Armed employees at a Sunnyvale jewelry store foiled another attempted smash-and-grab robbery less than a week before police arrested five men for similar crimes.
On the afternoon of July 18, surveillance footage captured video of approximately 10 would-be thieves descending on Nijjar Jewelers, 1024 E. El Camino Real in Sunnyvale. Just five days later, on July 23, police arrested five men.
The men — Isaiah Alapati, Isaiah Iosia, Jaiden Desouza, all 19, Tyler Ramirez, 33, Jeremy Perez, 30 — face attempted robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle charges. Desouza is from Oakland. The others are from San Francisco.
Capt. Jaromy Lima, with Sunnyvale police, wrote in an email that the investigation is ongoing and police do not yet know whether the men were involved in the attempted robbery at Nijjar Jewelers…