Smash-And-Grab Crew Robs Concord Mall Jewelry Kiosk Wednesday

Four subjects dressed in hoodies, wearing gloves and armed with hammers and pepper spray attacked the Piercing Pagoda kiosk at Sunvalley Mall on Wednesday, pepper spraying an employee and escaping with an unknown amount of merchandise.

Shoppers confused the sound of breaking glass with gunshots shortly after noon, bringing police on the run only to find that the crew had smashed their way into display cases and taken jewelry.

Witnesses reported that the crew left the area in a dark SUV before police arrived. The employee who was pepper sprayed did not require treatment.