Macy’s Valley Fair shoppers thwart Rolex watch thieves during strong arm robbery

SAN JOSE – Two Macy’s shoppers at Westfield Valley Fair rushed in to try to stop a trio of thieves who broke a glass case filled with Rolex watches Sunday, with one shopper wrestling a suspect and the other grabbing a thief’s backpack after he took a swing at a woman.

“He pissed me off. He tried to punch the lady. And it’s like, no, you just don’t do that,” Rod Simpson, 65, told the Mercury News within minutes of the heist.

Macy's shopper Rod Simpson, 65, upset that a thief who had...