Nearly 30 businesses broken into in matter of weeks. Police hope new video will help catch a suspect

Businesses in Stone Mountain said a man caught on camera is wreaking havoc on their neighborhood, damaging and stealing property.

Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco was on Memorial Drive Thursday, where police records show nearly 30 break-ins in a matter of weeks.

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One business was hit so many times, they had to move out.

Cameras caught him with his face showing in the middle of the day.

Lawrence Prescott said he stole a TV from his Caribbean LIfe TV studio.

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“He had a rock in his hand, this man just came up and scoped it out and went, ‘Boom!,’ Prescott said. “Went right here, reached in, broke the lock on the inside and opened the door.”

Prescott said the break-in happened at 7 a.m.

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