Greece Ridge Mall Jewelry Kiosk Smash-and-Grab Nets $70,000 in Gold Necklaces

A Rochester man's attempt to quietly liquidate stolen gold through a pawn shop collapsed within four days, leading Greece police to arrest him and recover most of what he had taken from a jewelry kiosk at Greece Ridge Mall.

Victor Maisonet, 26, entered the mall through an employee corridor just after 8:15 a.m. on April 4, when most of the mall's stores were still dark and unstaffed. His first move was to reach behind the Monarch Jewelers kiosk counter, likely hoping to lift pieces without breaking anything. That approach failed. He then produced a tool and smashed through a glass display case, taking multiple gold necklaces with a combined value of approximately $70,000 before walking out.

Surveillance cameras tracked his exit. Footage showed Maisonet leaving the mall in a Nissan Altima, giving investigators both a face and a vehicle. The physical evidence was already building a case, but it was a phone call from a pawn shop owner that accelerated the timeline significantly. On April 8, Irondequoit police detained Maisonet after that pawn shop owner reported he was attempting to sell jewelry matching the stolen pieces. Greece police took him into custody, and a search of his vehicle turned up both the recovered stolen items and cash.

Maisonet now faces charges of burglary, grand larceny, and criminal mischief.

The Monarch Jewelers kiosk sits in the main concourse of Greece Ridge Mall, one of Monroe County's largest retail centers. Open-floor kiosks carry an inherent vulnerability that enclosed boutiques do not: the display cases are accessible from multiple angles, there is rarely a back room to retreat into, and a single point of entry doubles as the exit. At $70,000, the haul from a single smashed case underscores how efficiently a gold-heavy inventory concentrates value in a small footprint. A few chains, a handful of pendants, and the financial damage rivals a mid-sized store burglary.

The case also illustrates the structural problem that makes pawn shops both a critical investigative tool and an ongoing weak point in the stolen jewelry pipeline. Thieves who bypass online resale channels and attempt same-week pawn transactions are often caught precisely because reputable shops document sellers and frequently cross-reference reports of local thefts. Maisonet's attempt to convert the gold necklaces into cash within four days of the theft put him in front of exactly that check.

Greece Ridge Mall has absorbed multiple jewelry-related crimes in recent years, including a January 2025 smash-and-grab at Dubai Jewelry that required a baseball bat and drew six suspects. The pattern suggests the mall's retail jewelry corridor remains a target of sustained opportunistic interest, and that kiosk operators in particular face disproportionate exposure given their open sightlines and glass-case construction. For Monarch Jewelers, the April 4 break-in was contained quickly relative to similar incidents; the arrest came before the stolen gold could fully disappear into the resale market.