California Family Robbed of Heirloom Jewelry During Follow-Home Robbery

Police are investigating the robbery of a Fullerton, California, couple after they were followed home Dec. 22 from a jewelry store by a group of suspects. According to their daughter Priyanka Wali, at about 8 p.m. Friday, the couple was followed back to their home from a South Asian jewelry store in Cerritos, about 16 miles away, by a group of suspects allegedly driving a black Honda Odyssey with tinted windows. After they arrived in their driveway, her father Dr. Vijay Wali was assaulted and her mother Dr. Jyotika Wali was robbed of her purse, which contained valuable jewelry and ancestral heirlooms. One of the suspects was speaking Spanish and said “take it from her,” meaning her mother’s purse, the daughter said....