Crime & Safety
Jewelry Store Owner Scares Off Burglars With Gun In OC
An Orange County jewelry store owner frightened off a swarm of burglars wearing all-black by firing a warning shot.
ANAHEIM, CA — An Orange County business owner recently scared off a mob of thieves trying to break into his store, Fox 11 reported.
The attempted robbery was reported at Al-Amira Jewelry in Anaheim on July 17, the report said.
According to the report, the owner of the store told Fox 11 that it was close to closing time when fix cares pulled up to the front of the store and 20 people wearing all black spilled out.
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Some suspects had sledgehammers and pickaxes and started smashing the door, the report said.
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