A violent ex-con with a thing for bling is being held on $75,000 bail for allegedly smashing a glass showcase in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in February and running off with $170,000 in jewelry.
In addition to the alleged smash-and-grab at the fancy East 57th Street hotel,Tony Tacneau, 29, admittedly repeatedly posed as a customer at fancy Midtown watch stores and high-tailed it with watches valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
According to the complaint against him, on February 23, Tacneau ran out of the Tourneau Concept Store on Madison Avenue with a watch valued at $88,700; on March 12 he left the Cartier store on Madison Avenue with a watch valued $60,0000; on March 30 he left the Tourneau store on East 57th Street with a watch worth $43,000.
He fenced each watch for just $4,000, he told cops.
Tacneau was linked to the Four Seasons heist when the hammer he used to smash the case tested positive for his DNA, assistant district attorney Andrew Warshawer told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin today.
The judge set May 22 for Tacneau’s next court appearance.