Break-in at Fresno Schwinn caught on camera as thieves make off with bikes

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dramatic surveillance video shows the moments a radical of men smashed the solid doorway of a Fresno Bike store and busted done metallic bars aboriginal Friday morning, and it's not the archetypal time. Now the concern is asking for your assistance uncovering the suspects.

"So they threw a stone close connected apical of the model and the full happening shattered," said John Pulido, manager of Fresno Schwinn.

In the screen of night, a radical smashed done the beforehand doorway of Fresno Schwinn successful Central Fresno.

Met with metallic bars, the radical backed off, but not for long.

"Within possibly 5 oregon 8 minutes, determination was nary activity; they came backmost to decorativeness what they had started," said Pulido. "So basically, they conscionable utilized his assemblage to interruption down the cage."

Just earlier 3:30 Friday morning, manager John Pulido woke up to a information alert connected his phone; idiosyncratic was wrong the business.

He called the police, reasoning the robbery had conscionable started, but it had been going connected for astir 20 minutes.

He watched the clips of the robbers successful action.

"They were benignant of canvassing the place, and they grabbed a mates of bikes," said Pulido. "They grabbed a motorcycle from present from the archetypal rack and I conjecture successful their effort to instrumentality it disconnected this full rack conscionable fell down."

The radical made disconnected with 2 bikes, worthy astir $1,600 successful total, and caused harm of a fewer 1000 dollars. In total, the concern is retired astir $5,000.

Pulido said this isn't the archetypal clip the store has been targeted -- but it's the archetypal clip thieves person successfully made it inside.

"With each occurrence that has happened, we've ever tried to enactment different sheet of armor into the store to wherever we person a bid of mind," said Pulido.

He hoped by sharing the video, idiosyncratic mightiness admit the suspects and it could forestall different radical from targeting the store successful the future.

By the clip constabulary arrived, the radical had left. If you admit anyone successful the video, Pulido asks that you telephone the police.

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