Ind. police: Man stole $30K in jewelry from Kmart

PORTAGE, Ind. — Northwestern Indiana police are investigating a report that a man stole about $30,000 in jewelry from a Kmart while it was open.

The Times of Munster reports the theft occurred at a Kmart in Portage about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Security footage shows a man walking up to a jewelry counter and working for about 10 minutes on a cable connecting a spinning jewelry rack to the glass case below. The man loosens the rack, puts it into a shopping cart, places another item over it and walks out of the store.

Employees say the jewelry rack contained about 200 gold-over-silver necklaces and assorted sterling silver items.

The store is among those that Sears Holdings Corp. has announced it plans to close. No closure date has been announced.