Policía de Lodi investiga más de 10 robos a negocios reportados en las últimas dos semanas

BE CELEBRATING. NEARLY A DOZEN LODI BUSINESSES WERE BROKEN INTO IN JUST THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AND NOW POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IF THE SAME BURGLARS ARE RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 5:00. I’M BRITTANY HOPE AND I’M ANDREA FLORES. A REPORTED BREAK-INS TOOK PLACE FROM FEBRUARY 20TH 4TH TO MARCH 7TH, AND ALL SIT WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF EACH OTHER. EACH OF THE DOTS THERE ON YOUR SCREEN SHOWS A BUSINESS THAT REPORTED A BREAK IN DURING THAT TIME, BUSINESSES FROM AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO AN OPTOMETRY OFFICE TO RESTAURANTS HAVE ALL BEEN IMPACTED. THAT MAP REALLY TELLS THE STORY, KCRA 3’S MICHELLE BENDER IS LIVE IN LODI AT ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES. MICHELLE, WHY DO POLICE BELIEVE THEY COULD ALL BE CONNECTED? WELL, BRITTANY, BRITTANY, LET ME SHOW YOU HERE AT CAFECITO LOUNGE AND COFFEE SHOP, YOU CAN SEE THE BOARDED UP WINDOWS HERE WHERE THE BREAK IN HAPPENED, AND THIS IS HOW LODI POLICE SAY THAT THE BURGLARS ARE GETTING INTO THE BUSINESSES. IS THE SAME M.O. BUSTING THROUGH THE WINDOW AND GOING STRAIGHT FOR THE GOODS. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THIS, COFFEE. COFFEE SHOP, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY’VE HAD A BREAK IN AT THE CAFECITO LOUNGE AND COFFEE SHOP. THE CROOK DIDN’T COME FOR COFFEE. HE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE CASH. HIS CRIME CAUGHT ON CAMERA, OF COURSE. RIGHT AWAY. YEAH, MY HEART SANK. UM, I FELT SAD. LIZ AND DANIEL RIVERA OPENED THE LODI COFFEE SHOP A YEAR AGO AND ARRIVED TO A BROKEN FRONT WINDOW TUESDAY MORNING, FRUSTRATED LIKE ANYBODY ELSE YOU KNOW, OF OUR OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES, ANGRY AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SHOW UP TO YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU KNOW, IT’S BROKEN INTO CAFECITO IS ONE OF 11 BUSINESSES HIT IN THE TWO WEEK TIME PERIOD FROM. FEBRUARY 20TH 4TH TO MARCH 7TH. YOU CAN STILL SEE BOARDS COVERING WINDOWS SMASHED BY THE BURGLARS AT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. OTHER BUSINESSES ALREADY REPAIRED THE DAMAGE. HI, HOW ARE YOU? THE RIVERA STILL HAVE TO FIX THEIR WINDOW AND DOOR. UNEXPECTED COSTS THAT HURT A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE THEIRS. I HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH OF THEM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REPLACE THE REGISTER. AND THEN AS WELL, YOU KNOW, CLOSE MY DAY. I HAD TO CLOSE MY WHOLE DAY. SO WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOSS THERE. RIVERA SAYS THEY OUTSMARTED THIS BURGLAR WHO SWIPED AN EMPTY CASH REGISTER JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER OPENING LAST YEAR, HOWEVER, ANOTHER THIEF BROKE IN AND GOT AWAY WITH THE CASH. WE LEFT MONEY THAT TIME. WE HAD LEFT OUR ELECTRONICS THAT WE NEEDED. YOU KNOW, FOR THE SHOP. AND THAT FIRST TIME THEY DID TAKE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED OUR LESSON. BUT THE RIVERA SAY THEY DON’T WANT TO LEAVE LODI OR ADD BOARDS AND BARS TO THEIR CHARMING, FRIENDLY COFFEE SHOP. THEY’RE HERE TO SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS AND BUILD A BUSINESS. WE ARE WORKING OUR BEST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, AND YOU KNOW, I I’M JUST THANKFUL FOR ALL OUR CUSTOMERS. AND BACK OUT LIVE HERE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE THIS ATTEMPT RIGHT HERE WHERE THE BURGLAR TRIED TO GET INTO THIS DOOR. THE FRONT DOOR. BUT THE OWNERS PUT IN SOME THICKER GLASS HERE AFTER THAT FIRST BREAK IN. SO NOW THEY WANT TO INSTALL AND UPGRADE THEIR SECURITY TO GET THIS KIND OF GLASS. THE REST OF THEIR WINDOWS. AND THEY SAY YOU KNOW, THAT WAY IT WILL HELP, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY PREVENT ANY OTHER THEFTS THAT THEY HAVE POSSIBLY COMING. AND AGAIN, LODI POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF THE SAME SUSPECTS BROKE INTO ALL THE SAME 11 BUSINESSES. BECAUSE OF THAT SAME M.O. AND SIMILARITIES OF THE DAMAGE AND THE ATTEMPTS AND GETTING INTO THOSE BUSINESSES, JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THEY’RE ALL CONNECTED. REPORTING LIVE IN LODI. I’M MICHELLE BANDUR KCRA THREE NEWS. IT’S JUST SUCH A BUMMER THAT A SMALL BUSINESS HAS TO DO THAT. I KNOW GETTING THAT FANCIER GLASS IS NOT CHEAP. MICHELLE, DO POLICE HAVE ANY LEADS ON ALL OF THESE? SO YOU KNOW, WE SHOWED YOU THAT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SO POLICE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE BUSINESSES WHO HAD IT, HOPING TO FIND SOME LEADS AND ALSO TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY MORE OF THESE BURGLARIES. THEY ARE INCREASING PATROLS IN SHOPPING CENTERS AND ASKING PEOPLE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. BRITTANY.