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YOUNGSTOWN — A Mahoning Valley man is in federal custody, accused of taking part in a conspiracy connected to a $7 million jewelry heist in the Milwaukee, Wisc., area.
A criminal complaint was filed Tuesday against James Patrick Quinn, 55, of New Road, Austintown. A video conference bond hearing has been scheduled for Quinn at 10 a.m. Monday before Magistrate Judge Carmen Henderson at the federal courthouse at 125 Market St., Youngstown.
According to an affidavit filed by a special agent for the FBI, there is probable cause that Quinn and others participated in an organized burglary July 12, 2016, of Treiber and Straub Jewelers in suburban Milwaukee and subsequently transported the stolen goods to Ohio.
According to the document, the burglars cut phone and cable lines, removed light bulbs and sprayed foam into external audio alarm systems before prying open the back door to the jewelers. They then disabled the interior alarm and cut a hole into the vault using sledgehammers and power tools, taking more than $7 million in jewelry, diamonds, watches and other valuables.
Read MORE in Thursday’s TRIBUNE CHRONICLE.