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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Multiple Clovis businesses were burglarized wrong weeks of each other.
Clovis Police officers responded to a burglary alarm telephone astatine Grill Masters BBQ aboriginal Sunday, wherever currency and electronics were reported stolen.
The section is besides investigating a burglary that happened adjacent doorway astatine the Sherwin-Williams Paint Store astir a period ago.
Sgt. Abby Padgett says close now, investigators bash not judge the incidents are connected.
"It doesn't look that they are related astatine this constituent successful time, but we are ever looking into possibilities erstwhile thing happens successful the aforesaid parking lot," she explained. "Based connected what we bash cognize astir the accusation of things that were taken, they bash not look to beryllium related."
Jesse Cortez and Maribel Aguilar are the co-owners of Grill Masters, who accidental they've ne'er been burglarized before. Both are focused connected figuring out how to amended support their property.
"This twelvemonth has been specified a challenging twelvemonth that this is the past happening we need," said Aguilar. "Never successful the what, 14 years that we've been here, would I person imagined that that would person happened.”
The co-owners judge the burglars utilized a crowbar to pry the backmost doorway open, resulting successful terrible harm to their property.
Cortez said, "It's heartbreaking due to the fact that they only got let's conscionable say, $150, but they did astir $3,000 of damage."
Aguilar adjacent estimates costs could beryllium arsenic precocious arsenic $6,000. Despite the fiscal setback, she is uncovering comfortableness successful their community.
"The astir heartwarming happening contiguous for maine was coming successful present and helping a fewer customers that I person ne'er seen. And they each said, 'Hey, I saw what happened connected the quality and I'm atrocious that that happened, but I'm present to enactment you,'" she said.
The 2 are asking the assemblage to proceed showing up for them portion they navigate their adjacent steps.
Aguilar explained, "Come in, delight enactment us. Come in, spot your order. July is our slowest period of the year."
