Jewelry Plaza Burglarized During Snowstorm, Springfield PD Investigating
Police say a front-loader was used to crash through the side of the building, and suspects stole a safe containing jewelry and cash.
This release was received from the Springfield Police Department. During the heavy snow storm on Saturday 02/09/2013 a burglary was reported to have taken place at the Jewelry Plaza located in the center isle of Route 22. The Springfield Police Department was contacted by NJ-DOT plows that were clearing Route 22 West reporting that it appeared as if a large front end loader construction vehicle had struck the building. Officers responding found the Caterpiller brand front end loader was in the parking lot running and abandonned. Based upon the damage it was obvious that this large piece of construction equipment was used to crash through the side of the building on the west bound side of the Route 22 highway. It was later found that, …
