Main Street Goldworks was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning

Shortly before 11am Friday, a man entered Main Street Goldworks and asked to see diamond rings. At some point, he pulled a .32 caliber pistol from a leather bag and told the staff to put the rings in the bag. He then left on foot to the south, taking the store’s three phones with him.

The Half Moon Bay police described the suspect as a black male, about forty years old, six feet tall, 180 pounds.  He was wearing a white long-sleeved dress shirt, gray tie with blue dots, black pants, and white tennis shoes.

No one was was injured in the robbery.

UPDATE: The County Times reports that 96 rings were taken, valued at $217,000.