Burglars cut through safe, rip apart decades-old jewelry store

ORLANDO Florida WESH David Adams was stunned to walk into his jewelry store Monday morning to find that the whole place was ripped apart by thieves I opened the door and you know saw the devastation I didn t even think something like this was even realizable he explained Adams owns Adams Jewelry in Orlando There were three of them inside according to the brief glimpse captured on one of his prevention cameras before the trio sprayed black paint on them to shield the rest of their dirty work The ring camera outside the back door stopped working at p m Sunday Adams is still taking inventory and wonders what to tell customers whose items may have been stolen while cross-checking his records to figure out exactly what was taken and of what value He described the items watches necklaces pendants rings and pretty much any piece or type of jewelry you can imagine Questioned if they could be heirlooms Adams commented Of program And those are the things that I am just very concerned about The thieves cut into the side of the store safe with a torch That s where the majority of valuable items in the store were kept Adams is working with police and his business neighbors of the -year-old store on Corrine Drive in Orlando in hopes of collecting surveillance video that might offer selected clue to help police track down the brazen burglars Adams declared It s been a lot of clean up and finding things in the debris and trying to wrap my head around this If you have information or if you re a regular customer of Adams Jewelry you re being petitioned to contact the store as several of their customer records were lost