Brazen heist: Bay Area men indicted in $1.7M smash-and-grab at Fremont jewelry store

A federal grand jury has indicted four young men in connection with the robbery of a Fremont jewelry store last summer that resulted in the theft of about $1.7 million worth of jewelry, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.

The indictment charges Afatupetaiki Faasisila, 20, of San Bruno; Jose Herrada-Aragon, 20, of Concord; Andres Palestino, 19, of Concord; and Tom Parker Donegan, 19, of Fairfield, with one count of robbery affecting interstate commerce.