Abdallah Diaby was arrested and charged in connection with the December 2025 robbery of a Manhattan boutique
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- Abdallah Diaby was arrested Thursday, Feb. 19, and charged with grand larceny, burglary and criminal possession of stolen property in connection with a Dec. 1, 2025 robbery
- Diaby, 21, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, and was released on supervision without bail
- Diaby and a group of three other male suspects are accused of stealing numerous high-end designer items from 4Gseller in SoHo
A model was arrested and charged in connection with the Dec. 1, 2025, robbery of a high-end boutique in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood.
Abdallah Diaby was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 19, and charged with grand larceny, burglary and criminal possession of stolen property, The New York Post reports, citing NYPD.
Diaby, 21, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday and was released on supervision without bail, according to the outlet. He pleaded not guilty, per online court records viewed by PEOPLE. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 18.
The model and three other suspects are believed to have pulled off a dramatic four-minute heist, all caught on security video footage, at 4Gseller on Spring Street.
The group of four people are accused of having stolen 20 St. Laurent designer jackets, 30 handbags, 20 belts, and more, The Post reports, citing police.
“Kind of like the movies, to be honest,” 4Gseller owner Tommy Macari told the outlet of the heist. “They took a lot of one of one, high-end merchandise. So, basically brands like Chrome Hearts and St. Laurent, a lot of custom pieces. They were just dropping them off the balcony and someone was running it to the car."
“They were in and out of the store in four and a half minutes, and they left, and 91 seconds later the NYPD was here,” Macari told The Post.
All four suspects are allegedly young men who arrived at the site of the burglary at 4:10 a.m. in a silver Ford SUV disguised as construction workers, the outlet reports, citing a criminal complaint filed with the NYPD.
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Diaby was managed by TWO MGMT prior to the robbery. PEOPLE has reached out to the modeling agency for comment.
In December, Guy Story, who lives in an apartment above 4Gseller, told NBC News that he and his wife woke up to the scuffle of the robbery.
"We were awakened by a crashing sound," he told the outlet. "We didn't know what it was. And then some other noises, which were also unfamiliar."
"The speculation was that whoever did it knew what these people had in their store, right?" Linda Bradley Jones, another resident, told NBC in December. "Because it was not an advertised store. It's not something like on the street."
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The high-end boutique offers private showroom appointments, according to its website. Macari told CBS New York in December, "We're very tight here. It's not an open door. You have to be buzzed up. They knew what they were looking for."
PEOPLE has reached out to 4Gseller and the NYPD for further information.
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