CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: Menashe and Sons Jewelers to reopen Tuesday, ‘stronger than ever’ post-robbery

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(WSB photo, Thursday)

One day after the noontime smash-and-grab robbery that police say netted $2 million in merchandise in 90 seconds, Menashe and Sons Jewelers in The Junction asked us to publish this new statement with a revised reopening date:

To our valued customers and community,

We want to assure you that all customer jewelry and watches are safe and were not among the items taken during the recent robbery at our store.

Your trust means everything to us, and we are grateful to share this important news with you.

As we work to assess, regroup, and repair the damage done, Menashe & Sons will be closed on Friday, Saturday, and Monday.

We will reopen on Tuesday, August 19th, ready to serve you with the same care and dedication you’ve come to expect.

We are deeply thankful for the outpouring of support from the West Seattle community and from all those who have reached out with kind words and encouragement.

Your support means the world to us during this difficult time.

Thank you for being so understanding and continued trust.

We look forward to welcoming you back soon — stronger than ever.

Warm regards,
The Menashe & Sons Family

The robbery carried out by four masked robbers armed with hammers followed two crash-and-grab attacks on two other Junction businesses in the previous week (August 7 and August 8). The Menashes’ store was hit in the same way on Christmas Eve 2022. So far, no updates from police on the investigation of Thursday’s robbery; 206-233-5000 is the SPD tipline, and 25-233180 is the incident number.

Al King August 15, 2025 (3:47 pm)

Any follow up from SPD will be interesting. Curious if this will turn out to be locals or organized gang from out of state that did this.

ACG August 15, 2025 (4:33 pm)

All the best to you, Menashe family and employees. Thank you for all you do in the community and as a business with excellent customer service. I’m so thankful that no one was hurt during the robbery and I hope that you all can work through stressful memories of the event and aftermath with strength.

Fitness Dude August 15, 2025 (5:18 pm)

All jewelry stores should be required by law to have armed security when employees are present. Even Costco and Target have this.

Olive August 15, 2025 (5:42 pm)

You sound very fit! Volunteer.
Truth August 15, 2025 (5:50 pm)

No offense but that is ridiculous. 7/11’s get robbed on the weekly/monthly in WS. Why not require that? That right, that isn’t a mandate that any government should put on a business.
K August 15, 2025 (5:51 pm)

Costco and Target do not have armed security at all times. Target has unarmed minimum wage employees most of the time, who are not allowed to put hands on anyone or intervene except under a specific set of circumstances. None of them are going to confront armed robbers for $21/hour.
- Rhonda August 15, 2025 (6:40 pm)
  
  K, Costco and Target employ America’s Finest Security company and have an armed guard whenever employees are in the building. Go to either store right now and you will see the uniformed guard with a sidearm standing just inside the front doors at the WWV Target and just outside the exit at the 4th Ave Costco. Target began this in October 2023.
  - K August 16, 2025 (3:14 am)
    
    I know what you see, but I worked at that Target and I’m telling you they’re not there all the time and when they are they’re decorations and nothing more. I am glad you guys have bought into the illusion, many amateur/opportunistic shoplifters will too, but professionals know what they’re really up against, and it’s not someone who is going to stop them. It’s silly to say security should be mandated by law to begin with, but the examples given are also bad ones.
- Big 5 Guy August 15, 2025 (7:11 pm)
  
  K, I just walked over to Target to get a TV dinner after work here at Westwood Village and there’s an armed guard there now……and one there every day.
- Sandy August 15, 2025 (7:47 pm)
  
  Target have police in the front of the store. Not at all times, but often.
  - Fitness Dude August 15, 2025 (8:24 pm)
    
    Those aren’t police. To politely correct Ronda, Target uses an armed security company called “Seattle’s Finest”. They wear similar uniforms to SPD. Not all Seattle area Targets have them but several do like Northgate, Tukwila, Renton, etc.
Kevin August 15, 2025 (6:14 pm)

True about security seems like insurance companies would want this
Eddie August 15, 2025 (6:22 pm)

So. Describe the scene yesterday if there had been an armed security person on site. Four people pop out of a car and smash into the store. Your armed person does what? Shoot the first person through the door? Wait for all 4 to get inside and then yell “stop or I’ll shoot”?I’m really curious how an armed security person shoulda/woulda reacted.

Workdowntown August 15, 2025 (6:46 pm)

So sorry to read this. We bought my beautiful gold, amethyst diamond ring designed by Jack over 40 years ago. Best folks ever.

Scott Collins August 15, 2025 (8:33 pm)

Required why and by who?

1994 August 15, 2025 (10:47 pm)

The robbers must have surveilled the street, the store, and probably even were inside posing as customers sometime recently…..too bad someone didn’t block their get away car.

jissy August 16, 2025 (8:35 am)

I thought the same thing, 1994 or accomplices with body cameras in previously posing as customers to show what was in each case. I’m sure detectives have already started looking at past camera footage with this in mind – to get that haul in that short of time there was definitely previous intel. So very sorry to the Menashe crew.

98126res August 16, 2025 (1:18 pm)

Is the front door still locked, with staff buzzing in all customers?

Ex-Westwood Resident August 17, 2025 (1:08 pm)

Yes, but the glass door was smashed by hammers.

Unless it is “Ballistic Glass” a hammer will make short work of a glass door, even if it is tempered glass, or glass covered with a vinyl coating. Lexan might be a cheaper option vice ballistic glass which is heavy and expensive.

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