A person broke through the front door of Pet Partners #2 on East Broadway near Redondo Avenue in Long Beach at about 2:53 a.m. Sept. 9, remained inside for only a few minutes and left without taking anything. The incident followed a June 14 burglary at the store, and manager Edwin Jara believes the same person may have been involved in both.
Jara described the two incidents and the available surveillance footage to the Long Beach Post. He pointed to similarities in the suspect’s clothing and face covering, as well as footage showing the person leaving on a Lime rental bike or scooter after each break-in.
The June suspect wore a black Jason Voorhees hoodie, blue jeans, Jordan sneakers and a black backpack, and quickly located and shut off the store’s Wi-Fi, according to the report. In September, the person wore a camouflage zip-up hoodie, blue jeans, a facial covering and a black backpack. “Everything is so similar, and they went straight for where the cash was at before,” Jara said.
Damage Will Cost Thousands to Repair
Replacing the shattered glass door and window from the latest break-in will cost Jara thousands of dollars, the outlet reported. The store’s second location had opened just over a year earlier and was beginning to see sales increase before the June burglary disrupted business.
How the break-ins fit Long Beach crime reports
Commercial burglaries rose 55.6% citywide in 2024, according to Long Beach Police Department data reported by the Long Beach Post. That figure does not establish a trend specifically in Belmont Heights or nearby East Long Beach. The Long Beach Police Department’s crime dashboard allows users to examine reported crime by time range, division and offense type, but the verified information available here does not provide neighborhood-specific totals for the 12 months before and after the Pet Partners incidents…