OC Store Robberies Spike ‘Way Off The Charts’: Jewelers’ Security Alliance

OC Store Robberies Spike ‘Way Off The Charts’: Jewelers’ Security Alliance
File Photo: A broken window in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 11, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Updated:

The May 22 smash-and-grab at Princess Bride jewelry store in Huntington Beach’s Bella Terra mall is just the latest among a slew of store robberies plaguing Orange County businesses over the past year, with rates “way off the charts” according to an industry expert.

There, four thieves in ski masks assaulted jewelry store staff, destroying several display cases in a foiled robbery attempt in which employees successfully fought them off.