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Video: Fremont robbery crew cleans out $1.7 million in 70 seconds
East Bay Times ^ | March 11, 2026 | Nate Gartrell

Posted on 03/13/2026 12:15:16 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

FREMONT — Video released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a robbery crew brazenly strike a local jewelry store during the day with lightning speed, clearing out an estimated $1.7 million in jewelry in about 70 seconds.

The video, obtained by this news organization through a public records request, shows a seemingly chaotic scene. About two dozen robbers rush into Kumar Jewelers with picks, hammers and backpacks, smashing cases and stuffing their bags while the employees run for cover in the back.

(Excerpt) Read more at eastbaytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; crime; jewelry; robbery; theft
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Afatupetaiki Faasisila and Andres Palestino were "released, pending..." Hopefully they learned a lesson.
1 posted on 03/13/2026 12:15:16 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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...”while the employees run for cover in the back.”

I think I see the problem.


2 posted on 03/13/2026 12:22:48 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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Well, now we understand this list:

The 10 Happiest Cities in the US (WalletHub)

  1. Fremont, CA
  2. Bismarck, ND
  3. Scottsdale, AZ
  4. South Burlington, VT
  5. Fargo, ND
  6. Overland Park, KS
  7. Charleston, SC
  8. Irvine, CA
  9. Gilbert, AZ
  10. San Jose, CA


3 posted on 03/13/2026 12:24:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (…)
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No doubt they had inside help.


4 posted on 03/13/2026 12:25:05 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Afatupetaiki Faasisila

Somehow that sounds like some kind of dirty words in another language.

On Laverne and Shirley Lenny Kowsnoski said to his pal Sguiggy: "I'm not sure but I believe my family name in Polish means "Help. There's a pig loose in my kitchen."

5 posted on 03/13/2026 12:26:53 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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I always understood that robbing a typical jewelry store wasn’t a great idea as so much of the value lay in the design, not the jewels and materials themselves. I doubt ‘Kumar Jewelers’ is exactly Harry Winston...


6 posted on 03/13/2026 12:29:38 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My favorite recycled citizen quote on TV news following a neighborhood crime is “You don’t expect something like this to happen here.”


7 posted on 03/13/2026 12:30:26 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Faasisila and Palestino have been released by a judge while the case is pending

Oh good grief. We let armed robbers out on the street?

8 posted on 03/13/2026 12:33:35 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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A Thompson submachine gun would have been very helpful at this point since the usual suspects were also armed.


9 posted on 03/13/2026 12:35:24 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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🚨#BREAKING: #FBI Boston's Violent Crimes Task Force has arrested 10 Indian nationals across MA, KY, MO, & OH for allegedly participating in staged armed robberies for the purpose of allowing store clerks to claim they were "victims" of violent crime so they could apply for… pic.twitter.com/SG4oQW9z1t— FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) March 13, 2026


10 posted on 03/13/2026 12:40:38 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I always laugh at those lists, knowing how they can be made to fit any criteria and agenda.


11 posted on 03/13/2026 12:54:05 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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I have one. Not overly accurate.

More like “I want to kill everyone over on that side of me.”


12 posted on 03/13/2026 12:54:56 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

In Scottsdale, we shoot and don’t ask questions.


13 posted on 03/13/2026 12:55:12 PM PDT by Zathras
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"good grief. We let armed robbers out on the street?"

Here in Memphis, Steve Mulroy (Soros DA) has an indexed scale deal on armed robbery. If it's less than your 5th offense, you get to plead guilty to "Simple Trespass".

14 posted on 03/13/2026 12:55:23 PM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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70 seconds for 70,000 each unless the brain gets half first ,LOL


15 posted on 03/13/2026 1:08:07 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Fremont is the happiest town in the world. According to scientists.


16 posted on 03/13/2026 1:10:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: butlerweave

The 1.7 Million is probably retail value.


17 posted on 03/13/2026 1:13:49 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: dfwgator

Mr. White , Mr. Orange ), , Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), Mr. Brown , Mr. Blue and Mr. Pink.

“Hey Mr Pink didn’t throw in a tip”


18 posted on 03/13/2026 1:14:23 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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About two dozen robbers

Robbers didn't watch Goodfellas.

$1.7 million retail is way more that resale value.

19 posted on 03/13/2026 1:23:35 PM PDT by fso301
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Freemont is predominantly Muslim.


20 posted on 03/13/2026 1:55:41 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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