A separate post from the social media influencer Ian Miles Cheong, viewed over 90,000 times, reads, “The man in the fedora, who looks like he came out of a detective film noir from the 1940s is an actual French police detective who’s investigating the theft of the Crown Jewels at the Louvre. Pure aesthetic.”

It was, in nearly every way, an ordinary photo distributed by The Associated Press to news media outlets. It showed three policemen leaning against a silver car parked in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris just hours after the brazen theft of a collection of French crown jewels on Sunday.

Experts say France's royal jewels may be gone forever after a daring heist at the Louvre. On Sunday, thieves stole eight pieces, including crowns and necklaces, in just four minutes.

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The theft of French crown jewels overshadowed the robbery of some $100,000 worth of historical coins from a museum dedicated to philosopher Denis Diderot.

Florida authorities are searching for suspects who investigators said pulled off an elaborate heist to steal thousands of dollars in shoes from a Martin County mall this week.

Masked robbers cut a hole in the concrete roof of a Florida mall before dropping in to steal 400 to 500 pairs of Nike and New Balance sneakers, the Martin County Sheriff's Office announced this week.

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