The thieves who brazenly robbed theLouvre Museum in Paris andstole priceless jewelryin one of the most daring museum heists in recent memory may have been hired by a private collector, officials said. While authorities are still trying to identify the burglars, prosecutors said on Monday that a bottle of liquid …
Read More »Reporter’s Notebook: A Paris jewel heist straight out of the movies
Sometimes you get assigned stories that are different enough to make even veteran journalists raise their eyebrows. Sunday’s jewel heist at the Louvre in Paris is definitely one of them. Four guys, using a cherry picker truck to scale the side of the museum, break through a second-floor window, scoop …
Read More »How Louvre burglars obtained truck-mounted lift to make off with jewels worth more than $100M
The thieves behind the daring Louvre Museum heist in Paris, France, appear to have used a truck-mounted moving lift — the kind professional movers use to hoist furniture up to apartment windows — in order to scale the building’s second floor, according to Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor. The burglars …
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