Theft from Kay Jewelers

This surveillance camera image captured Friday shows a suspect in a grand larceny that occurred Friday at Kay Jewelers in the Martinsburg (W.Va.) Mall. (Submitted photo / October 9, 2012)

The Martinsburg Police Department is investigating a grand larceny that occurred Friday at Kay Jewelers in the Martinsburg Mall. 

After being called to the store, officers were told that a black male wearing a hat and glasses entered the business and tried on a gold necklace, according to a news release sent Tuesday. He ran out of the store into J.C. Penney and eventually left the mall in an unknown direction, police said.


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Police said they believe the man got into a gold car with a Maryland registration.