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2 More Cartier Heist Crew Members Identified, Feds Say

By Ben Fractenberg | November 13, 2014 6:47pm
 The FBI is looking for two men they say are part of a crew that robbed more than $700,000 worth of watches from the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue on Jan. 30, 2014. 
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MIDTOWN — The FBI identified two more men on Thursday who were part of the robbery crew responsible for the brazen $700,000 smash-and-grab Cartier heist last winter.

The bureau did not say what part Courtney “Mazie” Hardin and Jamal Dehoyos played in the robbery at the Fifth Avenue Cartier store on Jan. 30.

A total of five masked men smashed several display cases in the middle of the afternoon and made off with 16 watches worth $709,000, according to the FBI and NYPD.

The crew is also responsible for similar jewelry store robberies in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Virginia dating back two years. An employee was shot in one of the robberies in Brooklyn.

Hardin is believed to have taken part in the Cartier heist, but Dehoyos was not part of that particular robbery, though he took part in previous jewelry smash-and-grabs, an FBI spokesman said. 

The alleged crew ringleader, Sean “Luca BraSi” Robinson, 32, was arrested in April.

Four other men have also been arrested in connection with the Cartier robbery.

Hardin, 25, who hangs out in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights, answers to "Mazie" or "Mozie." He's described as 6-foot-2 inches tall and 200 pounds, according to the FBI.

Dehoyos, who the bureau estimates is 38 or 39, stays in East New York and Springfield Gardens. He's described as 6-foot-1 inch tall, about 200 pounds.

The FBI is offering a “significant reward” for information that leads to their arrest. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 212-384-1000. Tipsters may remain anonymous. Both men should be considered armed and dangerous.