From Tony Bizjak and Bill Lindelof:
Three of four suspected jewelry thieves were apprehended Friday morning after allegedly accosting and stabbing a jewelry distributor at his car in a parking lot near Fair Oaks Boulevard and Munroe Street.
The four were in a car spotted by a California Highway Patrol officer as it sped eastbound on Fair Oaks minutes after the reported 10 a.m. robbery.
Sacramento Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran said the foursome pulled into a car wash and fled. Officers immediately arrested two women. A male suspect was arrested an hour later in the nearby American River Parkway. All three were identified by witnesses, Curran said. The search for a fourth suspect was called off later. The stolen property was recovered, Curran said.
Curran said authorities believe the trio gave officers false names after their arrest. The suspects' fingerprints will be checked, Curran said, and compared with a national fingerprint database to confirm their identities. They will be charged with robbery, conspiracy, and assault with a deadly weapon, Curran said.
Curran said two men approached a 66-year-old jewelry distributor who was removing items from his trunk to visit a jewelry business. The victim fought, and was stabbed in the chest. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
For student safety, Sierra Oaks School near Fair Oaks Boulevard and Watt Avenue was put in lockdown briefly Friday.
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