Overview

• About 25 masked suspects stormed Heller Jewelers at City Center Bishop Ranch on Monday, smashing cases with crowbars and pickaxes and seizing roughly $1 million in merchandise.
• A locking door installed after a 2023 robbery briefly trapped the crew, and at least one suspect fired rounds to shatter the exit, according to police.
• A department drone funded by a 2023 organized retail theft grant captured the suspects fleeing in six vehicles parked about 100 feet from the entrance.
• Seven people from Oakland, ages 17 to 31 including one juvenile, were arrested in Oakland and at the Dublin BART station; two guns and some jewelry were recovered, and several getaway cars were reported stolen.
• Investigators are pursuing remaining participants and probing links to other Bay Area jewelry-store raids, as industry data point to dozens of similar California attacks since March.