A jewelry store owner in New Jersey says a group of thieves managed to wipe out his entire inventory, stealing more than a million dollars worth of merchandise in mere minutes.

“Whatever I built in five years, disappeared in five minutes. Like nothing—boom,” owner Gustavo Sanchez said last week.

Sanchez was left picking up the pieces of what was left of his jewelry store, Gustavo Oro 14k, on Jersey City’s West Side Avenue. Inside, tubs of shattered glass and empty cases showed the signs of Thursday’s brazen heist — all of it, caught on camera.

Video shows at least four masked individuals approach and use large hammers to bust out the store’s front windows to gain access. Once inside, the crew smash cases and grab all the jewelry they can.

“They took a lot of jewelry, like 14 carat gold, diamonds, 18 carat gold,” Sanchez said.

In total, more than $1.5 million worth of merchandize was taken, Sanchez told News 4.

“I was crying yesterday like a baby because, you know, I’ve been working for five years and it never happened,” he said a day after the robbery.

Employees of the store were able to get to a safe space and were not injured, Sanchez said. In the meantime, he hopes Jersey City Police can track the thieves down as he figures out how to secure his business and make up for his loses.

“We’re going to be back. We’re never going to give up,” he said.

NEWARK, N.J. – The Carolina Hurricanes will turn to Frederik Andersen between the pipes as they battle the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center.

After a tough run to wrap up 2025, Andersen has helped the Canes pick up three of four possible points across his last two starts. The veteran netminder has seen New Jersey once this season, turning aside 19 of 22 shots as Carolina took a 6-3 victory on opening night.

No other changes are expected to the group that tied a team record with nine goals in last night’s win over Florida. Unfortunately, that means another game missed for both Shayne Gostisbehere and William Carrier, who are both sidelined with lower-body injuries.

On a positive note, though, Jaccob Slavin is set to take part in both halves of a back-to-back for the first time this season. As part of his rehab from a lower-body issue that cost him 29 games earlier this season, the star rearguard had previously been held out when the Canes played their second game in as many nights, but Rod Brind’Amour indicated pregame that Slavin would remain in tonight’s lineup.

Tonight’s Projected Lineup…

Forwards

Svechnikov – Aho – Jarvis

Hall – Stankoven – Blake

Ehlers – Staal – Martinook

Robinson – Jankowski – Kotkaniemi

Defense

Slavin – Chatfield

Miller – Walker

Reilly – Nikishin

Starting Goaltender

Andersen

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Injuries

William Carrier (Lower-Body Injury | Resumed Skating On Jan. 15)

Shayne Gostisbehere (Lower-Body Injury | Day-To-Day)

Pyotr Kochetkov (Hip Surgery | “Likely Out For The Year” as of Dec. 29)

Charles Alexis Legault (Hand Injury | Out 3-4 Months From Nov. 11)

Noah Philp (Concussion Protocol | No Timetable For Return)

Scratches

Joel Nystrom

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PP1: Aho, Ehlers (Staal), Jarvis, and Svechnikov with Nikishin

PP2: Blake, Hall, Jankowski and Stankoven with Miller

Jordan Staal has been taking the faceoffs with the first power play unit. If he wins it, he’ll stay on the ice. When the puck comes out of the zone, he jumps off, and Nikolaj Ehlers jumps on.