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‘Crash-and-Grab’ Jewelry Thieves Ram Cars Into Stores in California

They left the stolen car behind.

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3 years ago

April 20, 2023

INSTORE Staff

Kim Hoan Jewelry in Stockton, CA, was burglarized when thieves rammed a car through the front of the business.

They took “thousands worth of money and merchandise” in the overnight crime and left the stolen car behind, KCRA-TV reports.

The store’s owner, who was not named, told the news outlet: “I saw on the cameras here — I have two in the front; they’re about seven, eight or nine people.”

KCRA reports that another jewelry store was burglarized in the same way earlier this month. That business is only about a mile from Kim Hoan Jewelry.

Stockton police are investigating the incidents, including whether they are related.

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