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Burglar shatters jewelry store's door with crowbar, gets away with nothing

PITTSBURGH — A jewelry store’s glass door was shattered by a would-be burglar early Tuesday morning in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, police said.

The burglary alarm at Henne Jewelers on Walnut Street went off about 3 a.m.

“Maybe he can’t read, but the sign says there’s absolutely nothing. It’s all locked in our vault,” John Henne, owner of Henne Jewelers, said.

Surveillance video shows a man shattering the glass door with a crowbar and walking inside the store. However, after quickly realizing nothing was in the display cases, he left empty-handed.

VIDEO: Surveillance video of attempted jewelry store robbery

“You could even see his reaction when he saw there is nothing in the case … a little disappointed,” Henne said.

Police got to the store within about two minutes, but the man was already gone.

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Henne said the store’s jewelry has been placed in a vault overnight since an incident years ago.

"We had this about 10 years ago, and someone drove a car through the front door to try to get some jewelry that was on the far side of the store. Since then, we don’t leave anything whatsoever -- not even a sterling silver necklace anywhere in the store," Henne said.

In a Facebook post, Henne was offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction.

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