{"id":290346,"date":"2026-04-28T21:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290346\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:56:06","slug":"smash-and-grab-driver-crashes-through-antelope-walgreens-speeds-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290346\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash-and-Grab Driver Crashes Through Antelope Walgreens, Speeds Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a car plowed into the front of the Walgreens on Antelope Road in the Antelope area of Sacramento, tearing up the main entrance and setting off a sheriff&#8217;s investigation. By the time deputies showed up, the vehicle involved was already gone, and crews spent the early morning working to secure the damaged storefront.<\/p>\n<p>Scene and sheriff&#8217;s account<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says deputies were called out just after 3 a.m. to the Walgreens at 4331 Antelope Road. Investigators believe the driver intentionally rammed the vehicle into the building in an attempt to burglarize the store, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\/news\/local-news\/sacramento-county\/deputies-investigate-possible-attempted-burglary-after-car-drives-into-building\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FOX40<\/a>. Deputies told reporters the car was already gone when they arrived, and an active investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p>What witnesses and logs show<\/p>\n<p>California Highway Patrol logs include a note that a witness reported seeing the vehicle back up and ram the storefront several times, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/sacramento-county-walgreens-car-crash-antelope-road\/71149257\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA<\/a> reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/antelope-walgreens-attempted-burglary-door-smash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sacramento<\/a> reported that as of Tuesday morning it was still unclear whether the front door was completely breached or if any items were stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Not an isolated tactic<\/p>\n<p>This crash arrives on the heels of other recent vehicle-ramming burglaries in the Sacramento area. On April 22, police said a suspect drove into two south Sacramento businesses, Wayne&#8217;s Wok and a Baskin-Robbins, before being arrested later that day, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article315494970.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sacramento Bee<\/a>. Investigators in that case used public-safety camera footage as part of their work, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation continuing<\/p>\n<p>As detectives process the Antelope Walgreens scene, the sheriff&#8217;s office has not yet released any suspect description or potential motive. Cleanup crews were still on site Tuesday morning while store employees evaluated the damage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/sacramento-county-walgreens-car-crash-antelope-road\/71149257\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA<\/a> reported that emergency responders had cleared the scene earlier, while repair efforts and the official investigation continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a car plowed into the front of the Walgreens on Antelope&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-290346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}