Lakewood police search for leads after jewelry store robbery

The owners of Crown Jewelry in Lakewood are tallying up the cost to recover after a smash-and-grab takeover robbery. Their glass cases are all shattered and empty now. The owners tell us they buzzed a woman in yesterday, and then she held the door open as three men in white jumpsuits and masks rushed in and started breaking the glass. One was armed with a rifle, two others with axes. They cleaned out the jewelry and were gone in about a minute. Lakewood police responded after 911 calls from people who thought they heard gunfire. They were locked into the store and so they broke a window right next to the front door to get back out. That noise is what we believe everybody thought was shots fired because there were no shots that got fired. It was the window. Sergeant Porsche says they welcome any tips or leads if someone shows up with a large amount of loose jewelry. The store does have surveillance video of the crime and the getaway vehicle, but police asked them not to share it with us while they investigate the case.