One of Atlanta's most popular jewelry stores for celebrities was wiped clean of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise while the owner was kidnapped inside of his home, AJC reports.
Police said that two masked gunmen were following the owner of Icebox Diamonds & Watches to his own on Friday. They said the two gunmen forced the owner and his wife into their home before taking the codes and keys to the jewelry store.
One of the gunmen allegedly stayed at the home with the owner and the wife while the other burglarized the store with another robber who he met up with at the store.
Channel 2 news obtained security footage of the store during the burglary. They said the two burglars broke into the store and cleaned out the safes that were filled with watches and jewelry. According to the surveillance footage, the thieves were on FaceTime together while robbing the safes.
The two robbers reportedly managed to get away with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. Cash and jewelry was also taken from the home. The owner and his wife weren't harmed. However, police said there wasn't any damage done to the property.
“There was no damaged property at the store itself, so they obviously knew exactly what they wanted to do and were able to execute it,” Atlanta police spokesman Officer Jarius Daugherty said.
Icebox Diamonds and Jewelry is famous among Atlanta's hip-hop elite such as 21 Savage, T.I., Migos, Gucci Mane, Lil Baby, Playboi Carti and more. Other clients include Drake, Metro Boomin, Lil Wayne, Shaq, Moneybagg Yo, Swae Lee and others.