Massachusetts police bust burglary ring that stole $4 million in jewels over six years

The Massachusetts State Police announced they had busted a burglary ringing that stole astir $4 cardinal successful jewels mostly from the homes of South Asian lived successful much than 2 twelve communities implicit the past six years

BOSTON -- A burglary ringing that allegedly stole much than $4 cardinal worthy of jewelry mostly from the homes of South Asians successful implicit 2 twelve communities has been breached up, the Massachusetts State Police said.

Four people, including 2 brothers, were indicted April 18 aft a nine-month probe connected 95 counts of unarmed burglary and breaking and entering a dwelling location successful the daytime with intent to perpetrate a felony.

Police connected Friday said the Providence-based theft unit broke into homes successful 25 Massachusetts communities betwixt July 21, 2018 and March 30. Police accidental the pack targeted South Asian homes due to the fact that they thought they would person much jewelry.

Among the stolen jewels, constabulary said, were diamonds and different gems worthy $75,000 each arsenic good arsenic golden bracelets, necklaces, earrings and cash. On respective occasions, the pack stole locked safes weighing hundreds of pounds with the jewelry inside.

“The defendants successful this lawsuit were precise sophisticated. They targeted victims based connected their ethnicity and past gathered accusation astir their targets successful bid to onslaught erstwhile families were not astatine home," Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said successful a statement. “They were disciplined successful concealing their identity, avoiding alarms and minimizing compartment telephone usage before, during and aft the breaks and utilizing Wi-Fi jammers."

Lt. Col. Mark Cyr, commandant of the Massachusetts State Police Division of Homeland Security, said the theft unit stole “countless items of large monetary, emotional, and taste worth from families successful aggregate states, and did truthful by violating the sanctity of their homes."

“Such brazen transgression actions volition not beryllium tolerated successful our communities,” helium added. "This probe highlights the dedication of our instrumentality enforcement partners to enactment collaboratively to instrumentality down analyzable transgression networks.”