The Brief
- The owners of a wig shop in San Gabriel say since 2020, they’ve been burglarized at least 10 times.
- The store has increased security and added cameras around their shop and has reached out to the DA’s Office for help.
LOS ANGELES – The owners of Terry’s Wigs in San Gabriel say they’ve been targeted by burglars at least 10 times since 2020.
Margarita Torres says the family business has been providing wigs to customers, many of whom have cancer or alopecia, for three decades.
After a December break-in, where suspects broke the front windows and ran off with thousands of dollars in wigs, they expanded their security system with more cameras. More recently, they’ve been keeping the doors locked, even during business hours, buzzing in customers who have made appointments. That’s because there seems to be a trend of people coming in and grabbing just enough merchandise to not go over the $950 threshold that keeps criminal filings to misdemeanors. …