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With a sledgehammer, a group of thieves crashed display cases to steal pieces of jewelry from a kiosk
this Tuesday afternoon at a shopping center in the city of Palmdale.
The violent assault occurred at approximately 1: 30 pm at a kiosk called Treasure Island at the Antelope Valley Mall at 2021 Rancho Vista Boulevard.
Witnesses to the robbery stated that three to four individuals approached the kiosk and with a large mallet they began to break the windows of the exhibitors to steal pieces of jewelry in a smash and grab robbery .
Not given know an approximate amount for the stolen jewelry.
In the mall there was a moment of chaos because, at the time of hearing the loud blows, some buyers who were at the Antelope Valley Mall thought they were getting shot, so they began to scream and try to get away from the place.
“It could be worst. There were no shots or anything like that, but it was still quite shameless,” said one of the visitors to the shopping center.
“The whole people ran towards JCPenney’s and were yelling that someone was shooting, but it wasn’t shots,” the witness added.
This assault occurred when retailers of throughout the country report a sharp increase in robberies, many of them committed by organized gangs s.
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