NORRISTOWN — A Philadelphia man is on his way to prison for being the getaway driver for his conspirators during a “smash and grab” burglary at a Collegeville jewelry store that netted them more than $380,000 in merchandise.
“This was a smash-and-grab jewelry heist. That’s exactly what it was, breaking and smashing and taking all the jewelry they could get. Make no mistake, this is a very serious crime,” Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill said as he sentenced Lawrence L. Harper III to 2 to 5 years in a state correctional facility in connection with the 4:34 a.m. Feb. 9, 2024, break-in at Sabre’s Fine Jewelry store in the 400 block of East Main Street in Collegeville.
O’Neill said Harper and his three alleged conspirators saw the small business in a small town as “a big score.”…