Smash-and-grab robbers headed to prison after Manhattan Beach jewelry store heist

Five adults arrested in the smash-and-grab robbery of a Manhattan Beach jewelry store earlier this year will spend multiple years in prison, police said.

The incident took place on March 22, when multiple armed suspects also carrying hammers entered the Pasha Fine Jewelry store on Manhattan Beach Boulevard.

The suspects used the hammers to smash open display cases and take merchandise before fleeing to their getaway vehicles in a nearby alley, the Manhattan Beach Police Department stated in an Instagram post on Wednesday.

Authorities tracked down and arrested seven people, including five adults and two juveniles, in connection with the robbery while recovering two handguns and jewelry taken from the Pasha store.

The five adults accepted a plea bargain last Friday after multiple charges were filed against them.

“Under the plea bargain, the five adults will serve time ranging from 3-16 years in state prison and receive a strike for their part in the robbery,” the Police Department stated in the post.

The adults were identified as 20-year-old Twuan Walker of Lancaster, 25-year-old Alan Daniels of Los Angeles, 24-year-old Eworth Sutherland of Los Angeles, 24-year-old Johndean Blocker of Los Angeles and 25-year-old Jamil Edwards of Los Angeles.

The two minors, both 17, had their cases previously adjudicated through the juvenile court system, police said.