
"The gunman touched a lot of stuff in the store," one law enforcement source told the Post. "Hedidn't have gloves on."
The suspects in a daylight robbery in New York City's Diamond District reportedly were dispatchedto their targeted store by a rival jeweler.