4 suspected in $1.7 million heist at Fremont jewelry store face federal charges

Four people suspected in a jewelry store heist in the East Bay city of Fremont last year have been indicted on federal charges, prosecutors said.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of California, a jury indicted the suspects with robbery affecting interstate commerce in connection with a June 18, 2025 robbery at a jewelry store on Mowry Avenue.

The defendants have been identified as 20-year-old Afatupetaiki Faasisila of San Jose, 20-year-old Jose Herrda-Aragon of Concord, 19-year-old Andres Palestino of Concord and 19-year-old Tom Parker Donegan of Fairfield. Prosecutors said the four were indicted on Dec. 18 and the indictment was unsealed Tuesday…

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