Strength in Numbers - Bay Area Heist

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

A massive, brazen smash-and-grab heist at Heller Jewelers in San Ramon, California, shocked the Bay Area. This episode details the daylight robbery where two dozen masked, armed thieves stormed the store. The suspects were temporarily trapped when the security doors locked, forcing them to shoot their way out. We explore the minute-long coordinated attack, the ensuing police chase tracked by drones and aerial surveillance, and the arrests of seven suspects. The case highlights a disturbing organized retail theft trend, where large rings use overwhelming force to target high-value goods.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation.
0:13.0	Welcome to True Crime to Go. What can I get for you?
0:16.5	Hey, we're just out going for a heist. You need to come. You need to bring your friends. Which friends?
0:21.6	All the friends.
0:23.3	Bring them.
0:25.0	Pull up to the second window and we'll see you next crime.
0:31.9	Welcome to true crime to go.
0:34.1	I am John here with Jamie.
0:36.5	Still thinking about that balloon boy, man. Yeah, it's wild. It is wild.
0:41.6	If you haven't listened to that episode, go check out the balloon boy episode we just released.
0:46.9	It's crazy. And I remember it happening like we kind of compared it to OJ Simpson, just watching this whole thing play out on live TV,
0:55.5	captivating the nation.
0:56.9	I really want to know other people's thoughts.
0:58.6	Are we on a hill alone with our conclusions?
1:01.9	You're going to have to listen to that to find out.
1:04.2	But for today's case,
1:05.7	I saw this on TikTok first.
1:08.5	This happened last week,
1:09.9	and I was just blown away at the optics of what went down.
1:14.3	All right, man.
1:15.1	Well, why don't you get the ball rolling?
1:17.3	We're going to go out to the Bay Area where a mob of masked armed robbers executed a very brazen,
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