Danny Ocean would be impressed.
Three sophisticated thieves made off with $500,000 worth of baubles after staging an elaborate "Ocean's Eleven"-like break-in at a Manhattan diamond store on Christmas Day, law enforcement sources said.
The blockbuster 2007 film, starring George Clooney who played the Danny Ocean character, centered around a high-tech Las Vegas casino robbery complete with acrobatic thieves.
This morning, The NYPD released shocking video of the real life heist, showing the brazen burglars ransacking display cases like hungry piranha.
The incident began at about 5 p.m. Saturday, when three masked men, wearing hats, gloves and dark clothing, entered a building on West 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue and climbed up to the roof, sources said.
They crossed the roof to an adjacent building, which houses Burlington Coat Factory and Ultra Diamonds, and dropped down inside.
Two of the crooks then possibly used a sledgehammer to smash a hole in the wall and crawled inside, sources said.
To cover their tracks, they disabled some cameras and destroyed the DVR system, then shattered numerous display cases with a claw hammer, the sources said.
They removed a treasure trove of jewelry, including gold and platinum wedding bands, watches, diamond engagement rings, earrings and bracelets, the sources said.
During the looting, one of the perps made a cell phone call to the third suspect, who snaked through the same wall.
All three bandits then broke into an office and swiped more jewelry from a safe, before crawling back out through the wall.
The suspects are still at large.
Anyone with information is urged to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. All calls are confidential.
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