HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — For a second time in a 12 months, burglars broke right into a resale store in Previous City Spring and stole $50,000 value of designer purses.
The newest housebreaking at JJ’s Closet occurred Oct. 7 round 5 a.m.
The shop house owners shared a number of surveillance movies. One reveals the very starting of the housebreaking with an arm reaching in from a gap within the wall to seize a Prada purse.
As soon as inside, the burglar crawls round and takes something he can attain earlier than passing bag after bag by the opening to his mates exterior.
“They got here in by the again of the constructing and tore off the siding,” one proprietor instructed ABC13. “In all probability used hammers and busted by the studs and dry partitions and made a 4×4 sq. and got here by the realm.”
It was not the primary time the small enterprise had been burglarized. Crooks smashed glass circumstances and labored quick in November 2023. Then in addition they stole about $50,000 value of merchandise.
In response to the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace, they’ve been working a lead. On Friday night time, authorities shared a photograph of the suspect’s automobile, which seems to be a black Ford Expedition.
The proprietor says the identical individuals could also be concerned in each. Fearing retaliation, he requested to stay nameless. He’s pissed off.
“At this level, justice hasn’t been served. This man hasn’t paid any penalties by any means for robbing from us the primary time. So why not do it the second time? And at this level, we marvel if he’ll do it a 3rd time,” the person, who owns the shop together with his spouse, stated.
After the primary break-in, they added a dozen extra cameras, movement detectors, extra alarms, and burglar bars. Now, he has re-enforced the again wall. He hopes it is sufficient.
“These guys appear each time they do one thing, we make a step to guard ourselves. Then, they provide you with one other solution to break in. That is at all times at the back of our thoughts after we fall asleep at night time,” he stated.
Anybody with details about the break-ins is urged to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace or Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS.
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