Crime & Safety
Bixler's Jewelers Robbed Monday
South Whitehall police responded to a report of a "smash and grab" robbery at Bixler's Jewelers at 6 p.m. on Monday.
Bixlers Jewelers, which to the Shops at 3900 Hamilton Center in South Whitehall in late August, was robbed at about 6 p.m. on Monday by two men wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts, South Whitehall police said.
The men smashed several display cases and grabbed several pieces of jewelry, then fled in a tan colored SUV, possibly a Chevrolet Tahoe. One of the men displayed a handgun as the SUV left the parking lot, police said.
No registration was diplayed on the vehicle.
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Anyone with information is asked to call South Whitehall police at 610-398-0337.
opened at 3900 Hamilton on Aug. 25, five days after the store closed its location on MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township and nearly five years after closing a location at the in South Whitehall.
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