{"id":1441625,"date":"2022-04-16T13:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441625"},"modified":"2022-04-16T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T17:30:38","slug":"police-hammer-wielding-thieves-hit-southern-california-jewelry-store-in-smash-and-grab-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-hammer-wielding-thieves-hit-southern-california-jewelry-store-in-smash-and-grab-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Hammer-Wielding Thieves Hit Southern California Jewelry Store in &#039; Smash-And-Grab&#039; Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-hammer-wielding-thieves-hit-southern-california-jewelry-store-in-smash-and-grab-robbery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1441625&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Smash-and-grab-robbery-in-Brea-California-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Police in southern California are looking for a pair of suspects they say used hammers to carry out a smash-and-grab robbery at a Kay Jewelers Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The robbery occurred at the Kay Jewelers at the Brea Mall in Brea \u2013 situated southeast of Los Angeles and north of Anaheim \u2013 just before 7:00 p.m., the city\u2019s police department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreaPD\/posts\/359417912892915\">said<\/a>. Police said the duo broke open the glass display cases using hammers and made off with merchandise, including gold chains, from inside the displays, the City News Service (CNS)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/brea-mall-smash-and-grab-robbery-jewelry-store\/11753480\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=359494119551961&#038;set=pb.100064741264587.-2207520000..&#038;type=3\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=359494119551961&#038;set=a.225805139587527&#038;type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>UPDATE TO KAY JEWELERS INCIDENT (4\/15\/22, 9:25pm)Suspects remain at large and are described as two black males, late\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreaPD\">Brea Police Department<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=359494119551961&#038;set=a.225805139587527&#038;type=3\">Friday, April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects fled the scene following the robbery,\u201d CNS noted. \u201cThey were seen sprinting out of the mall into a black Lexus vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreaPD\/posts\/359494136218626\">said<\/a> no one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Brea Police Department (BPD) describes the two suspects as black males who are either in their late teens or early twenties, standing approximately between 5\u20199\u2033 and 6\u2032 tall, and weighing around 170 to 180 pounds. They wore red sweats, hoodies, and face masks during Friday\u2019s smash-and-grab, police said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Multiple witnesses informed the BPD that they initially mistook the violent smashing of glass for gunshots ringing out.<\/p>\n<p>One woman, Kiera Badillo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/national-international\/shoppers-startled-in-brea-mall-smash-and-grab\/2871203\/\">told<\/a> KNBC she had her three-month-old son in a stroller when the chaos broke out and worried that a panicked crowd, mistaking the glass breaking for gunshots, would trample her infant.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman named Debbie told the outlet she had brought her young son to the mall for pictures with the Easter Bunny when the robbery happened.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was just like, \u2018If there was a shooting, it could have been me, and he\u2019s not going to have me anymore,&#8217;\u201d she told KNBC. \u201cIt\u2019s just scary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last month, police said a group of thieves hit a different jewelry store in Beverly Hills in a brazen afternoon robbery, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/03\/24\/watch-smash-and-grab-thieves-hit-beverly-hills-jewelry-store\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeverlyHills?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeverlyHills<\/a>: Owner of Luxury Jewels of Beverly Hills tells me the smash and grabbers got away with 3 to 5 million in stolen watches and necklaces <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3W4zsaVXjX\">pic.twitter.com\/3W4zsaVXjX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Kovacik (@RobertNBCLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertNBCLA\/status\/1506406190145712131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The store owners reportedly told KABC that the group made off with $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 in merchandise, including a chain valued at $500,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in southern California are looking for a pair of suspects they say used hammers to carry out a smash-and-grab robbery at a Kay Jewelers Friday night. 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