Horological Meandering

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The robbery occurred while the area was full of people and families, many parents with children had to run for cover once they realized what was happening.  The thieves brandished multiple weapons and injured at least two employees in the jewelry store.  A restaurant and a Williams Sonoma adjacent to the Hellers Jewelers harbored frightened shoppers while the violent robbery was occurring.  Shoppers remember hearing shouting, screaming, hammering, glass breaking, and more in what must have been a terrifying and helpless several minutes.  Some shoppers still have some trauma from the incident.  

Well, I have an update for you.  And there is a sliver of good news.  

As of right now, there are five suspects in custody.  The FBI and other Federal Police agencies had gotten involved with the robbery.  The store reported to the police that the robbers had also taken a secret GPS device on accident during the theft.  I speculate that this device was hidden in a piece of jewelry or in a watch or hidden inside one of the display pillows that watches and bracelets are common wrapped around.  The GPS device helped the police ultimately gather enough evidence which lead them to now have five of the thieves in Federal Custody.  It is unusual for Federal Police to get involved in such a case.  

I was not aware that there were such usage of secret GPS location devices hidden inside jewelry or their displays.  But this is extremely good news that the hidden GPS device did its job, and helped police catch some of the thieves.  It would've been likely that the device was damaged, not fully charged, dislodged, or left behind during the robbery.  Perhaps stores will use several of these GPS devices to increase the chance that a thief will actually be tracked with the GPS device.  Either way, this is an excellent deterrent.

https://patch.com/california/sanramon/5-charged-connection-san-ramon-smash-grab-report

Heller Jewelers is a family run jewelry store that has been in business for decades in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Not only is the physical loss of the goods very damaging, increased insurance costs, traumatized employees, long-term injuries, and more all contribute to greater difficulty to do business.   While I of course wished this had never happened to Heller Jewelers, I suppose the fact that some of the perpetrators were caught is a sliver of silver lining to a bad situation.  On behalf of all of our readers, I wish the best to Heller Jewelers and all the employees and patrons whom were nearby that extremely traumatizing day.  

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