I loko o ka Lobby ʻEhā Kau, he Heist Lai i ka Plain Sight

Ma ke ʻano he hewa, ʻaʻole pono ia e hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā ʻaihue hōkele i hoʻolālā ʻia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, i ka wā i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai nā poʻe ʻaʻahu maikaʻi i nā pahu waihona waiwai a me ke kālā. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa o ʻelua mau mea ʻaihue makamae ma ka Hotel Four Seasons i ka Pōʻaono i hoʻokaʻawale i kā lākou hewa mai ka holo ʻana o ka hale wili hotele. I ka wā i hele aku ai nā ʻōpio ʻelua i loko o ka lumi o ka hōkele, ma ke alanui Hikina 57th, kokoke i ka hola 2 a.m., kahi manawa e maʻa mau ai nā limahana i ka nīnau ʻana i nā malihini i ko lākou komo ʻana, wahi a kahi waha ʻōlelo hōkele. ʻOiai e kamaʻilio ana kekahi o nā kāne me ke koʻokoʻo, ʻo ke kanaka ʻē aʻe, e ʻaʻahu ana i ka ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula a paʻa i ka hāmare, ua uhaʻi i kahi pahu hōʻike nani ma kahi kokoke i ke keʻena concierge ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka lobby, ua ʻōlelo ka luna ʻōlelo nui o ka Oihana Makai, ʻo Paul J. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Browne. Ua hopu ka ʻaihue i kekahi mau ʻāpana waiwai, me nā wati lima a me kahi pendant a me ke kaulahao, ʻo Mr. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Browne. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he $166,950 ke kumukūʻai. ʻOiai he nui nā pahu hōʻikeʻike nani ma ka papahele o ka lobby, ʻo ka mea i ʻimi ʻia e ka poʻe ʻaihue, ua piha i nā ʻāpana mai Iakoba mai. & ʻO Company, nona ka mea nona, ʻo Jacob Arabo, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Harry Winston o ka honua hip-hop. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arabo ma kahi ninaninau kelepona ua hopu ka ʻaihue hammer i kahi hapa o nā mea nani i loko o ka pahu hōʻikeʻike no ka mea hiki iā ia ke wāwahi i kahi puka liʻiliʻi wale nō i loko, e kaupalena ana i kona hiki ke hiki i ka hapa nui o nā mea nani. ʻOiai ua wehe ka ʻaihue i ʻekolu wati, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arabo, ua hāʻule ʻo ia i kekahi i ka wā e holo ana. "He manawa liʻiliʻi kēia, e holo ana i loko o ka hōkele, e wāwahi ana i nā mea me ka hāmare," wahi a Mr. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arabo. "He mea pōʻino, ua hiki mai iaʻu. Pehea koʻu pukaaniani, inā aia kekahi mau pukaaniani me nā mea nani i loko o ka hōkele?" Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arabo e pili ana ka pane i kēlā nīnau me ka ʻike brand. "Manaʻo wau e ʻike lākou i koʻu inoa ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, mai nā nūpepa," wahi a Mr. ʻO Arabo, ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā mele e Kanye West a me 50 Cent a lawelawe ʻo ia i kahi paʻahao no ka wahaheʻe ʻana i nā ʻelele federal a me ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i nā moʻolelo. Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ka pōā ma The New York Post, kahi i waiho ai i ka waiwai o nā mea nani i nalowale i $2 miliona. Ma ka pō o ka Lāpule, ua hoʻokuʻu ka 'Oihana Makai i nā kiʻi kiaʻi o nā kāne ʻelua i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia nā mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia. ʻO kekahi mea kūʻai aku, ʻo Gabriel Jacobs, ka mea nāna i hoʻolimalima i kahi pahu hōʻikeʻike ma ka Four Seasons, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole paha ka lobby i pahuhopu no nā mea heists. "ʻAʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kēia mea no ka mea he hōkele kiʻekiʻe loa," wahi a Mr. ʻO Jacobs, ka mea nona ʻo Rafaello & ʻO ka hui ma West 47th Street, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka Lāpule. Ko. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Jacobs ua hōʻoia mau ka hōkele iā ia i kona palekana, me ka haʻi ʻana iā ia i ka hihia āna i hoʻolimalima ai hiki ke wehe wale ʻia e kahi kī kūikawā hoʻokahi - nona ponoʻī. Ua hōʻoluʻolu hou ʻo ia no ka hana ʻana o ka pahu me ke aniani hikiʻole ke kau ʻia ma loko o ka pā hale, ʻaʻole ma ka pae alanui. "Ua hoʻolimalima mākou i ke kālā he nui no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i ka wahi," wahi āna. "Pehea e hiki ai i kekahi ke hele mai i laila a hana pēlā? He mea hoʻohenehene wale nō kēlā." ʻOiaʻiʻo, Mr. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arabo, ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia e kau i nā mea hōʻike ma hope o ke aniani pale, ka hana maʻamau no nā hihia hōʻike ma ke alanui, akā ʻaʻole no nā hihia hōʻike o loko, e like me nā mea ma nā lobbies hōkele. ʻAʻole naʻe he mea hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka ʻaihue. Ma R. S. ʻO Durant, kahi hale kūʻai mea kūʻai ma Madison Avenue, no ka laʻana, ʻo Sam Kassin, ka mea nona, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia e waiho i nā huahana i nā pahu hōʻike i ka pō ma muli o nā puka aniani a me ka puka - a hiki i ke kauwela i hala, i ka wā i haki ai nā ʻaihue i ka puka i nā manawa he nui. Ma waho aʻe o kēia, wahi a Joseph Krady, ka mea nona ka Madison Jewelers, "e haki kekahi mea ke paʻi ʻoe me ka hāmare.