One of Bay Area Chinatown's oldest jewelry stores loses nearly all inventory in robbery
Phuong Jewelry Store, one of the oldest jewelry shops in Oakland's Chinatown, was rattled by a robbery last week that wiped out their inventory.
An Oakland jewelry store is determined to stay open even after a group of robbers stole nearly all the owner’s life savings in a matter of minutes.
The smash-and-grab robbery happened Wednesday afternoon at one of the oldest jewelry stores in Chinatown.
Video footage captured a group of six thieves, including one with a gun, rush into the store, violently smash cases with hammers and grab everything they could.
“Many, many people get in here and we don’t know what to do,” owner Diane Trinh said. “I feel scared. Even right now, my heart is still hurt.”
The robbery happened at about 12:30 p.m. just as the store was opening. As Trinh ducked for cover, she yelled for her husband, who came out with a gun. It was enough to scare the robbers out of the door but not before stealing the store’s most expensive inventory.
Rating: 5