Old Town Clovis antique store burglarized, thief got away on e-bike

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- The archetypal 4th Street Antique Mall connected Polaski Avenue successful Old Town Clovis is present boarded up aft a thief smashed the beforehand doorway and got distant with gold, silver, and costume jewelry.

"It's sad, she works hard. She works hard to physique up a concern here, we don't request this," says Mel Mason, Clovis Resident.

Lynn Reinhardt and his friends beryllium extracurricular the store each greeting to chat and portion coffee. When helium arrived aboriginal connected Monday, helium saw the aftermath.

"I came astir the country and saw a large spread similar idiosyncratic broke in. I'm conscionable wondering what's going connected here. The solid was each implicit the place. It was a mess, really," says Reinhardt.

At this point, it's unclear the worth of the jewelry stolen.

Clovis Police are present searching for the suspect, who they accidental targeted the store and got distant connected an e-bike.

"We began yesterday by flooding the area, searching for each of the imaginable leads yesterday. Now, we're going to beryllium pursuing up with hopefully immoderate surveillance video from the victim," says Sgt. Abby Padgett, Clovis Police Department.

As they looked for evidence, constabulary accidental the thief near down the crowbar utilized successful the burglary.

"With a crowbar, we're capable to process that for precocious fingerprints, and we're continuing to bash that now," says Sgt. Padgett.

As Clovis continues to grow, locals accidental Old Town has kept its hometown feel, with antique shops, similar this one, arsenic integral staples.

"The municipality has grown truthful much. This is turned into a large spot for radical to vacation. They travel present they look to shop. There's a bully hotel, bully restaurants, and antique shops. What much tin you inquire for?" says Mason

Police accidental similar different areas, Old Town continues to spot these types of crimes, but successful Old Town, they often bring radical together.

"We worth each of our concern members and assemblage members, but Old Town decidedly has a peculiar spot successful our bosom arsenic it is the bosom of the community," says Sgt. Padgett.

Clovis Police are asking anyone with immoderate accusation connected this burglary to interaction them oregon Valley Crime Stoppers, particularly if you person entree to immoderate surveillance video successful the area.

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