RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – A Richmond bar is looking for the public’s help finding a man they say broke into their business early Sunday morning.
A spokesperson with the Richmond Police Department confirmed detectives are investigating the break-in that occurred at the 5000 block of Forest Hill Avenue, which is where the local restaurant and bar ‘The Locker Room’ is located.
“Our space was violated by someone, and it’s not right,” said Manager Ann Marie Collins.
A security camera outside the business captured an unidentified man getting out of a car in front of the dive bar and smashing the front door with what appeared to be a hammer.
After, it appeared the man left but then he came back a few minutes later. An additional camera inside caught him heading for the register behind the bar, where he took the cash register box and left.
Collins explained why this has earned him a nickname.
“[It’s] the paperclip bandit, because it’s all he got away with, was paperclips and pennies,” Collins said.