Cops seek suspect in theft of earrings from jewelry store

Police said a man walked into a jewelry store in Syosset on Thursday, asked to see a pair of earrings valued at $1,400, and snatched them from a worker.

Now, Nassau County police have released a surveillance photo of the suspect and are asking for help catching him.

The theft occurred at the Garco Jewelry store on Jericho Turnpike at about 12:30 p.m., police said.

The stud earrings were attached to a display stand and the suspect, described as about 6 feet tall and in his 50s, wearing a dark-colored jacket and a baseball cap, grabbed that stand from the 70-year-old female employee, then ran out of the store.

The employee was not injured.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477. All calls will remain confidential.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”