Surveillance cameras at Dos Taquitos on Glenwood Avenue captured two people crawling through the restaurant’s back door around 1 a.m. Friday, making off with the business’s safe before anyone noticed. Raleigh police are now searching for the pair responsible for the break-in at the longtime Mexican restaurant.
According to WRAL, the two suspects entered the building overnight, took the safe, and left the same way they came in, through the back door. Raleigh police have asked anyone with information to contact investigators or submit an anonymous tip. Dos Taquitos has operated on Glenwood Avenue for years after relocating from Creedmoor Road, and it remains one of the city’s oldest Mexican restaurants, founded in 1991 by Carlos Salamanca and now run by his daughter, Pamela Salamanca, according to WALTER Magazine.
The restaurant’s owner told WRAL that a nearby business was robbed in a similar way last month, raising questions about whether the two incidents are connected. Police have not confirmed any link between the cases, and it remains unclear whether investigators are treating the break-ins as part of a broader pattern along the Glenwood Avenue corridor.
What Suspects Could Face If Caught
Under North Carolina law, breaking into a business with intent to commit theft is a Class H felony carrying up to 39 months in prison, per Manning Law Firm. Removing or cracking open a safe is treated as a separate offense altogether. Safecracking is classified as a Class I felony punishable by up to two years in prison, according to Nielsen Legal, meaning whoever stole the Dos Taquitos safe could ultimately face charges on both fronts if identified and caught…