5 men, 1 teen arrested in $1.5 million jewelry robbery at Roseville’s Westfield Galleria mall

Five men and a Rocklin teenager were arrested in connection to a $1.5 million jewelry smash-and-grab robbery that took place last year at the Westfield Galleria mall in Roseville, police said Thursday.

Three masked robbers smashed glass display cases Nov. 21 at S&L Gem Co. Jewelry using hammers and sledgehammers, said Lt. Chris Ciampa, a spokesman for the Roseville Police Department.

The suspects face charges of robbery, conspiracy, vehicle theft and evading police, police said.

Anuanu Tuiono, 20; Siafa Fifita, 23; Dahnavan Tuipulotu, 20 and Sione Halaapiapi, 18, all pleaded not guilty at their respective arraignments, according to Placer Superior Court records.

It is unclear if a 15-year-old boy will face charges. He was not identified by police because he is a minor.

A sixth suspect has been taken into custody, Ciampa said. That suspect, a 23-year-old man, has been in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail since Dec. 17, online jail records show. He faces the same charges in Placer County as the other suspects and had not yet been arraigned in Placer Superior Court as of Thursday. It is unclear what charges he faced in Sacramento County.

The investigation spanned across multiple jurisdictions, as Roseville police thanked the Sacramento, Tracy, Manteca, East Palo Alto and Rocklin police departments for their assistance.