SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Thieves are breaking into homes, cars and businesses across Onondaga County. The Westcott neighborhood becoming one of the most recent targets.
It’s every business owner’s worst nightmare.
“I just feel violated. It’s just like getting to be enough,” said Danielle Mercuri, owner of Rise N Shine Diner.
Rise N Shine Diner in Syracuse’s Westcott neighborhood got an alarming wake-up call they never wanted to get.
“One of my employees called. She does the cleaning and stuff. She’s usually here at 1 a.m. but she didn’t come over here until about 4:30, 5:00 and noticed a window was smashed out,” said Mercuri.
The restaurant’s front window is now boarded up. Thankfully, nothing was stolen. But the thieves left behind broken glass and a big mess for Mercuri.
“I feel like we are doing as much as we can. I just think there needs to be more of a community effort that we have more of a presence so that they don’t come here,” said Mercuri.
Rise N Shine isn’t the only business that’s been targeted in the neighborhood. Wescott Grocery has also been broken into and vandalized.