The May 22 smash-and-grab at Princess Bride jewelry store in Huntington Beach’s Bella Terra mall is the latest among a slew of store robberies plaguing Orange County businesses over the past year, with rates “way off the charts” according to an industry expert.
The adage “as California goes, so goes the rest of the country,” takes on a new edge amid the latest of many smash-and-grab heists, this time at Huntington Beach’s Princess Bride Diamonds.
There, four thieves in ski masks assaulted jewelry store staff, destroying several display cases in a foiled robbery attempt in which employees successfully fought them off….