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Witness describes jewelry store heist

Police investigate the scene at London Jewelers in

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Police investigate the scene at London Jewelers in Manhasset following a robbery in broad daylight. (Oct. 14, 2011)

Wilson Cosme said he was working security at a jewelry store in the swanky Americana Manhasset Mall in October 2011 when four men burst in with guns and a sledgehammer, and ordered everyone down on the floor.

"I heard the sound of glass smashing," Cosme testified Thursday at the trial of Javon Gamble, one of four men charged with the robbery. "I heard someone say, 'I dare you to move.' "

Gamble,...

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