BREA, Calif. (KABC) — As many as eight robbers, some wielding sledgehammers, made off with jewelry after targeting a store at Brea Mall, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The thieves struck at a Kevin Jewelers about 11 a.m. Tuesday morning at the shopping mall near the intersection of Imperial Highway and the 57 Freeway, a spokesperson for the Brea Police Department told ABC7.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived at the scene and discovered that the suspects — identified only as between five and eight males wearing masks — had already fled in two separate vehicles,” police Lt. Chris Haddad said. Additional descriptions were not available.<\/p>\n
Haddad said investigators were reviewing surveillance video, adding that there was “pretty substantial evidence in this case.”<\/p>\n
The robbers used sledgehammers to break glass at the jewelry counter, police said. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
The amount of jewelry stolen was not specified, but Haddad described it as a “particularly large dollar amount.”<\/p>\n
“It’s one of the lowest-crime malls in Southern California,” the lieutenant said of the Brea Mall. “That said, we’re not immune to crime.”<\/p>\n
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