ALAMEDA, Calif. ( KRON ) – The usually quiet City of Alameda is now dealing with a series of break-ins and robberies.
In the Marina Village Shopping Center, 360 Gourmet Burritos was vandalized and burglarized last week. Additionally, in this same plaza, a Lucky grocery store was looted.
“This problem affects everywhere. More in different cities – I’m surprised this happened in Alameda,” said Javier Benites, the owner of the burrito shop.
Last week, burglars smashed the window of his store and took a register that had $1,000 cash inside.
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“Twenty-to-fifty percent is cash, the rest is credit cards. We don’t have too much money here,” he said.
Additionally, store payment processing iPads were stolen and security cameras were destroyed. Benites now has to use an older system to ring up customers.
He says this was his first time getting targeted in 35 years of being in business.
“Right now we are seeing more and more, especially this shopping center,” he said.