A jewelry store owner said a group of masked men robbed him in Woodland Hills Monday night, taking more than $200,000 worth of jewelry.
According to police, the man who was robbed owns a jewelry store in downtown Los Angeles and is believed to have been followed after work.
Ali Sedaghat stopped for dinner on Ventura Boulevard and as he left the restaurant in his car, he noticed his tire was flat.
He pulled over, a block away from the restaurant and that’s when he says he was robbed.
“They put the knife on me and they grabbed my bag and they took all of my stuff and all of my jewelry, more than $200,000 value jewelry they robbed me,” Sedaghat said.
Sedaghat says two to three masked men robbed him around 9 p.m. Monday night and at least one had a knife.
He says he believes he was targeted and that the robbers slashed his tire while he was at dinner.
The culprits got away in a dark colored van, according to authorities. And according to the Los Angeles Police Department, this is the fourth follow-home robbery involving jewelry in the last six weeks.
Police are working to gather security video to track down the people responsible.
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