CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A masked thief smashed a display case and jumped a counter at Walk-In and Fix It, a phone repair shop in the Chattanooga Shopping Plaza in Chesterfield, making off with more than $40,000 in electronics.
The May 8 break-in is at least the second time thieves have targeted the business in recent months, according to owner Cafer Timucin. He learned of the early morning burglary through his alarm system.
Timucin said the thief seen in surveillance video — along with a female companion — may have visited the store before the break-in, possibly casing it.
“This is my property, right, and those all belong to me, my belongings. But I did trust them, as a human being, as a couple, and I left my store with my product because, as I said, we are part of each other, we are part of a community. And I trusted them, just stepped back to my restroom, in my store, in my property, and they took my devices,” Timucin said…