Created: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:37 a.m. CST
Updated: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:43 p.m. CST
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Suspects sought in armed robbery of Harvard jewelry store

By THE NORTHWEST HERALD
Composite sketches of the armed robbery suspects released by the Harvard Police Department.
Composite sketches of the armed robbery suspects released by the Harvard Police Department.

HARVARD – Police are looking for two men who robbed Brady Jewelers at gunpoint Thursday afternoon.

An employee and a customer in the store at the time were restrained in a backroom but were unharmed, according to a news release.

Police responded about 4:20 p.m. to the store at 53 N. Ayer St. The suspects are described as black males about 25 years old, 6 feet tall and thinly built. One was wearing a white T-shirt with a dark-colored sweatshirt, and the other was wearing a white T-shirt and shorts.

They escaped with an undisclosed amount of jewelry.

Harvard police are asking anyone with information to call the department at 815-943-4431 or CrimeStoppers at 815-943-4343. CrimeStoppers, which does not use Caller ID, will pay up to $1,000 for any information leading to an arrest and conviction.



 

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