Smash. Grab. Go.

The steps of the crime are simple. But tracing those steps is anything but, according to investigators. Lt. Leysy Pelayo with the San Ramon Police Department says suspects are adapting quickly.

"Suspects are getting more sophisticated with the planning of them," Pelayo said. "Some take each case and learn from it and adapt."

This week, another case landed on her desk. On Monday afternoon, about 25 people stormed Heller Jewelers at San Ramon's City Center at Bishop Ranch. Newly released video shows the group smashing display cases with pickaxes.

Cell phone footage captured the suspects locked inside the store before firing several shots at the glass door to escape. The first to arrive on scene: the San Ramon Police drone team, led by Lt. Mark Gunning.

"The sergeant

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