Tattoo shop loses thousands of dollars worth of equipment during theft, asks community for help

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A northwest Fresno tattoo store is present near with breached solid and boarded-up windows aft thieves took disconnected with thousands of dollars successful equipment.

"They stole each six machines I had successful the building. A decent magnitude of ink, which is comparatively expensive," Inked Arch proprietor Erica Castaneda said.

She confirms the burglary happened aboriginal Wednesday greeting arsenic New Year's celebrations were underway.

The shattered solid shows however the culprits tried to participate the second-floor shop, yet crawling successful done a league country window.

"The items were precise specific," Castaneda said. "I consciousness similar they knew wherever to go. Other cabinets were not touched, and definite ones were."

The thieves near a way of destruction, breaking cabinets and adjacent tipping implicit trash cans arsenic they stole customized items, including these signs.

Castaneda has donated areola tattoos to bosom crab survivors for years. Now, she is asking the assemblage for assistance done a GoFundMe.

"This is my livelihood, and this is however I instrumentality attraction of my child," Castaneda said. "I consciousness similar they robbed some of us."

The burglary comes amid a drawstring of break-ins astatine different Fresno businesses.

Thieves crashed a car into the 'DripOnDrip' sneaker store successful River Park Monday to bargain merchandise.

Just hours earlier the transgression astatine Castaneda's shop, idiosyncratic smashed done a doorway astatine this Japanese edifice successful northeast Fresno, swiping intoxicant and equipment.

Fresno constabulary corroborate they are investigating respective incidents portion store owners are near to prime up the pieces.

"Whoever goes astir burglarizing and robbing different businesses, they person nary heart," Castaneda said.

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