Thieves Try to Tunnel Into Jewelry Store in California

Burglars attempted to tunnel through other businesses into a jewelry store in Los Angeles, police said.

The incident happened at about 2 a.m. Monday at Denny Lesser Jewelry in the Chatsworth neighborhood, KTLA-TV reported. The would-be thieves left with nothing after the owner, who was on-site, alerted police.

A salon owner told KTLA that the suspects were “making a tunnel from store to store until they reach the jewelry store.”

Two suspects reportedly used a sledgehammer to break through six walls belonging to three businesses.

Lesser told Fox 11 he was doing some repair work when he came face-to-face with one of the suspects, who became frightened and ran away.