Video: Huntington Beach jewelry store employees fight off smash-and-grab robbers

A smash-and-grab theft try at a jewellery retailer in Bella Terra mall in Huntington Seashore resulted in a melee as the shop’s staff refused to let the enterprise be ransacked with no struggle.

At about midday on Sunday, 4 hooded robbers entered Princess Bride Diamonds and commenced utilizing hammers to smash show instances stuffed with worthwhile jewellery.

The staff, together with a brother and sister who work for his or her father on the family-owned enterprise, responded by punching and kicking the attackers.

One younger lady even smashed an intruder over the pinnacle with a chair.

Inside seconds, the would-be thieves determined to retreat.

The Baca household has been within the diamond enterprise for years, however this was the primary such assault they confronted.

“We had an concept that it may occur, however it’s at all times totally different when it really does occur,” mentioned worker Dallas Baca.

Baca added that the main focus was on forcing the intruders to depart.

“In some unspecified time in the future whereas I used to be combating them, one in all them really hit me within the head with a hammer, on the aspect of my left temple, however I didn’t even register it till after they left as a result of there was a lot like adrenaline happening,” Baca added.

“I’m simply glad everybody’s OK. I’m glad that our workforce banded collectively and we had been capable of put up a struggle and cease what was taking place,” added fellow worker Sarah Baca, who confirmed they referred to as police instantly after the assault.

Sarah Baca was additionally the worker who struck an attacker with a chair as he was concentrating on Lily, one other worker.

“I picked up a chair and I hit the one man within the head that was attacking Lily,” Sarah Baca mentioned.

Different staff within the mall mentioned the assault had everybody within the mall on edge, however they’re blissful the jewellery retailer staff fought again.

“We had been sort of freaking out. Everyone was scrambling round, so I simply informed all people to return in our store,” mentioned Kyle Sary, who works at a close-by surf store. “I assume they walked within the retailer, broke some issues however the household fought them off, so good for them, proper?”

The house owners of the jewellery retailer mentioned they’re undecided what, if something, was taken.